Help Your Manager

Your manager doesn't always know what you're doing, and rarely knows what you've done. That's your job.

The Firewall Issue

Daily Coping 14 Sep 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Daily Coping 13 Sep 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

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Unix vs PowerShell

I saw an article on using awk, sed, and grep on Linux. I used to know how to use those, though I was by no means an expert. However, working with a stream of text with an input and output was a valuable skill I've used over and over in my career. There are plenty […]

The State of Data Growth

Data continues to grow at incredible rates. That's good for those of us that make a living with data.

Daily Coping 10 Sep 2021

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

Goal Progress for August 2021

I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2021. I’m late in putting this out, but here goes. Current...

New Old Architectures

The idea of event driven, rather than tightly coupled architectures is one that Steve thinks data professionals should learn more about.