Ah, now I see how I misunderstood you, Steve. You're correct, I was confusing scaling up with architecture. My bad. Thank you for making it clearer to me.

Your example of...

Interesting post, Steve. For the most part, I agree with you, but I will challenge you on some of it. For example, I'm interpreting what you were saying when you...

That's an interesting question, Raphra, I don't know. I assumed that it would be the first one, but I could be wrong.

This is the third Microsoft Build I've attended digitally, and it is also the most fascinating one I've attended. The advent of generative AI has really made this Build much...

Very good point, Jonathan. I think that is especially true for some of our users. A small, but significantly large number, of people are wizards at Excel. The reports we...

Rick, I can imagine how a 4 grand drop can cause some anxiety. But it sounds like you've come to not be as anxious about it as it once was...

Good visualizations of data are essential, in my opinion. I came to that realization in my previous job. Most of the people I dealt with at that job were not...

Excellent reminder, Louis! I've talked about what I've seen before in these forums, so I won't repeat myself.

Yes, considering how users will use what we write is important, but sometimes...

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Interesting new word. I've not experienced watashiato. I've really had much impact on others' lives, thus why I've not experienced it.

However, let me say to you, Steve, you've certainly had...

Thank you very much, Steve, for your reflections on what I brought up and answering my question as to why companies reduce spending at a time, I thought it would...

I think the word "innovation" is a buzzword, the meaning of which has been bastardized just as the meaning of the title of "DBA" and the real "DevOps" has...

I feel that if the goal was to achieve flow we would all be a lot happier.  As long as there are hard (but artificial) deadlines on which people's...

Technical debt is a huge topic, but I'm glad you brought it up, Steve. Everywhere I've worked I've witnessed technical debt. Often, it is as you said, developers (and DBAs)...

I hear ya, Grant. Last week was bad for me as well. I took a few days off to visit my parents, who live in a remote area of Idaho....

I think documentation starts in design. Pick meaningful and concise table / column / database object names. For instance, order number maybe too generic; is it a sales, purchase,...