Last year a friend of ours discussed something called The Conqueror Challenge. Using that he was able to lose weight and improve his health. We've started doing this. The...

Excellent question. The same question could be used for other things that happen where I work. For example, every new project we start we use .NET Framework 4.5.2, which last...

Thank you, Ed.

Thank you very much, everyone, for your feedback on my question about using production data in test. Exceptionally good! You've given me lots to think about.

I've got a question about this article. In the article Steve talked about scrubbing data out of test/dev databases or environments, which reflect what's in production. Where I work using...

Thank you, Jeff, good information

SO Meta?! That sounds very promising!! I hope I can log into that using my SO account. I've just gone to SO Meta. I'm able to get into it using...

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Good questions, Jeff. Taking your questions in order, here's my answers.

First, this is a test/development database. The schema is still in flux. Sometimes he'll make changes to the schema, then...

Thank you for letting me know about that 1000 record limit in using the VALUES clause for inserts. I'll try to remember that. Other tables my colleague's code uses would...

Kathi, I'm keying off the issue of Stack Overflow and as you put it, SO's "nuances". I've found SO to be good for getting answers to C# and ASP.NET MVC...

I hear ya, Steve. I'm one of those who hasn't been in any training on meeting etiquette. I'm sure I could use some.

Hey Grant, thank you very much for saying that semi-colon isn't necessary when beginning to declare a CTE!! I didn't know that. Honestly, I thought that the semi-colon was necessary!...

This totally aligns with what I see. Where I work, I've seen two attempts at trying to adopt DevOps. And I was certain that I would be a part of...

Monitoring your apps to get a baseline is a great idea. It's one that I wish I'd been a part of but haven't ever been. At my old job there...

Steve, why is it that code reuse in T-SQL, in particular refactoring, results in performance penalties? I'm ignorant as to why this is so. Just trying to learn more, thank...