Author Archives: way0utwest

Unknown's avatar

About way0utwest

Editor, SQLServerCentral

Reflecting on the Mythical Man Month

At an event recently, I had a chat with someone after one of my sessions. I had been speaking on DevOps and ways to better structure your team and build software. After the session, one person asked me if I’d … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged | 4 Comments

The Book of Redgate: Ingeniously Simple

Redgate has been known for many useful tools that are easy to use. We’ve tried to do that in all our point tools. We talk about simplicity all the time and when we release something that isn’t simple, lots of … Continue reading

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

A Basic Update Trigger: #SQLNewBlogger

I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables. As I explained a few things, I thought this would make a nice series, so I’ve written a few posts on triggers that can be useful. … Continue reading

Posted in Blog | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

IT Unionization

I’ve been reading an interesting book that looks at some of the ways that we can better build software in enterprises. One of the side notes in the book is that the tech companies have the funding and the ability … Continue reading

Posted in Editorial | Tagged | 6 Comments