We Need More Folks in Technology, Period.
I took my boys to a game design workshop on Saturday that was sponsored and put on by an organization...
2012-05-14
1,282 reads
Databases – Infrastructure – Security
One Week from SQLRally!
SQLRally is a week away (pre-cons start on Tuesday, conference starts on Thursday). I have the privilege of two sessions to...
2012-05-02
847 reads
Updated Thoughts on Antivirus on SQL Servers
I hate running antivirus on SQL Servers. I agree antivirus is a necessary evil on most systems, but I don't...
2012-04-30 (first published: 2012-04-24)
5,829 reads
Professional Productivity Books
Just as with the "soft skills" books, in my professional development presentation, I list the professional productivity books that I have found most helpful in my...
2012-04-18
912 reads
"Soft Skills" books
In my professional development presentation, I list the "soft skills" books that I have found most helpful in my career to date. You can find...
2012-04-16
1,581 reads
Re-thinking security for customer service
This morning my son woke up to find his eBook reader frozen. It wouldn't unlock. It was fully charged (the...
2012-04-12
1,262 reads
Tribal knowledge is no knowledge
I've run across several incidents in the last couple of months regarding something that is typically called "tribal knowledge." This is...
2012-04-19 (first published: 2012-04-12)
1,302 reads
Why an employer should never ask about accessing your Facebook page
There's a brilliant piece of work posted as a fictitious resignation letter that gives some scenarios as to why an employer could...
2012-04-03
1,350 reads
Why you *can't* provide your Facebook credentials
I know this isn't related to SQL Server, but it is related to security and privacy.
If an employer or...
2012-04-02
2,389 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #028 - I'm a Jack of All Trades, and Proud of It
If I wasn't, would I have proposed the following topic for several speaking chances, including SQLRally?
Being a specialist means you're...
2012-03-13
1,458 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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