Compiling a Custom Provider and Including for Terraform Cloud

Assumptions

You are familiar with the basics of setting up Go and can run basic Go commands like go build and go install and don’t need much guidance on that...

Azure Data Studio SQL Notebook for Diagnostic Queries

Diagnostic Queries
Glenn Berry has long been known for producing the definitive diagnostic query set for various SQL Server versions. Between his amazing work and my favorite Brent Ozar First...

My Experience Switching To A Macbook Pro From Windows

My background
My background has been very strongly focused on the .NET world, with a focused start on SQL Server, later branching into learning PowerShell.
This world was heavily focused on...

Improved Windows Terminal Setup

I’ve long been a Cmder/ConEmu user for Windows as it’s provided a much-needed improvement of the standard Windows terminal.
I’ve started trying to use the newer Windows Terminal project to...

Using Pester to Improve Operational Tasks

Taking the Time To Test
Requirements in a constant state of change set you up for failure.
Failure to work through requirements before starting can also increase the risk of failure.
Planning...

A Smattering of Thoughts About Applying Site Reliability Engineering principles

What's This about
I figured I'd go ahead and take this article which I've gutted several times and share some thoughts, even if it's not an authority on the topic....

Quickly Create Github Release via Cli

TEST Intro
I've been trying to improve modularization with Terraform.
Using Terraform Cloud, you get a private module repository.
The modules are linked to tags in git.
I've wanted additionally to specifically create...

Asciidoc Distributed Docs as Code

TEST The Problem

I want to keep my code and my documentation in the same place.
I want to separate the presentation layer from my documentation content.
I want to be flexible...

Running SQL Server in Docker

Why Use Docker for MSSQL Say you have an onboarding and need to get a new developer up to speed. Have you gone through the setup process for SQL...

Getting Started With Python For Data Exploration

Intro To get started with running python queries with SQL Server is actually pretty easy. I waited far too long to tackle this, thinking it was much harder than...