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
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Blog Posts
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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Whiling away an afternoon, thinking
I come to Heathrow often. Today is likely somewhere close to 60 trips to this airport in my lifetime. After over 19 years of working with Redgate (plus a...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-17)
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Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not just posting about shipping—stopped talking about MCP. No dramatic announcement. No hot take thread. They...
2026-03-18 (first published: 2026-03-06)
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Black Box vs. Gray Box vs. White Box Testing
If your organization is spending money, then meaningful results are a must. Pen testing isn't supposed to be a pat on the back. It's supposed to be a tool...
2026-03-17
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Tooling for Success: The Best FinOps Tools and Technologies
As a DevOps person, I know that to make FinOps successful, you need more than just a good strategy—you need the right tools and technologies to execute that strategy...
2026-03-17 (first published: 2026-03-16)
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T-SQL Tuesday #196 Roundup: What career risks have you taken?
I hosted this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation in which I asked, “What career risks have you taken?” I got some great responses which I’ll recap here, Career risks? Rob...
2026-03-17
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Balancing Life with a Career–Slides
I had a great time at SQL Saturday Atlanta 2026 this past weekend. I had some good comments and a few questions. I’ll write a bit more on this,...
2026-03-16
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Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage your database code as a project and see what changes are being built. However, many...
2026-03-16 (first published: 2026-03-04)
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What DevOps Look Like in Microsoft Fabric
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps) is an integrated data and analytics platform designed for modern data-driven workloads, such as data...
2026-03-16 (first published: 2026-03-04)
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Blogs
Are Blogs Still Relevant? - T-SQL Tuesday #204
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
How I Built RAG for My Accounting App on Bedrock and pgvector
The first version of my accounting assistant could not find a single purchase of...
Why AI isn’t paying off yet, and what to invest in first
Why isn’t AI paying off yet? Drawing on lessons from digital transformation, Joyful Craftsmen...
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Too Many Choices
I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers