Louis Davidson in Editorials The good, the bad, and the awful taste muscle memory can have When I was traveling a while back, I grabbed a small white metal tube out of my toiletry bag. Opened... 09 June 2025 7 min read
Louis Davidson in Career What about Loyalty? My last editorial asked the question, “What is your price?” The point is that everyone has a situation right now... 02 June 2025 5 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials What’s Your Price? Everyone has a price, and that price takes many forms. It could be money, loved ones, comfort, duty, or a... 12 May 2025 7 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials Data-Based Movie Reviews: Moneyball A while back, a friend of mine, who is big into baseball, tried to encourage me to watch the movie:... 05 May 2025 8 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials The power of connecting in person To start off I want to be clear, I am a big proponent of telecommuting. Big. It has been at... 28 April 2025 6 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials Having no idea where to start I think this is my favorite idea for a blog post, because the idea for this blog came about when... 07 April 2025 4 min read
Louis Davidson Distractions The second I wrote down the idea for a blog posts on Distractions, I knew there had to be two... 17 March 2025 5 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials Don’t Let That Idea Get Away! For the past two years, I have started off the year taking a week to travel with my wife to... 03 March 2025 7 min read
Louis Davidson in Opinion Pieces The State of the Database 2025 Less than a week ago, Redgate released their annual State of the Database Landscape report. You can read about the... 17 February 2025 3 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials Art and Science and of course AI There is a classic argument that goes like this, “is programming art or a science?” In its purest form, science... 03 February 2025 5 min read
Phil Factor in Editorials Accessibility, and the Need for Ingenious Simplicity in Computer Scripts, Languages and Programs I’m very keen on accessibility in computer systems. Nowadays we tend to take a rather superior attitude to this problem,... 30 January 2025 12 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials Nostalgic Memory Loss Today’s topic pertains to 99.999% of all people, young, old, and all age ranges . I am also not talking... 20 January 2025 4 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials Simple Talk 2024 Year in Review Edit: Added pictures to the PASS section of the Redgate Hub Happy New Year to all of the Simple talk... 31 December 2024 7 min read
Louis Davidson in Career TSQL Tuesday #181 – The first SQL Server Feature that made me go “Wow!” First off, thank you to Kevin Chant for hosting TSQL Tuesday this month. And equally, thank you for not putting... 11 December 2024 4 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials Love Your Conference Sponsors You probably already realize this, but I work for a company that sponsors conferences. As the editor of Simple Talk,... 04 December 2024 4 min read
John Kerski in Career Hiring and Motivating Technical Polyglots in Data Analytics In this article, I will discuss hiring and motivating technical polyglots. A polyglot is a person who speaks multiple languages... 22 November 2024 9 min read
Louis Davidson in Career T-SQL Tuesday #180 – Good enough is perfect Today’s post is in reply to the invitation post, Josephine Bush asks the question: “How do you get to good... 12 November 2024 4 min read
Louis Davidson in Blogs Mental Rest The importance of rest of all types can’t be overstated. In today’s world, rest is a rare and valuable commodity.... 15 October 2024 4 min read
Louis Davidson in Editorials Simple Talks at the PASS Summit This year at Simple Talk has been exciting, after a slow start with me being more or less out for... 23 September 2024 4 min read
Grant Fritchey in Blogs What Did AI Ever Do for Me? Let me start with a simple confession, and I hope it’s not too shocking for anyone; I’m old. When I... 09 September 2024 3 min read
