Happy New Year 2024
Happy New Year from Steve, with a reminder to work on your career plan for 2024.
2024-01-01
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Editorials
Being A Bit Less Comfortable in 2024
I hate coming up with ideas for editorials, but my last editorial of the year gives me a very simple topic just staring me in the face: New Year’s Resolutions. Love them or hate them (or it we are honest, a good bit of both,) this end of one year and the start of another […]
2023-12-30
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The 2024 Plan
On the last working day of 2023, Steve says you should think about making a 2024 plan for your career.
2023-12-29
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Some Relief But Still Some Concern
Steve is relieved that he hasn't updated sqlmemorial.org this year, but worries he's missed remembering some of our colleagues.
2023-12-27
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2023-12-25
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A Thrill of Hope
I realize that this isn’t the last Database Weekly editorial of the year – that honor is reserved for Louis Davidson next week. 😊 However, as we approach the end of the year and various holiday celebrations, one of my favorite Christmas carols has been of particular encouragement to me recently. 2023 hasn’t gone exactly […]
2023-12-23
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Building CyberSecurity Skills with an Advent Challenge
Steve has been doing a cybersecurity advent challenge and has found it to be interesting, fun, and career building.
2023-12-22
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AI In the Nov 2023 Enterprise
An OReilly Radar report on AI has some interesting data to Steve. Read what he thinks about the state of this technology in 2023.
2023-12-20
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Migrations are Worth the Effort
Steve prefers database migrations as a way of making changes to a database, though he knows they are hard. He gives a few reasons to choose them.
2023-12-18
194 reads
A Thriving Community Lifts All Boats
I'm writing this on the last day of PGConf.EU, sitting here in Prague. I'm looking forward to sitting in several more sessions today, as well as having a few more conversations with the people at the conference. It's been a great event and I'm so happy I've been able to take part. Following the PASS […]
2023-12-16
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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