A New Word: Astrophe

astrophe n the feeling of being stuck on Earth. Us geeks are supposed to love space, right? Science Fiction? The Moon is a Harsh Mistress? Star Trek/Star Wars/Lost in...

Contained AG MSDB Naming

Heading to That Conference

I’ve been working with Ryan Booz a bit more and as we’ve talked over the last few weeks, he has asked me a few times if I’ve booked travel...

Using Data Masker on Chinese Surnames

A customer had a question recently on masking Chinese characters. I thought that was interesting, so decided to test this out. This is a short post on using SQL...

Actively Choosing Compatibility

Do you actively choose which compatibility level makes sense for your SQL Server databases? Or do you just take the defaults? Steve has a few thoughts today on actively managing your system.

Managed Instance Memory per vCore Limits

Across the Water Again

I’m in the UK again, for my second trip this year. This time I have no commitments for speaking or presenting anything. I’m in town for a Marketing get-together...

Getting the Winners

Using the Lightweight Tools

This week Steve is interested in whether the newer lightweight environments, like VS Code and Azure Data Studio, are capturing your interest.

A New Word: Slipfast

slipfast adj. longing to disappear completely; to melt into a crowd and become invisible, so you can take in the world without having to take part in it –...