Gary Varga (4/29/2016)

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xsevensinzx (4/29/2016)

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When I worked in the video game industry, we were building massively multiplayer online games. As you could imagine, in this scenario, you are playing an online...

When I worked in the video game industry, we were building massively multiplayer online games. As you could imagine, in this scenario, you are playing an online game with a...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/27/2016)

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Simpler, but I've done some of these: http://exercism.io/

Python is built to use modules. Trying to not use them, in some sense, defeats the purpose. I...

Pssh, no job attached to this. I do these for fun and stream them on TwitchTv to sharpen my skills! 😉

SeattleDBA (4/21/2016)

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Frankly, it seems like Amazon is the future.

As my next database platform, I am tempted to...

Well then, I guess struct was good to go. Amazing how something as simply taking an approach to pack and unpack the data allowed me to reduce the runtime below...

They are strict on module usage. Don't think I can use it. Let's see.

Generalist all the way over here. I wanted to specialize, but there is a little market for it and not as fun over the years. Too many exciting technologies to...

Oh man, I'm dying....

I'm deeply religious. I believe a lot of things. One belief: separation of code and data. #MakeDataGreatAgain

I agree with Gila.

It's always recommended to have a dev/test port to minimize disruption and catastrophic failure in development. This extends beyond database development too.

When it comes to...

Steve Jones - SSC Editor (4/24/2016)

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Interesting. I'll have to play with this. No time now, but I've done some Python, and have been working with the SDTIG on their...

Refusing to answer because I want 2016 now! 😛

Couple of things to emphasize.

I too have a large data base that is our data warehouse. It's stretching billions of records. Like you, updating statistics with FULL SCAN is going...

I personally have enjoyed MicroStrategy Server and Tableau Server. Both of the communities are...

Phil Parkin (4/21/2016)

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j-1064772 (4/21/2016)

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Having said that, C# includes very efficient dictionary structures that can be used to process data way faster than the SQL Server can, if the network can...