Intruding into Dummy Websites
Phil Factor muses on security, bayonets, and databases, and somehow manages to pull it all together in this editorial.
2009-06-02
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Editorials
Making Mistakes - Database Weekly (June 1, 2009)
We all make mistakes, even when we are trying to help others. What should you do about it? Steve Jones has a few thoughts on advice online.
2009-06-01
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No More SOX
A legal challenge to the Sarbannes-Oxley act is being heard this fall. Steve Jones doesn't necessarily think this is a bad law.
2009-06-01
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The Sports Salary
Are you happy with your salary? Are you happy with the way you negotiated it? Steve Jones asks if you might like a different salary structure.
2009-05-29
270 reads
Dead Data
What happens to the data of a company if it goes out of business? Steve Jones has a little experience and says it might not be as simple as you think.
2009-05-28
112 reads
Decoding Micro-speak
MVP Brad McGegee spends a lot of time talking to people at Microsoft. He's learned how to interpret thier language, and understand what they mean when using certain terms.
2009-05-27 (first published: 2009-05-26)
151 reads
Happy Memorial Day 2009
Steve Jones hopes you have a wonderful Memorial Day and brings you a blooper reel to pass the time if you are one of those people stuck working today.
2009-05-25
83 reads
The Real SQL Server Experts
T-SQL is not a language to be admired from a distance for its grace, sophistication and integrity. It is a tool designed to allow "normal" developers and DBAs to build database business applications as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
2009-05-25
368 reads
Time Off
It's almost summer with Memorial Day coming next week in the US. For this Friday's poll Steve Jones asks about nothing to do with SQL Server, technology, or work.
2009-05-22
84 reads
Do You Have a Problem?
Is it easier to justify expenses fr a developer than an administrator. Steve Jones thinks it is.
2009-05-21
98 reads
Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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Finding Motivation
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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