A Tool is Better than a Script

Tools are important to DBAs, but they need to be reliable, both in what they do, and how they work.

Increase Deadlock Detection

SWAG Saves the Day

PASS Summit East is in one week. I was on the road last week in the UK and then Houston for the Houston AI-lytics event. I had been a...

Half of All Engineers

Will AI replace half of all engineers?

How Long is a Long I/O?

JSON_OBJECTAGG is an Aggregate: #SQLNewBlogger

I wrote an article recently on the JSON_OBJECTAGG function, but neglected to include an example of why it can behave weirdly. This post looks at something you might not...

Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM

I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your Laptop session at the Houston AI-lytics 2026 event last week, so this post looks at...

Spring Connections and Learning at PASS On Tour

The spring PASS On Tour event is coming to Chicago in a few weeks.

T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG

Learn how the JSON_ARRAYAGG() function works in SQL Server 2025.

Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides

Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out with them. The slides with links...