Tag Archives: Friday Poll

The Control Poll

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

This editorial was originally published on May 17, 2013. It is being re-run as Steve is out of the office. I was reading about version control systems (VCS) recently, brushing up on some skills, and saw this quote in a thread: “There … Continue reading →

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Staging Deployments

Posted on April 7, 2017 by

This editorial was originally published on Nov 30, 2011. It is being republished as Steve is out of the office. Software development can be a complicated dance. Most of us do not work for a software vendor and don’t have … Continue reading →

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The One Metric to Rule Them All

Posted on December 9, 2016 by

When we want to know if our databases are running well, most of us look at metrics for our servers. Usually some combination of CPU, RAM, Disk IO are chosen, though network, user connections, batches and transactions can be a … Continue reading →

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The Copy Cat Poll

Posted on September 2, 2016 by

This editorial was originally published on Aug 3, 2012. It is being re-run as Steve is on vacation. One of the interesting facts I saw a few years ago talked about storage in enterprise environments. There was research that showed … Continue reading →

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An Impressive SQL Server

Posted on December 25, 2015 by

This editorial was originally published on May 6, 2011. It is being re-run for the Christmas holiday. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Recently I heard about one SQL Server with 1TB of RAM and another one that was handling over … Continue reading →

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Are We Suckers?

Posted on December 18, 2015 by

I written about learning to say no. I’ve noted that we must find a balance in life with work. I try to encourage you to work hard, get better at your job, and bring value to your employer. I certainly know there … Continue reading →

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The Lost Laptop Crisis

Posted on November 6, 2015 by

I wrote about the dangers of travel awhile back, where I had concerns about information when crossing the borders of a country. However that’s a case that most of us encounter rarely. However many of us do move information around on a … Continue reading →

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Positive or Negative

Posted on October 23, 2015 by

While watching a presentation recently on a SQL Server topic, I was surprised by a design technique that the speaker used. I hadn’t ever thought of the issue, but it caught my eye and made me rethink the way I … Continue reading →

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ER Modeling

Posted on September 11, 2015 by

I saw someone recently note that an Entity-Relationship model is important for your database development project. That UML is important, and the model should be actively maintained. I agree. However, I’ve usually not seen this done. Typically when I’ve seen … Continue reading →

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How many environments?

Posted on August 14, 2015 by

One of the things I’ve learned over time is that in order to develop software, you need multiple environments. I think that outside of school projects, I’ve always used at least two environments: development and production. At school there were … Continue reading →

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