Category Archives: Editorial

SQL Server Licensing is Simple

Posted on December 3, 2025 by way0utwest

Over the years I’ve had no shortage of licensing questions for SQL Server. At times it’s felt a little crazy. Look at the licensing guide. Choose EE or SE and the number of cores. Then check if you’re using VMs. … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let Corner Cases Drive Your Design

Posted on December 1, 2025 by way0utwest

If you graph computer/query cost against the size of data, you can get four quadrants: small data, small compute (most CRUD app queries) small data, big compute (complex BI queries for this quarter, most reporting) big data, small compute (logs, … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Theme Music?

Posted on November 28, 2025 by way0utwest

A few weeks ago, I was at the Small Data SF 2025 Conference in San Francisco. I attended the inaugural event last year and decided to go back again. It’s a great chance to hear people thinking about data and … Continue reading →

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Done is Better than Good

Posted on November 26, 2025 by way0utwest

Mary Spender is a musician in the UK who I follow and hope to see live one day. She works hard producing content about music, that business, and, of course, songs. Recently she had a little essay on Instagram where … Continue reading →

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