abower

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by abower 6y ago
Yep, I do the same. Depending on size of data being affected, level of table RI in place,and necessity of seeing the data again later, or client calling back the following day/week having changed their mind and can we 'undo'
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by abower 6y ago
Agree. Its far more valuable to see how a candidate approaches problems than some memorized recital show. I don't expect perfection, but if their reasoning is sound that becomes clear fairly quickly. I usually also include some imperfe
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by abower 6y ago
Adam Hall's Quiller series. Good to revisit every few years and the mechanism of building to a crisis, then starting after the resolution and backing up is fun. Not for everyone though as it's cold war vintage spy stuff. Feels rea
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by abower 6y ago
Take a look at Eyes in the Sky, it's an interesting read. https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Sky-Secret-Gorgon-Stare-ebook/dp...
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by abower 7y ago
100% this. Nothing is more aggravating than having to go through someone elses SQL mess and having to reformat with commas in front. Why you ask? First, its trivial to comment a value out for testing/debugging etc, but secondly if you
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by abower 7y ago
If you do a lot of adhoc sql with an editer that supports multiline editing, it allows for pasting in big lists of text and quickly formatting it, trailing commas and ragged edge right data suck to edit in bulk.
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by abower 7y ago
^ This. Most folks these days need something short and to the point. If you want exhaustive detail, read the official documentation. If however you want something to point you in the right direction to get going with a couple of representat
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by abower 8y ago
We tried it at work, I wanted to like it but it was often slow, some features only sort of work due to the way they are integrated with office 365 and lastly, too much conversation emphasis. Now, at our workplace, for dev related items, bas