How to get Open Live Writer working with Blogger
Wow – I didn’t blog at all in 2016! While I’m certain that falls squarely on me, perhaps a small part...
2017-02-10
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New York City .NET
Fixing Truncation Issues with T-SQL Flex
If you’ve worked with SQL Server for any length of time, you’ve run into this error:
Msg 8152, Level 16, State...
2015-12-21
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Talking TypeScript on the .NET Rocks! Podcast
I appeared on the .NET Rocks podcast show #1149 this week. I had a blast talking about TypeScript, the new...
2015-06-09
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Excel 2013 Conditional Formatting for Columns
If you have two columns in an Excel sheet, and you want to conditionally format fields in the second column...
2015-01-14
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Enabling Portable Git in Node.js command prompt on Windows
GitHub for Windows doesn't put Git in the PATH by default. If you'd like your Node.js command prompt to have...
2015-01-08
1,319 reads
Using an alternate TypeScript compiler inside Visual Studio
TypeScript team member Daniel Rosenwasser provided instructions for replacing the TypeScript compiler and language service used by Visual Studio here:
https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1110#issuecomment-62451204
He...
2015-01-06
1,167 reads
Gmail and Match.com are Conspiring to Breakup My Marriage
My wife and I are happily married. Both of us were surprised the other day when she started getting Match.com...
2014-12-01
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Setting up WebStorm to debug grunt with TypeScript
It’s possible to use the WebStorm editor to debug grunt tasks if you are using TypeScript and generating .map files. ...
2014-11-28
1,647 reads
New Add-on for SSMS: T-SQL Flex
Do you ever copy query results out of SQL Server Management Studio, paste them into your text editor, and then...
2014-09-11 (first published: 2014-09-08)
10,870 reads
How to Generate a Fiddler SAZ File
Fiddler is a free program that will log HTTP and HTTPS requests on Windows. These instructions demonstrate how to use...
2014-07-08
2,830 reads
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Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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