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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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The Poor State of Secure Coding

Posted on June 6, 2017 by way0utwest

Security is becoming a bigger issue all the time. More companies are getting hacked and losing control of data. It seems every week there’s a new disclosure from some firm. Recently OneLogin had a breach, which is very disturbing as … Continue reading →

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