Speedy Break Fix
Is DevOps and Agile better than waterfall? Steve has a few thoughts after a recent experience.
2022-02-07
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Editorials
Please include your DDL
I haven’t done it much the past few years, but I would answer some programming questions posted in forums back in the day. In the late 90s, I answered Visual Basic questions and eventually switched to SQL Server questions here on SQL Server Central as my career progressed. Answering questions not only assisted someone else, […]
2022-02-05
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The Great Developer Resignation
In 2021, many companies had employees leave positions. The number of people resigning from their jobs was so high that the term "The Great Resignation" began appearing in many publications. A number of industries were affected, and there are no shortage of pundits and experts analyzing why. This happened primarily in the US, but the […]
2022-02-04
259 reads
Think Marathon, not Sprint
DevOps is a journey, not a project. Today Steve reminds us that while we want to work across time and constantly improve, we also need some urgency. A marathon is the balance.
2022-02-02
138 reads
Making Video Chat Better
Video chat is how many of us see our colleagues every week. It's not a great system, but maybe it can get better.
2022-01-31
94 reads
Model Good Behavior
I'm answering a question in the forums and I spot something that crawls up my spine: ;WITH... The person was using a Common Table Expression (CTE) which requires that the preceding statement in the batch have a statement terminator, the semi-colon. However, since the terminator isn't required everywhere, lots of people don't use it at […]
2022-01-29
140 reads
Are You a Good Engineer?
A thread about what it takes to be a good engineer has Steve commenting on those characteristics that are important to him.
2022-01-28
169 reads
Defining DevOps
Many people ask about DevOps and what it entails. Steve has a few thoughts on the challenges of adopting DevOps in a company.
2022-01-26
144 reads
Knowing When to Respond
I ran into this quote on the Microsoft Learn site, which I thought was a great way to think about how to administer a system: "Without a baseline, every issue encountered could be considered normal and therefore not require any additional intervention." When I've had users file tickets or complain about things not working well, […]
2022-01-24
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2022-01-22
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Forums
Purpose of the Rice Purity Test
The main purpose of the Rice Purity Test is entertainment and self reflection. Many...
Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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