While I do agree that having the code go live quickly to fix a problem is nice, what if things go wrong?  What if that code release halts production...

Just saw your reply there skeleton567 and thought I'd reply too as our process has changed a bit as we changed managers.  Now, the process is still that it...

"It's been said that the person closest to the work is often the best person to judge if it should be released, but that's only partially true. Deploying code is...

2021 was the year I was tired all the time - perhaps it was recovery from 2020.

In regards to SQL Server, auditing and compliance was front and center. I...

Just reflecting on this article and also on 2021, I think that for those of you still raising families and pursuing careers, one of the best things you can do...

Well, this will probably tick some of you off, but I just have to sound off on this thing.

Wellness week, my freakin' arse.  Get over it.  I was raised by...

Grant, from my perspective this is very good advice.  My wife and I are 78 years old.  Every morning we are thankful that we wake up together.  When I wake...

"The one database item that I think really can matter is linked to storage systems, but I think it applies to databases. "...bias heavily towards consistency and durability rather than...

While I was in college studying sociology I had a job stocking shelves and making deliveries for an office supply company.   One day my boss, Bob Hensley asked me if...

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We do definitely need to always consider the complexity of software that we create.  Even though just for my own use, I have been developing SQL code ( it's all...

I think this also means we ought to require more disclosure for the machines making decisions. We can dig into the black box models and get explanations. Organizations ought...

Excellent observations and I heartily agree.  Great point on even the data elements to be included or excluded in consideration.  I think this points out exactly the root problem of...

That's not AI (artificial intelligence), that sounds more like...

I have yet to see a computer which can make a transfer to another computer and create a third computer.

When something sounds mystic, people tend to believe in it. If we look around, on this continent, it is not Artificial Intelligence that is missing. It is NA, natural...

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