Monthly Archives: October 2015

Positive or Negative

Posted on October 23, 2015 by way0utwest

While watching a presentation recently on a SQL Server topic, I was surprised by a design technique that the speaker used. I hadn’t ever thought of the issue, but it caught my eye and made me rethink the way I … Continue reading →

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Git Push in SQL Source Control

Posted on October 22, 2015 by way0utwest

I’m excited. Git support is growing in SQL Source Control and the release recently contains Git push/pull support. If you don’t see the release of 4.1.x, you need to update. The update should be available for everyone. I do like … Continue reading →

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The Dangers of Travel

Posted on October 22, 2015 by way0utwest

I cross a lot of borders, and I have been worried at times about losing my electronic devices. There hasn’t even been an issue, but then again, I don’t really have anything of value other than the hardware. The bits … Continue reading →

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An Out of Date CAP

Posted on October 21, 2015 by way0utwest

I was reading this piece from Martin Kleppmann asking us to stop using the CAP theorem to talk about distributed systems. It’s of interest to me because we often see this applied to databases, and it seems I’ve seen database platforms described … Continue reading →

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