David Stein

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No SQL For You! One Year!

The Need for Structure

In my years of working with M2M, one of my biggest frustrations is that it allows you to do almost whatever you want with it. There is a lack of structure, required workflows, etc. This makes data analysis difficult to impossible at times.

I’ll just name a few examples from the sales [...]

He Chose Poorly

You must choose… but choose wisely.

I received an e-mail from a M2M customer last week regarding problems he had using the system. He complained that the system was too rigid, required too much work to maintain the data, and kept his company from being more productive. I’ve had experience with many different kinds of [...]

Brent Ozar Steals My Ideas.

Stop Stealing

Alright Brent, that’s it. I’m calling you out. Your recent post on Getting Things Done was the final straw.

I’m not just talking about Brent, I’m also pointing an accusing finger at Steve Jones, Buck Woody, Tim Mitchell, and Brian Knight.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read these [...]

“That’s Not My Job” One Other Maintenance Plan Issue

Not My Job

Experienced M2M Administrators may have noticed something consipicously absent from my article on maintenance plans. I either skipped it intentionally to make a point or forgot because I have the attention span of a gnat, I’ll let you speculate the reason amongst yourselves.

As of now, all versions of Made2Manage since 3.X [...]