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Finding Analogies with AI

I saw this article on using AI to help that included a few prompts. I decided to try one. This is part of a series of experiments with the...

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Restore with Standby–#SQLNewBlogger

A customer had a question about restoring with standby, so I wrote a quick post to explain how this works. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully...

The IT Jobs AI Can't Do

This was a provocative title: 6 ITOps Skills That Will Never Be Automated. In a time when AI use is growing quickly and many people fear for their jobs, it's nice to see someone writing about areas that AI will struggle to handle. Ironically, lots of these articles are written by writers without much technical […]

Chicago Database DevOps in a Day Workshop

I’m heading to Chicago today for the Redgate Database DevOps in a Day workshops. This is the first of many on the US tour. I’ll be at 5 of...

Power BI and Git

New Power BI features should make it easier to version control your reports.

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A New Word: mahpiohanzia

mahpiohanzia – n. the frustration of being unable to fly, unable to stretch out your arms and vault into the air, having finally shrugged off the burden of your...

Finding Identity Columns–#SQLNewBlogger

I had to find a set of identity columns recently and through this would make a good blog post. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves...