AI Model Size, Parameters and Download
At SQL Saturday Boston 2025, I gave a presentation on local LLMs and there was a great question that I wasn’t sure about. Someone asked about the download size...
2025-10-01
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Blog Posts
Modify Power BI page visibility and active status with Semantic Link Labs
Setting page visibility and the active page are often overlooked last steps when publishing a Power BI report. It’s easy to forget the active page since it’s just set...
2025-10-01 (first published: 2025-09-09)
166 reads
New AI capabilities in SQL Server 2025
(Side note: Excited to share that the audio version of my book “Deciphering Data Architectures: Choosing Between a Modern Data Warehouse, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, and Data Mesh” is...
2025-10-01 (first published: 2025-09-09)
596 reads
SplashFlag - Building an IoT Swimming Notification Device from Scratch
After setting up dozens of Internet of Things (IoT) smart home devices, I started to wonder: how hard could it be to build one from scratch?
I needed a project...
2025-10-01
15 reads
Expanding Your DBA Horizons: Installing PostgreSQL in a Home Lab
Are you diversifying your DBA skillset? My recent job search made one thing clear: the database landscape is broader than just SQL Server and Oracle. More and more companies...
2025-09-30
130 reads
Back in the EU
I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll be at my hotel, catching up on messages and prepping for another Simple Talk Podcast...
2025-09-29
13 reads
Demystifying Fabric Workspaces: The Nerve Center of Your Data Universe
It always starts the same way. You open your laptop on a Monday morning, coffee in hand, ready to tackle the week, only to spend the first hour hunting...
2025-09-29 (first published: 2025-09-04)
277 reads
Managing Enterprise Storage with Pure Storage Fusion in PowerShell - Building Storage Tiers
In modern IT environments, not all workloads require the same level of storage performance, protection, or cost. Some applications need high performance with aggressive data protection, while others are...
2025-09-29 (first published: 2025-09-04)
130 reads
SQL Saturday Boston Slides and Code
Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions today at SQL Saturday Boston 2025. I’ve got resources listed below Slides Here are the slides from my two sessions Running a...
2025-09-27
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Advice I Like: Fear and Imagination
Fear is fueled by a lack of imagination. The antidote to fear is not bravery; it looks more like imagination – from Excellent Advice for Living What a neat...
2025-09-26
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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