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  • Reply To: Losing Track of Data

    I'm remembering SQLSlammer.  Many SQL shops got caught out even though they had patched every SQL Server they knew about.

    It was the MSDE instances they didn't know about that slaughtered...

    January 26, 2023 at 9:23 am

    #4141945

  • Reply To: The Challenge of Deleting Data

    GDPR gives people the right to the following:-

    • See what data you hold on them, SAR = Subject Access Request
    • To insist on corrections when your data on them is...

    January 24, 2023 at 9:56 am

    #4141165

  • Reply To: The Power of Community in Times of Uncertainty

    Shame I can only give this 5 stars, would love to give it more🎉.

    I've been through the transition from a Microsoft shop to an open source shop and it wasn't...

    January 23, 2023 at 11:10 am

    #4140730

  • Reply To: Minimize Typing

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    Yeah, lots of people like typing. Esp technology people

    There are "those" managers that associate the rattle of keyboards with productivity.

    The JetBrains IDEs have spell checkers in them, which does...

    January 20, 2023 at 5:54 pm

    #4140118

  • Reply To: Using pre-commit to prevent simple mistakes

    If you run pre-commit installthen you are telling the pre-commit tool to block any commit that doesn't comply with the linters/formatters.

    This can be a good thing for two reasons

    • It...

    January 16, 2023 at 11:22 am

    #4138127

  • Reply To: The Programming Languages We Use

    Python is my "get things done" language.  I too found the "Python Is Now Top Programming Language — But Shouldn't Be" article  empty fluff.

    Python might not be a fast language...

    January 13, 2023 at 4:57 pm

    #4137483

  • Reply To: The Cost of Employee Turnover

    Certainly at the tech level I know that training is something that you are best investing in for yourself.  I can't speak for what is typical at the management level.

    How...

    January 9, 2023 at 5:12 pm

    #4135585

  • Reply To: Forgoing Tech Investments

    I have an ex-colleague who has been successful in a number of roles in various companies.

    His take on it is that everywhere has variations of the same problems caused by...

    January 9, 2023 at 4:32 pm

    #4135559

  • Reply To: The Tech That is Gone

    My iPOD still lives in the car.  Arguably it is now more valuable than the car.

    I still listen to CDs when the wife is out of the house.  She doesn't...

    January 4, 2023 at 5:27 pm

    #4133622

  • Reply To: The End of Year Career Evaluation

    Rod,

    My approach to infrastructure in the home environment started with Virtual Box to build VMs with the tech I needed. More recently I have focussed on learning about Docker and...

    December 28, 2022 at 4:37 pm

    #4131160

  • Reply To: The SPU

    I know where you are coming from but given that SQL is an abstraction to make an RDBMS easy to interact with I don't think a sCPU would work.

    The slow...

    December 20, 2022 at 9:39 am

    #4127868

  • Reply To: Poking the Bear

    I feel that extended events have proved their worth.

    I have seen a lot of tech come and go throughout my career.  As a data person my 1st professional responsibility is...

    December 10, 2022 at 9:16 pm

    #4124214

  • Reply To: Cloud First Software

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    I absolutely love that model.  It's another opportunity for MS to repair any issues with the new code long before it makes it to on-prem. 😀

    A cloud provider of...

    December 1, 2022 at 10:14 am

    #4120565

  • Reply To: Cloud First Software

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    I absolutely love that model.  It's another opportunity for MS to repair any issues with the new code long before it makes it to on-prem. 😀

    A cloud provider of...

    December 1, 2022 at 10:14 am

    #4120564

  • Reply To: Cloud First Software

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    I absolutely love that model.  It's another opportunity for MS to repair any issues with the new code long before it makes it to on-prem. 😀

    A cloud provider of...

    December 1, 2022 at 10:14 am

    #4120563

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