Don't hold back, Jeff. Tell us how you REALLY feel! 😛
You raise good points and to my mind that only reinforces the need for control of index implementation.

I definitely believe that indexes should be treated just as code and be controlled as such. Index changes can affect performance in a severe way either positively or negatively. Because...

I think it's funny how all of these "NoSQL" environments now support some flavor of SQL. In reality, they meant to be non-relational.

I've seen many projects implemented in...

As previously mentioned, an ORM is a tool that when used properly does what is expected. Unfortunately, it's the mis-use of an ORM where I have encountered more performance issues...

I agree with John Rees in that there should be an option to turn it on so I can ensure that my developers use it consistently like I do. I...

I have to agree with Steve on this: “I'll admit that I often prefer to transform data inside of a SQL Server target, OLTP or DW database. The reason is...