The On-Call Load

Today Steve asks about on-call responsibility for you and how you view this as part of your job, or in your job search.

Two Table Hints

Using Git Prune–#SQLNewBlogger

As I’ve been working with SQL Saturday and managing changes to events, I’ve accumulated a lot of branches. Even though I’m a solo developer, I decided to use branches,...

Action Over Knowledge

A big part of success is making an effort. Steve discusses the need to do things and not passively let life pass you by.

Post Restore Tasks for the Resource Database

Reporting Services Editions

The Redgate Seminar – Brisbane

On Thursday, May 2, we have the Redgate Seminar in Brisbane. I’ll be at there along with fellow Redgate engineers, account executives, Octopus Deploy engineers, fellow Microsoft MVPs, and...

A New Word: the standard blues

the standard blues– n. the dispiriting awareness that the twists and turns of your life feel new and profound, but are not unique – marked by the same coming-of-age...

DevOps Book Recommendations

I’m out today, coaching in Salt Lake City. However, I’ve been thinking about a few books after discussions with various customers and attendees at a few events. I wanted...

The Marked Transaction