Category Archives: Editorial

Using AI for the First Draft

Posted on June 5, 2024 by way0utwest

At the Redgate Summit in London, I ran a panel talking about Platform Engineering and how we can make developers more productive. One of the questions from our audience revolved around AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies and how they might assist. … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged | Comments Off on Using AI for the First Draft

DBCC CLONEDATABASE is Semi-Discontinued

Posted on June 3, 2024 by way0utwest

I saw a tweet that DBCC CLONEDATABASE was being discontinued for production databases, which both scared me and didn’t make sense. I’ve used this a few times for a quick copy of a database and like how it works. Discontinuing … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged | 2 Comments

Life in a Startup

Posted on May 31, 2024 by way0utwest

I have worked for a few startup companies, including SQL Server Central. Each has been a different experience, and I learned a lot at each stop. However, I’m not sure I’d want to go through that process again at my … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , | Comments Off on Life in a Startup

Common Algorithm Concerns

Posted on May 29, 2024 by way0utwest

When we build software, many of us use the same algorithms to solve problems. We might choose a similar method for a quicksort or a lambda validation or a regular expression. For database work, your code for a running total … Continue reading →

Posted in Editorial | Tagged , | Comments Off on Common Algorithm Concerns