Tag Archives: Database Weekly

More Linux than Windows

Posted on July 6, 2019 by way0utwest

Not for me. I definitely have more Windows running than Linux. Well, at least if you count minutes. If we’re counting instances of kernels, there might be times I have more running with Linux kernels in containers. However, on most … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, Think DevOps First

Posted on June 22, 2019 by way0utwest

This post from Melissa Coates is a good example of not thinking through your product architecture early on. The short version of the post is that Power Bi Desktop is a better place, perhaps really the only place, to author … Continue reading →

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Building or Buying Analytics

Posted on June 8, 2019 by way0utwest

One of the decisions that I’ve been involved with at the beginning of every software project is whether to buy software to solve the problem or build our own. This might be a quick “is there software anyone knows about … Continue reading →

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Getting Close

Posted on April 27, 2019 by way0utwest

Last week we saw the release of SQL Server 2019 CTP 2.5, with enhancements for Big data clusterrs and a Java language SDK for SQL Server. This is the 6th public release of the next version, and one that’s coming … Continue reading →

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