I've not yet worked anywhere big enough to have a distinct Operations team sadly. We (development) always write the theme tune, sing the theme tune. This is now changing but...

OMG wouldn't that contained jobs thing be saving me like days of work right now, especially if it contained the SSIS packages too!

I'm afraid I don't get it, but I have yet to give containers a go at all so it's not surprising. Awaiting enlightenment!

I'm not at all sure of my ground here, but my understanding is that object databases lend themselves well to scaling out whilst maintaining performance. It's not something I need...

Another developer here but I'll agree wholeheartedly. Especially as I am currently working on a system with little quality - nothing like a bit of that to encourage you to...

Required a bit of digging - little bit on the obscure side for me, perhaps worth more than a point! Good to read up on though as I had not...

@ben, it's definitely a struggle to find time for training during working hours for me, even for directly job related stuff that I need to pick up on desperately. It's...

Gary Varga (1/4/2017)

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Today "Leave" means "Leave" according to IDS. Brilliant.

I can apply the same logic to show my excellent SQL...

Gary Varga (1/5/2017)

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What is something hard that I have been putting off doing? After a life event covering most of 2014-2015, and not doing all of it each year for...

Jeff Moden (12/30/2016)

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Since I've also gone over 5 years with this company, it means I'm finally up to 3 weeks of vacation again. I might even be able to...

Christmas means going to the football (soccer), at least for me in the UK. With the young lad, and friends.

Getting absolutely leathered A few enjoyable cocktails and interesting craft beers...

Not sure I follow. You can write code without coffee?

To be fair I don't go too crazy these days, much less reliance on the coffeepot than when I was young,...

I'm going to say this would be a major plus for us. Jobs are one of the toughest things to move when they have been embedded in a server for...