Why I Support Code Automation Tools Like ORMs

I know I’m a weirdo. I’ve always been a weirdo. When I was a DBA (now I only play one on TV), I was a weirdo too. Case in...

Extended Events: Database Auditing

Extended Events can do things that simply are not possible with Profiler and another example comes from the stack of audit events that exist only in Extended Events. One...

Redgate Software Needs You!

I’ve been very blessed to be able to work for Redgate Software. We’ve done some amazing stuff over the years. We’re going to be doing even more amazing stuff...

Toilets and Your Systems

Today, Grant Fritchey compares a disaster caused by a toilet to technical debt in IT.

Maybe Being Famous is a Bad Idea

Today, Grant Fritchey talks about the downsides of being famous.

Be Kind

Simply put, we are not always going to agree. Please, take this as someone who was nicknamed “The Scary DBA” for reasons comic and tragic. I’ve screwed up a...

The Importance of Testing

Today, Grant Fritchey talks about why testing early is so important.

Extended Events: Histogram Output

The single most important thing to remember about Extended Events is that this functionality is not simply a replacement for Profiler/Trace, but a whole new tool with new functionality....

Identifying Forced Plans

Staying Active

Today, Grant talks about why staying active is important.