A Heavy Heart
Hugo, I have many memories of moments we spent together, discussing data, career, life, and family. Three stand out, though not more or less...
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voiceofthedba's podcast
A series of episodes that look at databases and the world from a data professional's viewpoint. Written and recorded by Steve Jones, editor of SQLServerCentral and The Voice of the DBA.
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20 of 159 episodesAI Is Improving Security
I was updating the SQL Server build lists the other day. I typically get a notification from Microsoft when new builds are released. This is...
Making an Impression
It's a weird time in the job market. Companies are hiring, and I see friends and colleagues starting new positions. At the same time, I have...
Choose the Second One
I wonder if any of you have ever tried this. When faced with a problem, think of a solution using whatever comes to mind. For most of us in...
Today's AI
"This is the worst version of the car you'll own." That was a quote from the delivery manager when my wife and I picked up our Lucid Gravity...
Development Is Fun
I was listening to The Pragmatic Engineer interview Casey Muratori about high-performance code, which I found really interesting. I'm actual...
Smart AI Agents and Data Security
I don't know if Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google have really spent a lot of time and effort on security around their models. I know they talk ab...
You Need a DBA Pipeline
I work regularly with a number of customers on improving their database change processes. This has been the goal of Redgate's Database Chang...
Designing for Teams
Some years ago, I had to register for my medical benefits with Redgate. My employer had contracted with Anthem for health insurance, and I w...
Get Along
I enjoy listening to Get Along by Kenny Chesney periodically, often smiling to myself. I was reminded of this song recently while talking ab...
Finely Tuned Models
I have no idea if this is true, but this post on X says that Thomson Reuters used information they've collected for decades to fine tune and...
Make It Routine
The first one is hard. The rest are boring. I hear this statement from someone recently and sounds like something a technical person would d...
Your Favorite Quotes
I love seeing thoughtful, pithy, witty quotes. A good saying can often spur me in some way. Maybe I'll stop and think about what the words m...
I Don't Want To Do XX
Every job is a job on some days. I've said this to my kids and others I've mentored over the years. I've probably written that here, and I t...
The Cost of Multiple Platforms
I ran into an interesting post that noted the modern data platform can have a bunch of different systems underlying it . The example might b...
The End of Summer
Growing up, this was the last week of summer for me every year. When I was a child in Virginia Beach, school started the day after Labor Day...
Measuring Productivity
I've dealt with a lot of customers with who lately are concerned with the ROI of their teams. Certainly they want a good ROI if they purchas...
Preserving Data
Most data professionals I know go out of their way to take care of the data entrusted to them. Most people ensure backups are running, lots...
Collecting Data is Hard
Data is the lifeblood of much of the world today. Not necessarily big data, and certainly not perfect data, but organizations, individuals,...
Admin Rights for Everyone
I was chatting with someone that works at a smaller organization Still a few hundred employees, but the technical teams (dev and ops) were l...