A New Word: los vidados
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might have forgotten completely if someone hadn’t happened to mention them again – friends of friends,...
2026-03-20
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Blog Posts
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if ensure I could easily refresh dev and test environments on demand. In a small startup,...
2026-03-20 (first published: 2026-03-11)
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T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you taken? I started my career as a preacher and ended it as a director in...
2026-03-20 (first published: 2026-03-10)
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AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today on Day 4 I would like to write about the Transformer architecture — the foundation...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-04)
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Building the Team: Roles and Responsibilities in FinOps
In my experience, FinOps success has never been just about tools or dashboards. It comes down to people. The right structure, the right ownership, and clear accountability make all...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
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Cost Visibility: Tracking and Analysing Your Cloud Spend
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced in cloud operations is maintaining clear visibility into cloud costs. In the cloud, resources can be spun up in seconds and scaled...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
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In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class on April 13-16, 2026, in Columbia, SC.
2026-03-18
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Optimising Costs: Strategies for Efficient Cloud Resource Management
Over time, I’ve realised that one of the hardest parts of cloud management isn’t deploying infrastructure — it’s balancing performance with cost. The cloud gives us incredible flexibility, but...
2026-03-18
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The FinOps Lifecycle: From Budgeting to Reporting
Working in DevOps long enough teaches you two universal truths: That’s exactly why I lean heavily on FinOps. For me, it’s not just a framework — it’s the reality...
2026-03-18
7 reads
Webinar Series – SQL Server Indexing
I’m starting a webinar series about SQL Server indexing with the fine folks of MSSQLTips.com. Each “episode” will be about 30 minutes long and will feature a certain topic...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
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Blogs
PowerShell Remoting for SQL DBAs: WinRM + SSH Guide (Updated 2026)
By SQLPals
PowerShell Remoting for SQL DBAs: WinRM + SSH Guide (Updated 2026) ...
The 2026 Redgate Summit in New York City
By Steve Jones
We’re coming back to New York, which is exciting for me. I love NYC....
Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025
I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL...
Forums
Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Doing the Little Things
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Historical Data Tracking
If I want to track historical data values, which mechanism should I use?
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