I asked the Twitter hive-mind about its favorite tech companies: “Which SQL (or SQL-adjacent) tech companies are doing right, either by product, by promotions, or by people?” The hive-mind gave me some responses, and I quickly realized I’d need some science for keeping track of this. Celebrate science, and your favorite techie companies, with this […]
Category: People and Opinions
Blog Sins
Thoughts come together, and the hybridization of your thoughts give rise to new ideas. Here are the thoughts: I have this session called “T-SQL Code Sins”, where I talk about “the worst things we do to SQL code, and why”. Last night I was talking about blogging with several SQL bloggers, and one guy who […]
Tech Books: Caveat Emptor
These days, we have a myriad of ways to judge whether any given product – like, say, a book on SQL Server – is any good. We ask our friends in the industry, check reviews online, or failing anything else, we go for the name we recognize. “Hey, Dan Bookman has a new version of SQL […]