Thank you after 21 years
Throughout my long history of working with the Oracle Database, there are some things that often just take for granted, on the assumption that they have always been present....
2026-03-12
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How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture (CDC). That is still what is used to mirror SQL Server 2016 – 2022. SQL...
2026-03-25 (first published: 2026-03-11)
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Critical SQL Server Security Patch Alert: CVE-2026-21262 – Patch Today and Start Planning Your Upgrade
I hate writing these posts. On March 10, 2026, Microsoft dropped a security update that fixes CVE-2026-21262 – an Elevation of Privilege vulnerability in SQL Server. If you’ve got...
2026-03-11
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The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if ensure I could easily refresh dev and test environments on demand. In a small startup,...
2026-03-20 (first published: 2026-03-11)
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AI: Blog a Day – Day 10: LangChain – Building AI Applications
Continuing from Day 9 where we covered HuggingFace — today on Day 10 we would talk about LangChain and LlamaIndex. these are two very popular frameworks that make building...
2026-03-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you taken? I started my career as a preacher and ended it as a director in...
2026-03-20 (first published: 2026-03-10)
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T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally my go-to guy for data lakes and BI architecture. I am so tickled to be...
2026-03-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find new hosts over the last few years to keep this party going and to expand...
2026-03-10
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The First Steps: Understanding the Basics of FinOps
As a DevOps professional, I’ve seen firsthand how cloud costs can quickly spiral out of control without the right practices in place. That’s where FinOps comes in—it’s a powerful...
2026-03-09
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AI: Blog a Day – Day 9: HuggingFace – The Home of AI Models
today on Day 9 I would like to talk about HuggingFace. if you are learning AI practically, HuggingFace is one of the most important platforms you will come across....
2026-03-09
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Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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