Category Archives: Editorial

Editorial Republish: Understanding a Database

Posted on March 10, 2025 by way0utwest

I’m either on a plane somewhere over the Atlantic or on the ground in London as you read this. Hopefully napping before a busy few days. I’m in town for the London Redgate Summit tomorrow, with some prep today, podcast … Continue reading →

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Tracking Table Sizes

Posted on March 7, 2025 by way0utwest

Managing a production database can be a challenge for many reasons. However storage growth has been one I see often as causing issues. From full logs to filled disks, it seems that we can struggle with dynamic workloads where we … Continue reading →

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The Job Outlook for Database Professionals

Posted on March 5, 2025 by way0utwest

This is a strange time for many technology professionals and their employment. It seems many organizations have open positions and are struggling to fill those slots with qualified candidates (one look at this). At the same time, many other organizations … Continue reading →

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A Poor Data Model

Posted on March 3, 2025 by way0utwest

Recently there was some online complaints about social security numbers (SSNs) in the US being duplicated and re-used by individuals. This is really political gamesmanship, so ignore the political part. Just know that social security numbers appear to be one … Continue reading →

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