“Found a way to kill the integration test flakiness. Switching everyone to LocalDB for local dev. No Docker required. No, I’m not joking.”
By 12:15 AM, he had fixed the migration. By 12:30, he had written a new integration test that ran directly against his LocalDB instance, completing in under two seconds. He wasn’t just productive. He was fast . ms sql localdb
No spinning beach ball. No “insufficient memory.” Just a quiet, almost smug acknowledgment. “Found a way to kill the integration test flakiness
While full SQL Server installations are necessary for production environments, LocalDB fills a critical gap for developers who need a robust SQL Server experience without the heavyweight setup. I’m not joking.” By 12:15 AM