I try to desparately avoid limits in many things, but definitely in code. I've seen those 100s of parameters in a proc and 100s of columns in tables, when a...

I saw this recommended, but likely some $$.

I haven't done what you've done, but I migrated the Lahman mysql db to mssql. I had to take the schema code...

Completely agree, David. This was one reason I pushed for Flyway to underpin all deployments at Redgate. We need a known, reliable way across multiple platforms. Otherwise it doesn't become...

Typos and poor word ordering. Corrected and points awarded back

Wouldn't you need to learn how to configure the network adapter on a Linux machine? Or do people just use DHCP?

That seems to be my biggest crux, because it...

My plan is to start with Linux Mint in springtime on my home machine because my Windows 10 machine will not be supported after autumn.

On the topic of SQL...

Notebooks are available in VS Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/datascience/jupyter-notebooks

You can also connect to postgresql: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-ossdata.vscode-postgresql

I don't know how well the experience will be for db dev, but...

Oppps, my typo. Still stuck in the old world.

Schema corrected and points awarded back. Rune is correct, this is asking for unique values, of which there are 8. Two ties.

Interesting perspectives. I'd urge you to think about a couple things as you try to decide how AI fits in the world.

1. What did Stack Overflow do for programming? Good...

Local mistral model is smarter:  (latest, 3.8GB one)

Local Deepseek 1.5b model

Alright, I had to try.

Claude:

I'd tend to agree with Eirikur here. You can work with FTS and Contains but it's a weird programming paradigm and a bit flaky to get working. It is possible...

A good rule of thumb that I've often used when creating something new is to ask myself, "will I be able to understand what I've done when I look...