If the amount of rows and their width is relatively small (say <= 300 rows and <= 30 columns), and it's a one-time task, I usually just use Excel formulas...

I'm assuming "TextDancini" is an AI language model? I can't find any references to it on either Bing or Google.

Secondly, how does it know you want it to generate SQL?...

Earlier in my career as a developer (not my current company), I often butted heads with a DBA who was appropriately strict in his gatekeeping role, but could have been...

I never thought about source-controlling data. Isn't that what history logs are for? (I'm a developer, not a DBA, so it's probably not as simple as I'm making it sound.)...

so's the gas mileage and reduction of wear and tear on the car.

What car? I got rid of my personal car years ago, although my wife still has one for...

I've been cycling to work, 5 miles each way, for over 17 years now, and I feel about it all the ways you talk about your running. Five miles is...

Anyone else having problems with the "key switch sampler" link in the article? For me, it first takes me to a redirect notice page, which doesn't redirect, then when I...

Reminds me of this interesting article that came to my attention recently. Maybe good news for cosplay-interested sysadmins? 😉

Dressing up as a superhero might actually give your...

Interesting, thanks! We have a physical calendar table in our data warehouse with some of the same useful columns like day of week and week of year, and a series...

I stumbled across this concept last year, and have found it very helpful in formalizing application of the old adage "haste makes waste" specifically to software.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_debt