This is a case of "The future is already here—it's just not evenly distributed".

Over the past couple of decades, I've seen shutdowns for major releases decline as architectural and software...

All the work I do is in the cloud, and the Database As A Service model means that patching and upgrading are mostly outside of my jurisdiction.  I can choose...

I knew about GROLIES (Guardian Reader Of Limited Intelligence...etc) and...

What works for me is the Disney method.  Write the ideas down, don't critique or polish at the idea stage (dreamer stage).  I was introduced to the Disney method...

Back in 2017, I would have agreed with this 100%, but there are edge cases.  There's the joke about 2 senior managers talking about their DBAs.  One says, "My DBAs...

I've found that there are tests and there are well-thought-out tests.  If tests police your development, then they need to be held to the highest standard.  Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? ...

Steve, I love that sentence, "Learn to be a team player as an engineer, developer." I see a lot of people who aren't team players. However, in a real...

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These lessons are all great.

One lesson I would add is to make sure that the right people are acknowledged for their work.  As a senior, it is great to be...

I ceased to be a DBA 10 years ago when I took a chance on getting into Big Data.  I think regret is too strong a word, but I often...

I read the article about the cost of software development approaching zero and realized the author was talking about one off solutions of a small and specialized nature.  I...

I've been using SQLServerCentral almost from the beginning.

... One thing puzzles me.  SQLServerCentral is not behind a paywall; it is the de facto SQL Server knowledge site, has...

I've been using SQLServerCentral almost from the beginning.  Without this site, my career would have taken a different trajectory and direction.  I have had two long-running jobs because someone who...

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...

We do use Amazon Athena, which is Presto with a Hive metastore.  Trinio is a fork of Presto.

Presto is a distributed SQL processing engine that lets you query many data...

I don't see there being a human version and an AI version.  I see it as a unified version.

At present, AI is cheap to consume.  At some point soon, the...