Category Archives: Editorial

Internal Staff Growth

Posted on November 12, 2025 by way0utwest

Imagine that you are about to tackle a new project that will take more than a year. This might be a new system, perhaps a cloud migration, or maybe it’s rewriting something that doesn’t work well. You don’t have enough … Continue reading →

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Do You Really Need HA?

Posted on November 10, 2025 by way0utwest

I ran across a thought-provoking post from Chrissy LeMaire asking if we should reconsider SQL Server HA. The post actually asks if you’ve considered not using it. The default from Chrissy, for most installations, is to use standalone SQL Servers. … Continue reading →

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Poor Name Choice

Posted on November 7, 2025 by way0utwest

I wrote recently about some work with Redgate Clone, and one of the things I did was start up a blank container instance of SQL Server from the image named empty-sql-current. This image contains SQL Server 2019. Clearly, “current” was … Continue reading →

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Data > Hype

Posted on November 5, 2025 by way0utwest

There is a ton of hype now about using GenAI for various tasks, especially for technical workers. There are lots of executives who would like to use AI to reduce their cost of labor, whether that’s getting more out of … Continue reading →

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