Tag Archives: software development

State v Migrations

Most people work in evolutionary databases. By that I mean a database where you have some schema, and over time you are altering that schema. You might be adding columns to tables or views, changing stored procedure or function code, … Continue reading

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Release Wednesday

I’m glad that someone else is adopting Release Wednesdays. I was surprised to see the post from Red Gate, though I shouldn’t have been. I knew we were releasing regularly and some groups were aiming for weekly releases. There was … Continue reading

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Kanban

With more and more software developers trying to find ways to better build software, we have seen many new methodologies and processes being used for managing workloads, tracking development progress and more. Perhaps one of the most interesting adoptions for … Continue reading

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The Devil’s in the Details

This week I was scanning through a number of SQL Server posts (in between working on April Fool’s Jokes) and a couple of them caught my eye. They dealt with simple subjects, but subjects whose details are important. I’ve often … Continue reading

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