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The Code Freeze

Today Steve discusses code freezes, those times when you don't allow changes to be made by developers.

T-SQL Tuesday #173–The AI Job Helper

This month I had a new host, Pinal Dave. I was surprised to see he hadn’t hosted, but I didn’t see him in the list. His invite is interesting,...

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The First Rule

Steve has a good rule for anyone that's designing software or databases.

Slides from SQL Saturday SLC 2024 – Zero Downtime

Thanks to everyone that came to my presentation at SQL Saturday SLC 2024. This post has a few links for you: Code and repo: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime Slides: Architecting Zero Downtime.pptx...

A New Word: Alazia

alazia– n. the fear that you’re no longer able to change.. I don’t have alazia. I’m always thinking I change, sometimes even when I don’t want to. Certainly my...

Apr 9 Webinar: Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise

UPDATE: This moved to Apr 9 Join me Tuesday, Apr 9 for a webinar, 10:00am CDT. You can register here and then come watch live with questions or get...

Webinar Apr 9: Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise

On Tuesday I have a webinar with a Redgate sales engineer: Accelerating Success: De-risking and Streamlining Releases with Flyway Enterprise. This will cover You can register here. In this...

When is it time for a new job?

Steve asks the question today about when you might think about changing employers. He has some advice for you, whether you're happy or in need of a new position.