Daily Coping 17 Jan 2023

Today’s coping tip is to get moving. Ideally do something outside. Taking time to walk the dogs outside, heading to the dog park to get them, and me, some...

Daily Coping 18 Jan 2023

Today’s coping tip is to say positive things to the people you meet today. In general, I don’t encounter a lot of people on any day, but I do...

Heading Back to VS Live in March 2023

I’m speaking at VS Live in March 2023 for the Las Vegas show. This time it’s at Planet Hollywood, which is a hotel a new place for me. I’m...

Knowing Your Technologies

When faced with choices, it's important to understand the capabilities and limitations of your options.

SQL Bits 2023

I’m honored to be heading back to SQL Bits 2023. I was selected to deliver one session, in the professional development track. With so many people submitting, I’m not...

Daily Coping 16 Jan 2023

Today’s coping tip is to learn something new and share it with others. I do this all the time. It’s a part of my job, and I did this...

No Flyway Baseline No Migration

In my experiments with the Flyway CLI (fwcli), I’m finding some interesting behavior, some of which is catching my by surprise. This post looks at the baseline command and...

Daily Coping 13 Jan 2023

Today’s coping tip is to take five minutes to sit still and breathe. Sounds simple. I find this to be very challenging. If I’m just sitting here, why am...

Installing Flyway Community on Windows

One of the things I’ve been trying to do is dig in more deeply to the Flyway command line (CLI) as part of my work with Redgate. While Flyway...

The ANSI PADDING Table