What I Will Do For You in 2012
Many of you have first hand experience of our phenomenal sql community (affectionately labelled the #sqlfamily).
Your first encounter with it...
2012-01-09
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John Sansom
Start 2012 with Your Best of 2011
The first week following on from the Christmas break is a very hectic one for us Data Professionals.
Your customers are...
2012-01-03
622 reads
Why Did You Start Blogging?
That’s easy, because Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) challenged me to……
Finding time to keep up with awesome blog content can be tough....
2011-12-15
653 reads
SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Volume 2 – My Review
Volume 1 was packed full of knowledge and a very welcome edition to my bookshelf! With the bar already set...
2011-12-09
840 reads
What Makes The Perfect DBA Role?
What is it that makes the perfect role for a Database Administrator?
Well I can’t tell you that because you and...
2011-12-07
1,308 reads
What Every DBA Should Get For Christmas
What is a brilliant gift at Christmas for a DBA? I mean apart from having the day off…..
For those new...
2011-12-05
583 reads
New Year New Job?
Are you 100% satisfied with your current job? Of course not!
When given serious consideration most people will agree that there...
2011-11-28
921 reads
Being an Effective DBA Remotely
Do not let the phrase “out of sight, out of mind” apply to you.
As Data Professionals a lot of us...
2011-11-01
1,126 reads
SQLRelay Just Got Bigger Folks – The King is Back
Return of the King?
As if the original week of action planned was not enough SQLRelay just got Bigger!
Three brand new...
2011-09-07
750 reads
My Guide to Passing MCTS Exam 70-432
A reader wrote in to me last weekend regarding the MCTS Exam 70-432 (SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance).
Hi John,
I...
2011-09-05
2,389 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
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