Tag Archives: software development

Where Are the Programmers?

Posted on September 1, 2010 by way0utwest

Today Steve Jones has a little fun with titles in technology, and what we might start to call ourselves instead of DBAs. Continue reading →

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When To Touch

Posted on August 24, 2010 by way0utwest

When can you modify a database that supports some third party product? Steve Jones has a few thoughts and warns you to be careful. Continue reading →

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Rating Bugs

Posted on August 23, 2010 by way0utwest

How do you triage and rate the bugs that come in for software? How should Microsoft do this for SQL Server. Steve Jones has a few comments. Continue reading →

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Beyond Automation

Posted on August 19, 2010 by way0utwest

Are there some things that are beyond automation in your company? Steve Jones comments on the difficulty of changing things with automation in some cases. Continue reading →

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