Yeah, that is where the load balancer comes into play. Load balancers are a pretty popular combination with web servers. You can get software based load balancers, like nginx, or...

Yeah, all good, Rod. I just meant I've read some of your posts before and think you're pretty knowledgeable and experienced.

I can try to give more details, but as you...

I'm surprised there aren't more replies, and I'm surprised by Rod's comment.

I have always considered this. But only optimize when necessary. A somewhat alternative approach that we use in our...

What do you think about a "secure by default" approach by the database SDK libraries themselves. That is, things like ADO.NET (System.Data.SqlClient, System.Data.OleDb, System.Data.Odbc, System.Data.OracleClient), MySql.Data.dll, Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.dll, etc, such that...

We use Cassandra extensively in one of our software products. Its "active-active" clustering, and being able to perform a write on any node, is the primary reason why we use...

What about printing? Occasionally I have to go down to the UPS store to print something. I use a USB flash drive for that.

However, I then learned that my Community...

My understanding is that the reason for the cookie warning is due to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). While that may not be applicable to every country in...

I agree with most points in Steve's editorial, except when it comes to naming columns with the table name as a prefix. I disagree with that for all the same...

I agree 100% about using thick clients.

With .NET now being more cross platform compatible, Microsoft and other people should look into porting their apps, like SSMS, to .NET and MAUI...

I disagree with the statement that large PRs are bad. Quite the opposite. How are you supposed to see and understand the whole picture, if you can't see all of...

When reading your article, the first thing that stood out to me was your instructions that said, "Open the Microsoft Edge web browser." I thought to myself, "Why does it...

Kevin, I have had that occur most of the time for at least the last couple years.  So now we have an indication it's not just you and not...

I have experienced this all too often and it generally comes down to who you know, will determine if the problem ever gets priority and fixed. In fact, I most...

Our application uses a few different databases and the auditing is accomplished by the application layer first creating a distributed transaction, then performing the update in one database, then performing...

One of the folders on my machine is called "DevTools" with the following contents. Some that I've highlighted in bold are ones that I use often and/or I think are...