Carolina Code Camp - The Good and the Bad
This past Saturday I was able to participate in the Carolina Code Camp, help just outside Charlotte, NC. I was...
2009-10-12
937 reads
Congratulations to John Magnabosco
Congratulations to John Magnabosco for being awarded as a Microsoft MVP. I met John last year at the Indy Tech...
2009-10-12
618 reads
Congratulations to John Magnabosco on SQL MVP Status
See his quiet post about it here. This comes right after finishing up his first book titled Protecting SQL Server...
2009-10-12
285 reads
We can't all use duct tape
I read The Duct Tape Programmer from Joel Spolsky recently, and I thought he made some good points. Then I...
2009-10-12
688 reads
A Not Quite Average Sunday
Ever had a day when a bunch of small things run together to create a day you wish you had...
2009-10-12
329 reads
Twitter – Should I Twy It?
I try to be balanced on new technology and ideas, trying to find the middle ground between hype and usefulness,...
2009-10-11
391 reads
OT: Rewriting History
I’ve been blogging for a few months. During that time I’ve received comments about my grammar, sentence construction and paragraph...
2009-10-11
643 reads
Here Comes SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando
Here it comes! The big event on my schedule SQLSaturday #21 –Orlando. We’ve got over 300 registered so it should...
2009-10-11
495 reads
SQL Saturday #21 and Tampa Code Camp 2009
A couple upcoming events I'll presenting at...
SQL Saturday #21 on October 17th in Orlando
I'm amazed at how SQL Saturday has grown...
2009-10-10
387 reads
Another Book
Well, part of one anyway. I wrote three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book, Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration. I...
2009-10-10
551 reads
Blogs
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
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