The organization I work for is like all those organizations you mentioned which don't have a way of quickly spinning up a database for developers to work against. Our process...

DevOps is Culture, or at least involves culture, is so true! I've been struggling trying to get my organization to change, for years. I also believe that my organization isn't...

Excellent topic, Steve. I'd say I'm good at organizing some things, but as you've put it, I'm realizing I have more of a vertical organizational approach. For example, user group...

Oh, good question Steve. I'm looking forward to reading what other people write. Since I've been in this field for a long time, I've got several stories. I'll share 4...

SSRS in Azure Sql - not possible - Microsoft want the clients to migrate SSRS to their PowerBI Premium platform. Cheaper to just get a VM for SSRS for...

Frederico and Jasona,

Thank you for your replies. I don't believe the misunderstanding was on the part of the vendor; it was on the part of the manager in my organization....

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They will. And...

Good article, Steve. Where I work this form of good enough has often resulted code that was only good enough back when it was written 10, 15 or even 20...

And the reason why some companies only want you to work from home is because public WiFi isn't the most secure thing in the world.  What a great...

Spot on an same here.  Exceptions have been made (one fellow has to drive his kids to school at a certain time every morning and so is excused...

I've noticed an increase in the number of meetings I've needed to attend, since the beginning of the pandemic. Through 2020 and 2021 it increased. It didn't double, though. This...

Thank you everyone, for your great feedback.

Eirikur and Fantom75, we'll be doing testing. And perhaps some upgrading. I believe the production system is running on SQL 2016 (not exactly sure...

Thank you very much, Steve, for this article. And especially for the links you've provided to help developers better secure their software. I've been looking for something like this for...

Totally agree with you, Gregg.

David, I feel for your predicament. I have a similar problem, but without the consequences you're experiencing with trying to schedule flights.

My experiences are with an annoying popup from HP...