Great article Andy. Your point of "knowing why you're looking" is well stated. And, as others have said, if you can figure that out, have a conversation with...

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I picked the first one and it said I got it wrong but then it said the correct answer was the first one ... what am I missing?

I think this is a very important issue that Steve is raising and it also is a tough balancing act.  Not embracing new tools/packages can mean missing out on easier/better/cooler...

I think this is a great reminder.  So often we get complacent and think "we're fine".  We see all the data breach stories and we think "What were they thinking?...

Steve, I feel your pain and have been through almost the exact same issues - getting photos from phone to computer, transferring data between old and new tablets, etc.  It's...

Very good article.  I like the "backup analogy" and thinking of all the various aspects of your life.  It's a topic that we often don't broach and we really need...

Me too!

In the securities industry, SEC/FINRA require record retention on WORM storage (https://www.sec.gov/rules/interp/34-44238.htm, or it's a little easier to read here: https://www.17a-4.com/regulations-summary/).  I will be interested in watching...

Congrats and thanks Steve for all you do!  You are definitely the top MVP in the SQL Server world in my mind.  I really like the fact that you don't...

As time goes on, I'm beginning to see some value in the whole "schema-less" concept.  One use-case is for Proofs of Concept.  Being able to rapidly create something and just mash whatever...

It's interesting how many replies there have been to this topic! 

I am usually quite annoyed by the "Spring forward" time (this weekend :(), and I get excited...

Very interesting thoughts, Steve.  Thanks for always challenging our perspective.  I would not have considered "customer calls" as data that we should store/track/process - maybe meta data about the calls,...

Good reminder - thanks Steve!