Voice of the DBA
info_outline Words vs DataVoice of the DBA
info_outline Data DebtVoice of the DBA
info_outline Creating vs. MaintainingVoice of the DBA
If your job as a developer or DBA has been like mine, it's a constant stream of requests to change something, often without enough information and short deadlines that create a bit of stress. There's always more work to be done, and while it might be a great job, you're often trying to finish something quickly enough to get to the next thing. In this mode, how often do you think about creating (or modifying) the thing you're working on for today vs maintaining it for tomorrow. In other words, do you consider how easily your work can be understood, is documented, is designed to allow for...
info_outline The Era of Cloned HumansVoice of the DBA
info_outline Can You Become a More Productive Engineer?Voice of the DBA
The short answer is of course, most of us can learn and improve our skills to become better developers, engineers, DBAs, etc. While we might not be able to become the 10x engineer that many aspire to be, we can certainly become a better employee inside of an organization. There's a piece on becoming a more effective engineer, which is actually titled . It a piece from an engineer that started with a : The text was:You can either complain and pontificate on Twitter on how the tech industry *should* ideally work, or you can learn how your org *really* works and what’s rewarded, and optimize...
info_outline The AI Budget AssistantVoice of the DBA
info_outline The Types of ChangesVoice of the DBA
info_outline The Managed Cloud Database OptionsVoice of the DBA
info_outline Simple(r) CoffeeVoice of the DBA
Starbucks has too many order combinations. about the challenges for their new CEO notes there are over 170,000 combinations of things customers can order. As someone who has visited a store often and stood behind someone placing an order, that sounds like an accurate number. Sometimes I hear people order things to drink that I had no idea were even possible. When there are too many choices, sometimes there can be a delay as the person tries to process the information and make a decision. Some people can't make a decision. Others enjoy the variety and keep making different decisions each time....
info_outlineThere's an article at Forbes about the Five Things Business Leaders Should Know about Databases. Disclosure, it's by my boss, but I think it's still a good read. These are points we've learned from research and work with customers and prospects at Redgate Software. These points come from you, as well as from executives with whom we work, but there are so many people in organizations who don't think about the complexity of data, so it's a good one to pass along.
The five things are (if you don't want to read): data is growing, getting more complex, there are multiple database platforms in most estates, teams struggle (duh), and data is a business issue. Most of us know about the fourth one, often because we may feel overloaded with work. We might also feel a lot of stress in trying to keep up with not only the workload but also trying to learn more to support the ever-growing variety of systems it seems our employer wants to put into production. I regularly talk with customers whose developers keep wanting to try out a new, shiny database platform in the cloud (or add new features from their existing platforms).
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