The Challenge of Early Tech Decisions
We often live with our early decisions on technology, which can be a challenge over time.
2022-09-12
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software development
2022-06-27
156 reads
Flawed Data Integration
These days we often have multiple applications that need to exchange data in use by customers. Steve shares a few thoughts on his recent experiences.
2022-06-13
136 reads
The Craziness of Code
Building software can seem like a crazy process, especially to a developer who joins a project.
2022-04-25
243 reads
The Backlog
A backlog is important for software development, and Steve has a few thoughts on how to add things to the backlog.
2022-04-08
195 reads
The Challenges of Changing Software Tools
The way different generations use computers could affect how we built software tools.
2022-03-14
125 reads
Speedy Break Fix
Is DevOps and Agile better than waterfall? Steve has a few thoughts after a recent experience.
2022-02-07
216 reads
It Isn't Worth Automating
Every year I'm responsible for a portion of the Database Weekly newsletters. I used to do half, but right now Kathi, Grant, and I are on a rotation. Our boss puts out a schedule each year, which tells me the weeks for which I am responsible. Each January I then set up a recurring appointment […]
2022-01-17
174 reads
Coding for the Future
Writing code that solves problems and adapts to the future is a challenge, but it's something we should think about.
2022-01-12
261 reads
Worse Before Better
We need to approach software development with a balance of making things better, and ensuring they work.
2021-12-08
210 reads
Blogs
How to find free space in Azure PosgreSQL
I wanted to figure out how big (or approximately how big) my dump file...
T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
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Using SQL Compare with Read-only Access
By Steve Jones
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Question of the Day
A Strange Result
What does this code return in SSMS 20 from SQL Server 2019?
select '|' + CHAR(0)+'abc' + '|';See possible answers