Flyway Tips: Object History
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the object history for different schema changes, so as you are evaluating how your changes might...
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Car Update September 2026
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Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series on making data AI-ready. Part 1 covered the fundamentals of AI-ready data, this article looks...
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Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
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Don’t Fear the Technology
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to be an ever present fear. The technology changes but the fear and the marketing around...
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Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
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Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the audience. I’m adding some of these into blogs, and this was one: How do I...
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To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice to have; in many cases, they’re what gets your résumé through the door. I’ve been...
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A New Word: Dorgone
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation without anyone noticing your absence. I’m not often concerned about announcing my arrival or departure...
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Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab. Paste in a question. Copy the answer out. Fix what it got wrong. Then tomorrow,...
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Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
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...
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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