Beste Fifty Percent podcasts (2024)

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Fifty Percent

5d ago

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Most of us will have more than one job in our career. In fact many of us will likely find a new job in the next five years. I hope I’m not in that group, but I recognize that it’s a possibility. We never know when our situation will change, or our employer’s situation will change. That is one reason I recommend you keep your resume up to date and c…

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Why men should read romance novels 47:37

12d ago47:37

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Katey and Abigail discuss the things (cishet) men could learn from romance novels, including communication, empathy and — yes — sex. Other topics include their feelings on grand gestures, Abigail’s panic before her husband proposed, Katey’s dog escaping during her proposal, and which fictional men are the best (and worst) examples for IRL men. Call…

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Fifty Percent AI 13:06

23d ago13:06

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It’s over halfway through 2024 and AI disruption is in full swing. It’s still overhyped and pretty much mislabelled. “AI” is the buzzword that has replaced “Online” in the mouths of “everyone with a mouth”. Listen as Matilda covers some of the AI trends and topics that might give us a clue.Door Virgil Reality

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The Invisible Disk 3:11

10h ago3:11

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I saw a post recently about the incredible shrinking computer, where a software consultant had written down his predictions for the future. In this case, he writes about a computer shrinking smaller than today, essentially to one chip, with docking stations wherever you need them. We're already at the place where many of us have an extremely powerf…

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Container Development Work

3d ago

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On my new laptop, I only use containers as database servers. I made the decision not to install SQL Server or PostgreSQL and instead work on containers only. I’ve written lightly about this, but I set up docker-compose files to load different instances of SQL Server and PostgreSQL (and others) and batch files to start and stop them. I’ve also set d…

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Container Development Work 3:15

3d ago3:15

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On my new laptop, I only use containers as database servers. I made the decision not to install SQL Server or PostgreSQL and instead work on containers only. I've written lightly about this, but I set up docker-compose files to load different instances of SQL Server and PostgreSQL (and others) and batch files to start and stop them. I've also set d…

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Fifty Percent 3:56

5d ago3:56

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Most of us will have more than one job in our career. In fact many of us will likely find a new job in the next five years. I hope I'm not in that group, but I recognize that it's a possibility. We never know when our situation will change, or our employer's situation will change. That is one reason I recommend you keep your resume up to date and c…

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Trying New Technology

10d ago

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I had someone ask me about DuckDB recently. Would I think that’s a good choice for a database? I don’t really know. From their blog and some online research, maybe, but it’s also a minority player in a niche space. I had a chat recently with someone that had implemented ArangoDB, a graph database. Why that and not Neo4J I asked them? Someone at the…

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Trying New Technology 4:13

10d ago4:13

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I had someone ask me about DuckDB recently. Would I think that's a good choice for a database. I don't really know. From their blog and some online research, maybe, but it's also a minority player in a niche space. I had a chat recently with someone that had implemented ArangoDB, a graph database. Why that and not Neo4J I asked them? Someone at the…

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A Kafka Introduction 3:38

12d ago3:38

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I've heard of Kafka before. I know it's an Apache project and you can download or read more at https://kafka.apache.org/. I knew it was a way of moving data around, some sort of ETL tool useful for moving things around. More like a message and queueing system, which is a tool that seems like a great idea, but one that everyone struggles to work wit…

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Your Computer Science Education 2:59

17d ago2:59

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I know a lot of people in this business do not have computer science degrees. While some do, I suspect it's a minority. I'm certainly curious, so if you want to share your education experience in a comment, tell me if you have a degree and what the focus was, as well as answer a few other questions. At DevOps Days in Minneapolis recently, professor…

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A Lack of Architecture and Planning 2:36

21d ago2:36

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A few weeks ago, I was sitting in the audience, waiting for my turn to speak at DevOps Days in Minneapolis. Just before me, Xe Iaso delivered a funny and thought-provoking talk on building a social network on a whiteboard. It was very well done and had me feeling nervous about following that session. The talk is a bit of a satirical look at an inte…

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What Do You Drop? 3:10

24d ago3:10

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Many years ago I was training for a triathlon. I had competed in the Sandman Triathlon the previous year in Virginia Beach and wanted to do it again. I had a young child, work was busy, and I was struggling to find time to swim, bike, and run every week. One night, I was at a work event with a customer who was also a triathlete. He was much more co…

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'Just One Taste' by Lizzy Dent 1:00:56

25d ago1:00:56

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Katey and Abigail read Lizzy Dent’s “Just One Taste” and dream of eating copious amounts of Italian food. Other topics include flying with cremains, their chaotic beach trip, being nosy in vacation rentals and a VERY exciting announcement! Calling all central Texas book lovers! Fae Ball Austin is coming. A book convention by day and an immersive fa…

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Prevent Complete SQL Injection 2:58

26d ago2:58

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I would hope most of you reading this know what SQL Injection (SQi) is and how you can prevent it. Or at least what patterns cause problems. If not, here's a short explanation that is worth reading. If you have more questions, ask in our forums. SQL Injection has been, and continues to be, a problem in many systems. In fact, I chatted with Mike Wal…

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A Checklist for Learning 3:00

28d ago3:00

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One of the challenges many people have is focusing their learning efforts along some path. The best way to move forward is with steady effort that guides you through steps to build knowledge or skill. However, with so much information out there on the Internet, how do you decide where you focus your efforts? Lots of people choose a random method, b…

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Send Metrics Not Logs 2:55

1M ago2:55

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This is part of a series on observability, a concept taking hold in modern software engineering. One of the interesting things I saw in an engineering presentation on Observability from Chik-Fil-A was that they are sometimes bandwidth-constrained at remote sites. In an early version of their platform, they sent logs back to HQ, and their logs used …

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Responding to a Disaster 3:52

1M ago3:52

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Ryan had a planes, trains, and automobiles situation a few weeks ago. On the same day, I didn't. A delay for a few hours, but an easy trip home. Lots of other people didn't have a smooth trip, and I had a few friends who spent an extra night somewhere or had flights canceled and decided not to take a trip. The Crowdstrike outage hit the entire worl…

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'The Honeymoon Crashers' by Christina Lauren 1:09:25

1M ago1:09:25

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In honor of Abigail's honeymoon (that Katey tagged along on...long story), the girls listen to Christina Lauren's audio-exclusive "The Honeymoon Crashers," the sequel to all-time fave "The Unhoneymooners." Other topics include pizza at weddings, the YMCA, their individual audiobook listening habits and how expensive this trip must have been. Callin…

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A Quick Turnaround 2:50

1M ago2:50

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I visited a customer last week and attended SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2024. Both were fun events, and an enjoyable week, though I was away from my wife for 4.5 days, which she didn't love. Today, I had a quick turnaround, heading to Wisconsin Dells for THAT! Conference, which I attended last year and enjoyed. I didn't submit this to the event, but g…

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Thinking About Technology 2:32

2M ago2:32

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Technology has dramatically changed the world over time. The advent of cars dramatically changed the US, as people could go places and meet others in a way that was difficult and slow before. The telephone let us communicate with people all over the world at a pace that was previously impossible. Computer technology has furthered this at a truly am…

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The Biggest Database Professional Challenges Today 2:22

2M ago2:22

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Today I have a question for you: What are the three biggest challenges you face today as a database professional? Read the rest of The Biggest Database Professional Challenges Today

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A Programmer's Attitude 3:25

2M ago3:25

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I caught this piece on the need for programmers (developers) to not trust anyone, including themselves. It is written by a software developer for other software developers, but I think it can also apply to database work as well. It is a bit long, but it starts with the nature of abstractions in the world and how they let us work with simpler models…

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'Summertime Punchline' by Betty Corrello 1:24:56

2M ago1:24:56

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In the dead heat of summer, Katey and Abigail read “Summertime Punchline” by Betty Corrello. Other topics include several stories about the times they met Glen Powell (including one swoonworthy moment on the University of Texas campus), as well as Katey’s longing for a pair of Margaritaville Crocs (size 7 if anyone can get their hands on some), Waw…

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Cloud vs On-premises 3:55

2M ago3:55

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The cloud has been a controversial concept for much of its existence. While the idea has been around for many decades, AWS started selling IT services in 2006, with Azure following suit in 2008. Since then, the use of cloud services has grown tremendously. While some applications and organizations have embraced the idea from the beginning. I found …

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Least Privilege 3:08

2M ago3:08

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I assume that most of you know about the principle of least privilege. If not, please read this short blog from Brian Kelley and make sure you understand how you should approach security. In the modern world, we also ought to adapt our systems for the zero trust model, which includes the least privilege principle. However, I wonder how many of your…

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The Stretch Database Retirement 2:57

2M ago2:57

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Stretch Database is finally going away. It is being retired. It was deprecated on Nov 16, 2022, from SQL Server 2022. Effective Jul 9, 2024, the supporting Azure service is retired. I saw this in an announcement on Jul 3, though I hope anyone using this service has been seeing lots of reminders over the last couple of years. I know I'm getting MySQ…

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An Upgrade Slog 3:16

2M ago3:16

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I saw a blog post from Randolph West recently that asked How do you restore a SQL Server 2000 database in the year 2024? It's a bit of a process, involving an intermediate version and two restores. He also points out the need to run DBCC after the first restore, which is a good idea. I wonder how many people would take the time to do this, or even …

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Midsummer Fun 4:41

2M ago4:41

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Yesterday was Independence Day in the US and a day off for me. Today, I'm back to work. Same for my rocket engineer son, one day off. My wife remembers a few of her companies giving a 4-day weekend when a holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday, but that hasn't been my experience and isn't this week. I know we're barely into summer, which technicall…

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