Tony Davis In Pursuit of Simplicity Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) are an incredibly valuable addition to the DBA’s troubleshooting armory, laying bare previously unavailable information regarding... 17 February 2009 3 min read
Louis Davidson Business Rule Enforcement I know this is a topic that could cause a few heads to spin around uncontrollably if taken the wrong... 16 February 2009 5 min read
Reka Burmeister Issues with a detailed test description In the Exchange Server Archiver team we recently had a series of discussions among our testers in order to get... 16 February 2009 4 min read
Tony Davis The Publishing Maul Over recent years, Agile development and Scrum have been championed by some developers, and various consulting firms, with a quasi-religious... 03 February 2009 3 min read
James Moore Adopting Scrum We kicked off a new project a few months ago: rewriting ANTS Memory Profiler. As part of the project, we decided... 28 January 2009 2 min read
Tony Davis Beg, Borrow, Steal before Build The art of developing an application, or maintaining a database server, really consists of finding ways of postponing or avoiding... 26 January 2009 3 min read
Richard Mitchell When is a Bug NotABug So we’re coding away – as you do – on our lovely new product (Blatant Plug : Exchange Server Archiver).... 23 January 2009 2 min read
Phil Factor Technical Interviews, and tests, have got to stop! ‘Technical Interviews’ have got to stop. They are a disgrace to the IT profession. Two MVPs who I asked the... 22 January 2009 5 min read
Phil Factor Calculating Easter: The longest scientific Project ever? On Friday, I’d managed to work myself into a rage about something. I then sat down and wrote the following... 18 January 2009 4 min read
Louis Davidson A few Word tips and tricks for writers Edit: Added ideas from comments at the end of the blog Not exactly a SQL topic, but I am working... 18 January 2009 5 min read
Jason Crease How big is a string in .NET? Typically the size of an object is 8 bytes for the object header plus the sum of the fields. Consider... 16 January 2009 3 min read
Phil Factor Clinging to the Flotsam. A survivor’s tale. I sharpened my metaphorical pencil and brooded. I decided to write some simple tips on how a software company could... 12 January 2009 5 min read
Phil Factor How to Insult People in Forums Should you insult posters on newsgroups, forums or online discussions? This may be a strange question to ask, and the... 09 January 2009 8 min read
Louis Davidson The first pillar – A Coherent Design One of the definitions on wiktionary.org for coherence is “a logical arrangements of parts”. In my initial post, I defined... 08 January 2009 9 min read
Louis Davidson Book Reviews… When I wrote the 2005 book, I promised that I would take the time to respond to reviews as much... 08 January 2009 3 min read
Louis Davidson 2009 SQL Resolutions Every year I put out resolutions, but this year is a little different. I will post my SQL only blog... 04 January 2009 2 min read
Phil Factor Publishing to the multitude. ‘And The Lord spake unto Moses face-to-face as a man speaketh unto his friend’ Exodus XXXIII: 11 JKV It... 21 December 2008 4 min read
Phil Factor A Chilling Prophesy When I was a schoolboy with fantasies about being a successful businessman, I went to a lecture given by one... 17 December 2008 3 min read
Louis Davidson The phases of database design Before I get started with the pillars of a well built database, I want to reply (in long form) to... 16 December 2008 3 min read
Robert Chipperfield Test-driven scalability in Exchange Server Archiver I’ve recently been working on Red Gate’s new Exchange Server Archiver tool. Earlier on in the development process, I was... 15 December 2008 3 min read
