Learning Postgres:Installation
I had the opportunity of working on a project converting a postgres database to a sql server based one at work. I used this opportunity to learn more of...
2020-04-13 (first published: 2020-04-06)
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Blog Posts
Upcoming Webinar: Learning from Data Breaches
Recently I partnered up with Kevin Kline (SentryOne blog | twitter) and SentryOne to record a webinar on learning from data breaches. We start by talking about Mitre’s ATT&CK...
2020-04-13
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Design patterns (short description)
Here is some short description of GoF design patterns. It is just to remind the explanations. so first you have to understand each design pattern separately.Adapter Pattern: Convert the interface...
2020-04-11
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Design patterns (short description)
Here is some short description of GoF design patterns. It is just to remind the explanations. so first you have to understand each design pattern separately.Adapter Pattern: Convert the interface...
2020-04-11
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Charting in Azure Data Studio
The March 2020 release of Azure Data Studio (ADS) includes a charting feature for SQL queries. This is a quick look at the feature, which I think will have...
2020-04-10 (first published: 2020-03-30)
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Daily Coping 10 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-10
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Diversity & Inclusivity – a personal journey
This article is about my own experiences in making my user group and community events more inclusive for people from diverse backgrounds. I am going to use growing my...
2020-04-10 (first published: 2020-03-31)
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The Car Game
I started this on Facebook, privately with friends. I heard about it from one of them and liked it. I didn’t get many guesses, so I took a chance...
2020-04-10
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Daily Coping 9 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-09
15 reads
Replaying Workloads to a different Database
One of the features I was asked to implement for WorkloadTools is the ability to replay commands to a database name different from the one recorded in the source...
2020-04-09 (first published: 2020-03-31)
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Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
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