Artificial intelligence (AI) is touching many parts of our lives and careers. Rama Anem discusses the impact of AI on software testing and how testers’ skills must adapt.

The Best Ever

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Steve wants to know which version of SQL Server you like the best.

“Full Stack” Means “Part Time” – or Why DBAs Might Wanna Learn DevOps

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Brent Ozar Blog

DevOps and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

Brent Ozar explains that if you're going to do continuous integration or deployment, you've got a rocky road ahead of you.

How to Programmatically Identify When Your SQL Server Was Last Started

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Database Journal

Administration

Greg Larsen shows you a quick trick to programmatically script a way to identify when SQL Server was last started.

Avoiding Unexpected Results with DATEDIFF in Year Comparisons

by David Strack

SQLServerCentral.com

SQL Server

Learn how to avoid unexpected results when using the DATEDIFF function to find the difference between two dates in years.

Stumbling over Words

by Phil Factor

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Phil Factor argues that the ability to write simply and expressively is a much under-valued skill in IT, and explains the main traps to avoid.

What's Downtime?

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Steve asks the question today of how you might measure downtime and the scope you are concerned about.

Mount SQL Server DMVs and Custom Queries Using DBFS on Linux

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SimpleTalk

SQL Server on Linux

With SQL Server now supported on Linux, traditional SQL Server DBAs will need to learn how to work with Linux, and Linux administrators will need to learn how to work with SQL Server. Fortunately, there are several tools available to assist. In this article Prashanth Jayaram describes how to work with the DMV tool which treats queries as files.