Developers Rate Azure One of Their Favorite Tools
Yeah, Azure. How we program, what we program and where we program is changing. All the time. This excellent article lays out a bunch of the trends that are going on within software these days. And one...
View ArticleSQL Lighthouse
Red Gate is constantly experimenting with technology. Because of a long history working within the Microsoft space, a lot of the new experimentation is in and around Azure. One new venture that could...
View ArticleDatabase in Source Control
Many years ago, I was working with a great DBA. Seriously, a very smart and capable guy. He told me, “We need to put the database into source control, just like app code.” And I just laughed. Not...
View ArticleBook Review: The Phoenix Project
Let’s get this straight right up front, the thought of reading a novel that’s about IT is so repellent, so repugnant, just so horribly wrong, that it’s kind of hard to fathom why I would even attempt...
View ArticleI Am Better Than You
That is a patently false statement and total BS. It sure does crawl up your spine though doesn’t it? Why then do we need to do this? I read an article, “How DevOps is Killing the Developer,” and,...
View ArticleHow to Convince the Boss to Send You to PASS Summit
August two years ago I originally posted, Make the PASS Summit Work for Your Employer. After conversations at several SQL Saturdays over the last couple of months, I decided to refresh and update that...
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Help Me, Help You, Deliver DevOps
I believe in DevOps. Actually, that’s a pretty horrible way to put it. It’s not about belief, like keeping Tinkerbell alive. I have successfully worked within an environment that implemented a DevOps...
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T-SQL Tuesday #091 – Databases and DevOps
Implementing DevOps with databases presents a unique set of challenges. However, just because something might be hard doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be done. I had the opportunity to work with a team...
View ArticleDatabase Development Gone Wrong
I recently shared a story about how I was personally responsible for a development project going off the rails (and oh boy, did it go off the rails). It’s a very painful story to share since I was the...
View ArticleYou Are A Coder
So, you say you’re a DBA. I say you’re not. You say you’re a system administrator. I say you’re wrong. We are all coders now. Every single one of us. You are a coder. Put down the brick and let me...
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