Category Archives: Editorial

Rollback vs. Roll Forward

Posted on March 4, 2026 by way0utwest

The Advocates at Redgate Software had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward or back from the point at which you discover a problem. You can watch the episode, but a few things occurred to … Continue reading →

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Editorial Republish: Detecting Issues

Posted on March 2, 2026 by way0utwest

It’s the Redgate company wellbeing data, where everyone gets the day off. I’m traveling back from Florida after coaching all weekend, so you get to re-read Detecting Issues.

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Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central

Posted on February 27, 2026 by way0utwest

When we started the site, I had never met most of the other co-founders (we went from 7 to 3 inside of a few years). A few knew each other, but Brian, Andy, and I had only communicated through emails … Continue reading →

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Testing is Becoming More Important

Posted on February 25, 2026 by way0utwest

Many of us know that testing our code is important. The adoption of unit testing by many software application developers as a normal course of business has dramatically improved the quality of applications. Mobile software, especially, has benefited from the … Continue reading →

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