Pat, some of your suggestions are things I can try. Others are not. For example, the CISO blocks and removes applications like Slack and Discord. The moment anyone tries to...

This is a very good discussion, but one which also causes me a lot of anger. I work for an agency which hasn't sent a DBA/Developer/SysAdmin to any conference in...

I completely agree with you, David!! Properly structuring repos is better than having a monorepo. In my opinion, developers who love monorepos aren't involved in having to write all those...

This is an excellent article, Steve. It reminded me of a similar issue that occurred at work 2 years ago. We were working on bringing a new application online, using...

I'm not a DBA, so initially I thought this editorial wouldn't apply to me. But I believe I am wrong. One of my jobs is being one of our GitHub...

I've seen this most often in Microsoft code-first projects where either no data modelling was done before development started, or no DBA reviewed the design before the first version...

This is a fantastic article, Steve! I've got a lot of writers in my family. I've shared this with them. They loved it!

The big problem for those who do a good job quietly is that they are invisible.  If you are invisible, are you valued?

How do you increase your visibility without...

Networking is my weakest knowledge point. I know the basics, but that's it. But I am pretty sure that at work we use named pipes to connect to our SQL...

Thank you, Steve, for sharing these memories with us. I've been a long-time reader, but I had no idea the issues you and the other co-founders of SQL Server Central...

David, the concept of a mood journal is an interesting one. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

WOW Steve, that tweet (yeah, I don't know what to call posts to Twitter/X either) is startling. It appears to me to be nihilistic from someone who is young. Very...

Thank you, Grant. I really appreciate your feedback.

Thank you, Grant, for sharing what you're working on. My project during my holiday break, isn't as ambitious as yours, but I'm glad I finished it. I started a Pluralsight...

I saw this post earlier last week but didn't have the time to read it. Its Sunday morning, so I've got more time. Very interesting, Steve! I'm going to go...