Asciidoc Distributed Docs as Code

TEST The Problem

I want to keep my code and my documentation in the same place.
I want to separate the presentation layer from my documentation content.
I want to be flexible...

Azure Databricks Performance Notes

(2020-Feb-04) I didn't name this blog post as "Performance Tips" since I'm just creating the list of helpful notes for myself for tuning the performance of my workload with delta...

Extended Events: Histogram Output

The single most important thing to remember about Extended Events is that this functionality is not simply a replacement for Profiler/Trace, but a whole new tool with new functionality....

Azure Data Studio extension – help wanted

I’ve created a sample ads extension that checks TSQL syntax in real-time for potential bad practice. Right now the extension is using regex, which isn’t the best for parsing...

I can do better; we can do better; let’s do better

In the past week or so, the Microsoft Data Platform community has begun having a discussion about inclusivity, both on Twitter and across community blog posts. This conversation began...

I Presented with Live Captioning and Sign Language Interpreters

I had the pleasure of presenting a full-day pre-conference session on the Friday before SQLSaturday Austin-BI last weekend. I could spend paragraphs telling you how enjoyable and friendly and...

Is it really that hard to be polite, kind and respectful of those around you?

I dislike the term Politically Correct. Not because the original idea of it is a bad one, but it’s been ... Continue reading

Power Platform Quick Tips – Episode 04: Hiding Power BI Visuals Interactivity

Welcome back to my series on Power Platform quick tips! In this episode you will learn how to hide the interactive capabilities of your report

Using Erik Darling’s sp_pressure_detector to resolve CPU issues

Last Friday I spent my lunch break going through some links I had marked for future reading. One of them was a post earlier this month by Erik Darling...

What's New in SQL 2019? at the Santa Fe SQL Server User Group

Hi Santa Fe! My first remote presentation for the Santa Fe SQL Server UG was on "What's New in SQL Server 2019?" Thanks to my friend Adrian Mee for...