dataMinds Saturday 2024 – Session Materials
It was great being at dataMinds Saturday 2024 this past weekend. A great crowd of data enthusiasts was present to learn from a bunch of local speakers (both old...
2024-04-29
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New Pluralsight Course - Certified Kubernetes Administrator - Working With Your Cluster
We’re working through the major refresh of my Certified Kubernetes Administrator series at Pluralsight!
The next course “Certified Kubernetes Administrator: Working With Your Cluster” in the updated series is now...
2024-04-28
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Friday Basics: the CIA Triad
In information security (INFOSEC), there several foundational concepts and principles. One of the ones that’s introduced almost immediately is called the CIA triad or the Information Security Triad. While...
2024-05-13 (first published: 2024-04-26)
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A New Word: the standard blues
the standard blues– n. the dispiriting awareness that the twists and turns of your life feel new and profound, but are not unique – marked by the same coming-of-age...
2024-04-26
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How Redgate Flyway Can Boost Your DevOps Journey
A brief introduction to the tool and its advantages for database migrations DevOps is a culture and a set of practices that aim to deliver software faster and more...
2024-05-08 (first published: 2024-04-25)
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Building a Docker image with Docker Build Cloud
In a previous blog post we went through how to build a Docker container image from a remote (Github) repository. Here we’re going to expand on that by actually...
2024-05-10 (first published: 2024-04-25)
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Top 8 Courses to Learn SQL for Data Science in 2024 & Beyond
Businesses are drowning in data, but starving for insights. That's where SQL experts swoop in, wielding the power to extract meaningful answers from the chaos. Mastering SQL for data...
2024-04-25
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Going to Cloud? Look at the Shared Responsibility Model
The bottom line here is this: the idea that a CSP takes care of everything for you is a fallacy that really needs to die. Thompson, Graham. All-in-One CCSK...
2024-04-24
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Why Test SQL Server Backups
For a lot of us data professional types, this seems like a silly topic, however I constantly hear of companies that aren’t testing their backups by restoring them, or...
2024-04-23
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How Long Will It Take to Learn SQL? The Truth Might Surprise You
In today's data-driven world, SQL (Structured Query Language) is a blazing-hot skill. It's your passport to understanding databases, making it essential for data analysts, developers, and anyone who wants...
2024-04-25 (first published: 2024-04-23)
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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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