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Advice for my past self

  • Post author:Rob Farley
  • Post published:July 9, 2024
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Louis Davidson (@drsql) asks what advice we wish we'd had - particularly when we were starting out first data platform job. I'm not really sure when that was. I did computing…

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Ready or not

  • Post author:Rob Farley
  • Post published:June 11, 2024
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When is the right time to move to new technology? Andy Leonard asks about balancing new features and proven technology. And certainly the challenge is real. I see new features…

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Interview questions

  • Post author:Rob Farley
  • Post published:May 14, 2024
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At LobsterPot Solutions one of the things we often do for our clients is participate in job interviews, to help get a feel for the technical ability of the people…

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AI and SQL

  • Post author:Rob Farley
  • Post published:April 9, 2024
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Pinal Dave (@pinaldave), who might always exist in my mind as the person who took me to a KFC in Bengaluru, asks us about how AI has helped our roles…

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Hekaton – the bad and the good, and a misconception

  • Post author:Rob Farley
  • Post published:March 12, 2024
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The SQL Server platform is a robust system, designed to handle data in a relational system through the “ACID” properties of transactions. That is, to ensure that any piece of…

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My last ticket

  • Post author:Rob Farley
  • Post published:February 13, 2024
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There are a bunch of different things I do for clients, so it’s a bit strange to try to think what to write about in response to a question about…

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Kelly Broekstra, MVP

  • Post author:Rob Farley
  • Post published:January 22, 2024
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It's not hard to see why Kelly has been recognised as a Microsoft Most Valued Professional, as she did last week. I think everyone who meets her understands right away…

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Responding to cancelled projects

  • Post author:Rob Farley
  • Post published:January 9, 2024
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This month (welcome to 2024, by the way) Reitse Eskens (@2meterDBA) asks us about our failures. Our abandoned projects. More specifically, what we’ve learned from them. Thanks Reitse. My failures…

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