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SQL Injection Is Not Acceptable

Posted on June 19, 2024 by way0utwest

SQL Injection has been a problem for my entire career. Thirty years ago I could have easily just blamed this on ignorance, as most of our developers didn’t think about the nefarious ways that hackers enter data in our applications. … Continue reading →

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Polyglot Persistence

Posted on June 17, 2024 by way0utwest

I’ve seen the term polyglot persistence floating around Redgate a bit recently in the marketing department. I haven’t really seen this term anywhere, and I wonder if you have. If you have, drop a comment. The definition is based on … Continue reading →

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Five Years and Counting

Posted on June 17, 2024 by way0utwest

I almost called this “chasing a new laptop” since that’s what I’m doing, but I decided to add the date because the current laptop I’ve using was built in March 2019 and got to me in May 2019. I’ve had … Continue reading →

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Poor Database Design Realities

Posted on June 7, 2024 by way0utwest

One of the interesting things that I see at Redgate Software is how idealistic our developers and engineers can be. They often build our database DevOps products with the idea that customers will use well-designed databases. The systems will have … Continue reading →

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