This is such a great topic and one I've struggled with for decades! My problem is I can identify my failing, but do NOT have an answer. I've come to...

WOW! An article from 2009! I think that may have been before I joined SSC.

I work in state government. We don't try to make all software we produce 100% complete,...

My Bachelor's degree is in Mathematics, although I only took one course in statistics. It was fun, but I was more interested in linear algebra and differential equations. I'd love...

Thank you, Kevin, for the explanation of load balancers. I've never worked with one. Thinking about my work environment, there may very well be load balancers involved. I'm not the...

Hi Kevin, thank you for your very kind words. 🙂

The clustering you're describing I think could really work for us, in some situations. It's good to know that clustering isn't...

@kevin77, your description of using a cluster is very interesting to me. I'm here to learn. So, given the description you said how many users does that cluster...

This is the first time I've ever read of such a concept. A read-only database connection and a regular database connection. I've never seen this done anywhere. And I certainly...

In my career I've seen very little difference in ability between people with a degree and people without; still less between those with a CS degree and those with...

Like Jerry Nixon said early in his Twitter/X post, getting a CS degree or not is very nuanced. My first software development job I got because I have a degree....

Hey @below86, I completely agree with you when it comes to working from home. Last year I was one of thousands of people who forced to return to...

I agree the VBScript isn't likely supported anymore. But that doesn't stop those old VBScripts written 15+...

I've tried uninstalling SSMS 20.2. Then I reinstalled it. However, that didn't help. I got this error:

Looking at the event viewer I saw this:

Log Name:...

I found the .NET Framework version number. I downloaded it. I renamed the .XML file, but it still didn't work. 🙁

Interesting article, Steve. I hadn't thought of these issues until I read what you wrote. The idea of companies open sourcing their software, especially if it becomes obsolete, is novel...

A thought occurred to me about this topic. We've got developers (I'm one), operations, system administrators, DBAs, project managers, business analysts, DevOps personnel (again, I'm one), etc. But one role...