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I think it takes a while for people to grasp the implications of a change in technology and work out how best to make use of it. Otherwise its "faster...
May 28, 2025 at 12:03 pm
With the right guard rails GenAI is a powerful tool. It is capable of bringing together information scattered across many resources and into a cohesive whole. It is also capable...
May 19, 2025 at 8:39 pm
I have a couple of friends who are in the cyber-security. I used to imagine that hacking was done by technical geniuses operating at a level of capability far beyond...
May 16, 2025 at 8:42 am
With the DORA metrics is to recognise them as being as a result of good practice. They are an indicator, not a goal in their own right.
I dealt with a...
May 9, 2025 at 5:29 pm
We have a Co-Pilot subscription and I have mixed results with it. I have been using it with two extensions in VS Code
The accuracy of...
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 am
The one that sticks in my mind was a Finance system that was creaking under the strain.
They took a report extract from some form of reporting tool and put it...
May 2, 2025 at 3:15 pm
Throughout my career I have had a love/hate relationship with Shadow IT. I've observed that what people actually want IT to address are small frictions and relatively minor tasks which...
May 2, 2025 at 8:27 am
Preparation is key. Beyond the technical aspects I'd say make damn sure you know what you want from your move. In my early career my needs were very simple. I...
May 1, 2025 at 11:42 am
I notice that BULK INSERT can be used with OPENROWSET too import Parquet and DataBricks Delta tables. I just wish there was a BULK EXPORT command. The bcp utility is...
April 28, 2025 at 8:19 am
I started at school on a Commodore Pet, eventually getting myself a Vic20.
When I 1st used a PC there was a choice between DOS and CPM. WordPerfect was the dominant...
April 25, 2025 at 3:12 pm
One aspect of a Return To Office shift is economics. Obviously there is the cost of commuting and office appropriate clothing. We used to shoulder that as just part of...
April 24, 2025 at 8:57 am
I have about 5 years left and have worked over 25 years in an office where I have seen high levels of effectiveness. Since the rapid movement to 100%...
April 23, 2025 at 1:01 pm
As long as we are productive we can work in any way we choose. Some work fully in the office, a minority prefer fully remote, most of us are hybrid. ...
April 23, 2025 at 9:22 am
I had an interesting conversation with our CEO about AI, the art of the possible and probable, where the boundaries are etc.
We discussed chat bots and I said that if...
April 16, 2025 at 1:09 pm
I would prefer DB first because getting the data model right is something that will serve the business functionality well for years and probably serve many generations of applications, not...
April 16, 2025 at 6:30 am
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