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  • Reply To: The Evolving DBA

    I find that a lot of specialisms get taken for granted.  It's really easy to set something up and get it running.  The true test is when something breaks or...

  • Reply To: THE Database Engine

    Fast forward to 2020 and SQL Server is a transactional DB, an Analytical DB (column store & SSAS), a GraphDB and you could argue that the JSON and XML facilities...

  • Reply To: What's a forgivable mistake?

    I think you have to make the distinction between decisions and outcomes.

    A decision that was correct at the time it was made may have a disastrous outcome and the decision...

  • Reply To: Expect the Unexpected with DiRT

    Worth reading about Netflix and the Chaos Monkey approach

     

  • Reply To: It Just Works

    Jeff Moden wrote:

    If you get into some of the functionality, you'll find out things like it has a "PIVOT" bit of functionality that makes SQL Server's Pivot functionality look more like...

  • Reply To: Micro Credentials

    While it is still possible to have a career that stays within the Microsoft technology stack not even Microsoft are 100% Microsoft anymore.

    To my mind vendor certification makes sense when...

  • Reply To: The K8s Overview

    I am finding that using containers is a definite benefit.

    With regard to K8s if at all possible I would suggest that companies operating in the cloud choose a managed service...

  • Reply To: Aging in Technology

    I went on a course recently and discovered that

    • The skills I learned 15 years ago in a company specialising in accessible websites using content management systems are still ahead...
  • Reply To: The Work of the Ancients

    roger.plowman wrote:

    We're still using an app written in MS-Access in 2002 as our main database. 100k lines of code, and its only now that we've started hitting the wall of...

  • Reply To: Searching for Answers Inside

    Librarianship and information mapping are two disciplines that are massively underrated.  Without them you are left trying to sort the wheat from the chaff.  That can be difficult whether you...

  • Reply To: Celebrate Success

    I have been putting together a list of things my department has achieved in 2019.  It has cheered me up no end.  I've asked my colleagues to review the list...

  • Reply To: Using tsqlt Tests to Practice Queries

    To anyone who says "Why write tests?" I'd say the tests should capture desired system behaviour and those desired behaviours are a technical expression the business requirements of what was...

  • Reply To: Soft Skills: Controlling your career

    paul s-306273 wrote:

    Hi David - you say:

    'As an Aspie I communicate more fluently in writing than I would ever manage do face to face. '

    Had to look that up, so that...

  • Reply To: What You Should Know About Coding

    The best PM I ever worked with used to nudge meetings along, then thanked people for agreeing to own specific actions. If they challenged he'd replay the conversations in the...

  • Reply To: What You Should Know About Coding

    roseanne.winn 57669 wrote:

    Another benefit from those code reviews was learning how colleagues solved a problem.

    I think this is a very important point and very easy to overlook.

    No more Diana projects

    If...

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