F# Type Inference
I’m just starting to look at functional languages from an Object Oriented background. One of the first things I thought...
2015-01-23
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Gavin Draper
Tools For Successful Remote Working
I’ve been asked a few times recently how I find remote working and how well it works so I thought...
2014-10-13
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Entity Framework Fluent API and Indexing
With the release of Entity Framework 6.1 the Fluent API can now be used to create indexes. It’s still pretty...
2014-06-26
144 reads
Rails Continuous Testing
Coming from the .Net world where continuous testing is expensive on both the wallet and processing power seeing what Ruby...
2014-03-11
50 reads
Browser Based Web Notifications
3 of the 4 major browsers now support web notifications (Safari, Firefox, Chrome) and no where near enough sites are...
2014-03-01
46 reads
Cloning a SQL Server Database
The following script will backup and restore a database to the same server with a different name. Tested on SQL...
2014-03-01
45 reads
Using Google Charts With AngularJs
I recently rewrote a small webpage in AngularJs and it was amazing how much lighter and cleaner it made the...
2013-07-30
95 reads
Debugging Issues With Log4Net Not Logging
When you find log4net is not writing anything to your logs it can be a pain to debug as obviously...
2013-07-29
153 reads
ASP.Net MVC Debugging "Internal Server Error 500"
I was recently seeing “Internal Server Error 500” when trying to make an ajax call from an ASP.Net MVC view...
2013-06-22
524 reads
Das Keyboard - First Thoughts
There seems to be a lot of buzz around mechanical keyboard lately as more and more manufacturers have started producing...
2013-06-19
43 reads
Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
By SQLPals
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO The purpose...
5 SQL Tricks Worth Remembering Before You Close the Laptop
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Claude Context Window
By Arun Sirpal
Every Claude conversation has a context window. It is the total amount of text...
Forums
Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL,...
provisioning sql server via VMware Cloud Foundation
Hello, has anyone here ever provisioned and actually used an MS SQL Server with...
No More Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
No More Deadlocks
After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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