Inserting Transaction Marks

Reading JSON Data with Python

Recently I’ve been looking at archiving some data at SQL Saturday. As a start, I needed to read some of the archive data I have in Python. This post...

The Costs and Rewards of Speaking

Steve has had a good time sharing knowledge with others at events. He gives you a few thoughts on why you might join him at a future event.

Invisible Downtime

Steve has a few thoughts on invisible downtime, a term he had never heard until recently.

LOGON Trigger Count

Using Flyway with Feature Flags

There is a nice article at Harness.io on their use of feature flags and how they deployed their next generation experience. It’s worth a read if you want to...

Kubernetes is Cool, But ...

Steve has a few thoughts on Kubernetes and how much data professionals should care about the technology.

Multiple Query Trace Flags

A New Word: Flichtish

flichtish – adj. nervously aware how much of your self-image is based on untested assumptions about yourself – only ever guessing how you’d react to a violent thread, a...

Creating Statistics on XML