I agree with you. I'm working on a team rewriting legacy apps into newer technologies. However one thing we're instructed to do is bring everything back. Under curtain circumstances that...

I'm one of those who is older and this is a concern of mine. I've witnessed this close hand. My father was also in IT. His last position, in the...

I'm glad you mentioned either not using GitHub/Bitbucket/etc., or using private repos on this services for companies authored software.

Very good point, Eric. Websites like that make it easier for people to be either an annoyance or worse. Does name.mylife.com also allow you to pay them off, in order...

Yes, it could have been. However, from what I've been able to see of the tech they used back in the day, I seriously doubt they had the technical chops...

Ah, awesome office view!!

The movie was very good. Lots of twists, which surprised me. I've been wondering how Disney/Marvel will carry the story forward after Avengers: Endgame; now I know.

I really like taking July 5th off. People tend to set off fireworks until past midnight, in my neighborhood. So, being of any use at work the day after the...

Good article, David. You're often the first to respond to anything Steve writes, guess I'll be the first today. 🙂

Antidotally, I've been surprised by this DBAs vs developer divide in...

About backups of this database, that's a thing. I asked about that, before I started working on the SSRS report. I was surprised to learn that no one I spoke...

Jeff, I like your idea of using a VARBINARY(MAX). We could do that, if we migrate the data out of the MySQL database into a SQL Server database. At this...

I used the analogy of the medical profession as well, in describing what I do, as opposed to others who work in technology (IT, development), but don't do what I...

When I create a new .NET Core application in Visual Studio and then add it to source control, even though I add the appsettings file to the exclusions list,...

I really enjoyed reading this article, Steve. I've begun using Azure Data Studio (ADS) a lot more often, frequently going to it before going to SSMS. That is because ADS...

How about the rest of the services in SQL Server Configuration Manager? Right now I've got SSIS, SQL Server Launchpad, SSAS. SSRS and SQL Server Browser all set to start...