I'm In Charge of Books Online
Today Steve has an announcement about his role in moving Books Online forward.
2019-04-01
524 reads
Editorial
Containers Are The Present, Not the Future
Last week was the MVP Summit. This year included a bunch of very technical discussions about some of the future of the Microsoft Data Platform (a big thank you goes to Slava Oks, Bob Ward, and all the team for a great job). I can’t share much since it was all under NDA. All I […]
2019-03-30
485 reads
Trunk Based Database Development
Trunk based development is what many of us do with shared database servers.
2019-03-29
361 reads
Giving Computers Ethics
There is a need to ensure we decide what ethics a computer system ought to have.
2020-02-10 (first published: 2019-03-27)
219 reads
No More SQL Server Installs
Today, Steve wonders when we'll stop installing SQL Server on a host machine.
2019-03-26
1,252 reads
What's Worse than Announcing a Data Breach?
Steve has a few thoughts on what is worse than telling your boss about a data breach.
2019-03-25
38 reads
Query Tuning Assistant: A Tool for Upgrades
If you have been working with SQL Server long enough, you have probably been involved with a SQL Server 2000 to 2005 upgrade. It was painful for many shops due to the deprecation of some features like DTS and the removal of old-fashioned comma joins with the plus operator. It was worth the pain as […]
2019-03-25
612 reads
2019-03-22
56 reads
Dealing with Failure
A minor disaster in Colorado reminds Steve about the need to prepare, and think about the failure points in our preparations.
2019-03-18
66 reads
The V1 Team’s Doomed Redesign
A new version of an existing application doesn't always provide an upgrade.
2019-03-18
90 reads
Blogs
SQL Saturday Boston 2024 Slides
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that came to my talks. Slides are below. Best Practices for...
Small Data SF 2024
By Steve Jones
I can’t remember how I heard about Small Data SF 2024, but it caught...
A New Word: Moledro
By Steve Jones
moledro – n. a feeling of resonant connection with an author or artist you’ll...
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