Since the start of the year I have been reading The Daily Stoic, filled with bite-size bits of wisdom. I enjoyed the book so much I subscribed to their newsletter as well. I would encourage everyone reading this to browse some of the materials in the links and see if stoicism resonates with you in any way.
One of the stories I came across recently had to do with Socrates and his "three sieves" test. When presented with a piece of information, he would ask the person delivering the message to answer three questions. Is the information true? Is the information good? Is the information useful?
If the information is not true, is not good, and is not useful..."then why would you want to tell me this information?"
In the age of social media, that story hit home for me. Not every piece of information is going to be all three. But if you can't be at least one, then why continue to push the message forward? We all spend far too much time being critics and not enough time being cheerleaders. As we come out of this pandemic and look to return to "normal", we should take pause on what information we choose to spread.
One last thing to note. The SQL community lost a friend this past weekend. As I watched the many accolades given upon him upon passing, I had to stop and think "why do we wait until someone is dead to tell them how much they meant in our lives?"
If the accolades are true, good, and useful...why wait to tell the person?
So, that's what I leave you with today. Don't put it off any longer. Go and tell people the true, good, and useful stuff about themselves, the stuff you treasure and want them to know.
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Community Links
Looking to the future for R in Azure SQL and SQL Server
After years of learning Python for data science, Microsoft doubles down on R. Looks like I get to learn both languages after all!
A New DevOps Database Platform is Needed
There is a lot to unpack in this article, but the takeaway I want you to have is this: these issues are not new to DevOps. They have existed for decades. No, you don't need to create a new database, it will not solve your build process.
Salary Trends for Data Scientists and Machine Learning Professionals
If you love data and are thinking about changing careers, I want you to know the salary trends for data science and machine learning are increasing. Now is as good a time as any to learn yourself some Python or R.
Events
We are moving forward with plans to host Live! 360 this November in Orlando.
Live! 360 brings the IT, Developer, and Data communities together for six days of training, knowledge sharing, and networking. With unlimited access to Live! 360’s five co-located events, you and your team will get the training you need to keep you and your business competitive and future-ready.
Send any questions about the event to me at SQLRockstar@thomaslarock.com
Data Janitor Roundup
GitHub and OpenAI launch an AI Copilot tool that generates its own code
At first I thought "AI reading code to generate new code, what could possibly go wrong?" I guess we will find out soon enough, as Copilot seems to be rising in popularity since launch.
Overview of Data Transfer Costs for Common Architectures
Data transfer charges are often overlooked while architecting a solution in any cloud. This post does great job of summarizing all the things you must consider when using AWS.
You can’t take it with you: Stop data exfiltration now
Just this past weekend, a person no longer on the faculty at our local high school sent a targeted email to parents of incoming Seniors, soliciting for students looking for extra help writing college essays. So, this ex-employee still has access to internal distribution lists, or they "borrowed" the list before they left. Either way, this is wrong, and all too common.
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