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Poor Software Testing

I am a big advocate of testing your code, including your database code. I like repeatable testing, especially unit testing. I think this has contributed to the increase in quality over the last ten years as more developers have incorporated … Continue reading

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Representative Data Challenges

One of the areas where machine learning and artificial intelligence have had lots of success is with image work. Whether identifying people in pictures or helping cars stay on the road and out of each other’s way, this capability of … Continue reading

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Catching Minor Issues

This seems like something out of a thriller that Hollywood made for a spy. Someone switches two cables in a rocket and then it crashes. However, it’s what happened recently, not from a spy, but an employee somewhere connected two … Continue reading

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Methodical Testing

Performance tuning is a challenge for many data professionals. Often, it’s also a task that we struggle to find time to perform in many environments. Developers have new features to build and DBAs have plenty of other work. As a … Continue reading

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