Tag Archives: Database Weekly

Serverless Gets Faster

Posted on October 12, 2024 by way0utwest

When the Azure SQL Database serverless option was introduced, I was a bit disappointed that I couldn’t get the database to pause any sooner than 1 hour. That meant I needed to ensure clients didn’t access the system for an … Continue reading →

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Analyzing Breached Data

Posted on August 17, 2024 by way0utwest

A few of you out there might be data scientists who profile data regularly. Probably a fair number of you do import/export work and learn to check data values, perhaps with counts, distincts, or other aggregates. I don’t know if … Continue reading →

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Protecting Schools

Posted on July 5, 2024 by way0utwest

One very common targets for hackers are schools and universities. The latter may have plenty of resources for staff, but often school systems don’t have that same type of budget. In many ways, it’s sad that hackers would target schools … Continue reading →

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Has AI Changed Software Development?

Posted on January 6, 2024 by way0utwest

I saw a piece that asked the question about AI and software development, specifically ChatGPT, a year after its release. Has software development changed? It’s a question I’ve been trying to ask for myself, though I do think the way … Continue reading →

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