PowerShell–Don’t Use Write-Host

I’ve written a few scripts and programs lately, mostly just for fun. In those scripts, I’ve used Write-Host to return...

How many peers?

Open is Not Necessarily More Secure

Just because we can view the source code for software doesn't mean it is more secure.

Growing Database Files

Quick Folder Size with PowerShell

This is a fairly simple idea, and one I’m sure many people have done in the past. Personally, I have...

TRY_CONVERT large numbers

Learning from Microsoft

Microsoft has changed their engineering to do amazing things in the cloud, especially with SQL Server. We could all learn from this.

The Term Extraction Transformation

The Dangers of Algorithms

How we implement algorithms can change the way the world works with our software. Steve Jones wonders if we should be disclosing the algorithms themselves.

Adding Minutes in Excel

A short one, but I found myself wasting time recently. I use an Excel sheet to schedule some items out...