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Database Development Made Easy

Posted on August 30, 2017 by way0utwest

I ran across this post on developing database with SSDT. It has a lot of steps, and reading through it, I find this to make some sense, but I’m not sure I think this is easy. I can see why developers … Continue reading →

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Use More Pull Requests

Posted on August 23, 2017 by way0utwest

I noticed a short while back that Books Online is on github. You can fork the code and make corrections to pages and then submit a pull request. This is the model that many OSS projects use, including the amazing DBATools project. … Continue reading →

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Failed Projects

Posted on August 18, 2017 by way0utwest

This editorial is from way back, published in 2005, but perhaps still a good one today. This is being re-run as Steve is at the Data Platform Summit. Friday is poll day, at least as long as I can be … Continue reading →

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Software Has Bugs

Posted on June 13, 2017 by way0utwest

Every once in awhile I have someone I meet complaining about software quality, usually with regards to some piece of Microsoft software. I’ll invariably hear how there shouldn’t be bugs in SQL Server or Windows, and Microsoft isn’t testing their … Continue reading →

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