I think it's really important when you start a new job that you show them you're willing to work hard and get stuff done, but at the same time establish...

I'd be curious how many of these obscure database systems are being chosen by developers instead of DBAs.  I get the impression that these would be chosen by devs who...

I've moved into the "doubtful" camp on AI becoming capable of "big successes" on its own.  It is a great junior developer and saves time on tasks, especially those that...

I find the perceived relationship between motivation and discipline very interesting.  On the tweet, point number ten was: "Keep waiting for motivation instead of building discipline."  This article was titled...

Sounds like the value is much lower for us extreme introverts.

We're using CI/CD with Fabric, and it's very clunky.  I'd be interested if you have a link to the presentation you mentioned.

I think a big thing is not being too rigid within a system.  If we can use common sense, we don't have backlogs of pointless reviews and we don't have...

Let's face it - even with a great AI assistant that could competently handle a ton, you wouldn't have any extra time.  For all the technological advances we make, we're...

I always wondered who Phil Factor really was.  His articles were great and I've learned a lot from him. May his soul and the souls of all the faithful departed,...

I'd love to hear more responses to this, just because it relates to a current project I'm undertaking to update our environment's credentials.

My effort is centered around 4 points:

1. Reduce...

This makes me curious - we have some 3rd party vendor software where the designers decided for the sake of data consistency to wrap large amounts of work into transactions. ...

Not sure if I'll be in the minority here, and this opinion may irritate some people.  For my last two jobs especially (one at a fortune 100 company and my...

My current company didn't have a DBA before I got there, so everything went in as Enterprise (smh). I've been slowly introducing Standard in where it would be more appropriate.

I give it -1 for suggesting a trigger.  My rules with triggers is they can only be used if there is no other way. Put the stock update in the...

My current company is an early adopter of Fabric.  The decisions that led to that choice are annoying to me - in-house "architects" who make decisions based on marketing promises...