Category Archives: Editorial

The Second Half of 2021

Posted on July 6, 2021 by way0utwest

July is starting, and with it we move to the second half of 2021, or H2 2021 for those of you that like the planning shorthand on roadmaps and project manager boards. The first half of 2021 has felt like … Continue reading →

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Learning Intentionally with a List

Posted on July 2, 2021 by way0utwest

We’re coming up on the middle of the year, and I wonder if you are improving your career this year? Did you make plans and are you sticking to them? I’ve been tracking progress on my goals, and so far … Continue reading →

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Patching Challenges

Posted on June 30, 2021 by way0utwest

In my career, I’ve had to manage many production database instances. In fact, there was a time when two of us were patching hundreds of instances (600?) when MS released patches. That wasn’t too often back then, unlike the every … Continue reading →

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Where Does NoSQL work well?

Posted on June 28, 2021 by way0utwest

It seems not too long ago that NoSQL was the hottest thing on the market. MongoDB was leading the charge, with tremendous growth as a company and many developers looking to adopt their platform. I remember years ago going to … Continue reading →

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