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Daily Coping Tip If you find yourself rushing, make an effort to slow down a little I also have a thread at SQLServerCentral dealing with coping mechanisms and resources. Feel free to participate. For many of you out there working in a new way, I'm including a thought of the day on how to cope in this challenging time from The Action for Happiness Coping Calendar. My items will be on my blog, feel free to share yours. |
How Quickly We Forget I work for Redgate Software, and over the last few years, we release software often. Like some of you, I'm slightly annoyed at the pace at times. I think almost every time I restart SSMS, which really is about once a week, I find an update message for one of our tools. Often I find the interruption distracting and I delay updates often. I see the same thing in VS Code, ADS, Chrome, Firefox, etc. I get update notices, and I delay or accept them, usually the latter after the former. My phone updates many apps automatically, mostly because I don't care enough, the updates have proven stable the vast majority of the time, and I don't want to make decisions. I've also had the issue of an update being required as I'm trying to do something, like pay for goods or bring up a reservation during travel. Recently I was on a Zoom meeting with a colleague and I saw they had blurred their background. I've done this in Teams, and I wanted to do it in Zoom. I have a window behind me, and my wife, animals, etc. sometimes interrupt lightly, so I'd like to not distract from the meeting. I searched online, and saw people say there were filters to do this, but I couldn't find it in Zoom. Then I saw this post, which reminded me to update my system, including Zoom. I needed 5.5+, and when I looked, I had 5.4. Easy fix, but I also looked around Zoom, and I didn't see a check for updates, though it's under the profile. I missed it, and apparently, had missed notifications for updates. I don't often log in, so this is probably me. However it struck me as interesting is that I've become used to software getting updated automatically. I expect most websites to do this, but also many applications. I don't want drastic change, but I do expect most of my client apps to manage themselves. I don't know I'd want SQL Server to upgrade, but I do think I'd want to have CUs applied. Dealing with those is a pain, even when I only keep 3 local instances for testing. The thing I've somewhat forgotten is the need to check for updates. Most of the software I use lets me know an update is around, and I can choose to install, delay, or skip. I like that model, and I've gotten used to it, which is a huge change from the experience for most of my career. Moving from actively worrying about updates to passively accepting or delaying them. I suspect this is a trend for the future, for many of as both developers and customers. Steve Jones - SSC Editor Join the debate, and respond to today's editorial on the forums |
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