I recently encountered an interesting performance issue (due to implicit conversions) that I was able to solve using a lesser known technique and I wanted to share it with you here.

A customer environment was suddenly receiving high CPU alarms and I was called in to take a look.

Having… Read more

Every successful company has them. They’re the lifeblood of their organisations. Linchpins essential to getting things done and doing them extremely well. More commonly we know them as experts.

Experts are always in popular demand and they come in all manner of different flavours.

Of course they are just everyday… Read more

Continued investment in your professional development for career growth is hard. It’s also essential to being a successful Data Professional.

You’ve got a lot of competing priorities, we all do, it goes with the territory of being good at what you do. Managing the demands and responsibilities of your job… Read more

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