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  • Reply To: Is CosmosDB the One?

    "I'd love to be able to insert data into a table, have it not available as a live value until committed on other nodes, and avoid locking my table. I...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: Is CosmosDB the One?

    I think of CosmosDB as like a fusion restaurant at an international airport where you can order from the menu of your choice (table, document, key store, graph, etc.) using...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: IoT Pros and Cons

    Here is my take on IoT devices:

    IoT has revolutionized industries like: manufacturing, transportation, healthcare, and science. Since this article was originally posted in 2017, I have since installed a Ring...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: Can We Please Stop Sending Passwords Over the Wire?

    Yes, at a minimum developers should set "Encrypt=true" property in client connection string, and even better the DBA should install a proper SSL certificate in SQL Server and set option...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: A Real World Security Reminder

    Steve Jones - SSC Editor wrote:

    Eric M Russell wrote:

    Thanks to AirTags and similar tracking technology, thieves have to be more careful about swiping stuff left lying around in the open. I've thought about taking an old...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: A Real World Security Reminder

    Thanks to AirTags and similar tracking technology, thieves have to be more careful about swiping stuff left lying around in the open. I've thought about taking an old phone or...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: Do You Still Use CHAR?

    skeleton567 wrote:

    Thought crosses my mind that maybe the use of CHAR data is a good way to have to revisit the Y2K days.

    As of 2014, FaceBook recognizes 58 variations of...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: Do You Still Use CHAR?

    I'll use CHAR(1) on occasion for internal status codes where I also have control over the domain of allowable values (ie: RunStatus = 'P').

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: The Cloud as a Foundation

    ".. Snowflake is something that a company can run on AWS, Amazon, or GCP .."

    Maybe you meant to say Azure instead of "Amazon", but Snowflake can be hosted in Azure...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: The Great Developer Resignation

    I suspect that most resignations are people switching jobs, and the primary motivation is the opportunity of remote work. Historically, and this applies especially to IT, there are those who...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: Are You a Good Engineer?

    The business should define outcomes. For example: build a dashboard providing A, B, C that conforms with our established Agile / DevOps process, and deliver it within our X budget...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: A New Language

    Not only useful, but JavaScript is is just plain fun to learn.

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: Knowing When to Respond

    Query Store is a good tool for baselining a query over time and also identifying if it's execution plan has regressed in a way that contributes to it's performance. Too...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: Most of Us Are Vulnerable

    All PCs connected to our network must have a client tool installed called 'Admin By Request' by FaskTrack Software. It intercepts any attempt by an executable to run as local...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

  • Reply To: Most of Us Are Vulnerable

    The most significant threat to any organization is the DBA who downloads from GitHub an executable containing a remote desktop trojan. The trojan is running on a PC behind the...

    "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

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