FIRST Robotics Competition 2023
For the past few years, I have been a mentor for FIRST Lego League and now FIRST Robotics Competition at our school. When I was in high school, I...
2023-03-14
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The AI T-SQL Tuesday–#160
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again, and this time there is an interesting invitation. Damien Jones reached out and wanted to host, so he gets to pick the topic...
2023-03-31 (first published: 2023-03-14)
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Call to Action for Female Speakers to Submit to EightKB
EightKB is a wonderfully ran conference by my friends Mark Wilkinson (T | B), Anthony Nocentino (T | B), Andrew Pruski (T | B), and
The post Call to Action...
2023-03-22 (first published: 2023-03-14)
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Daily Coping 14 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to notice how you speak to yourself and choose to use kind words. I was downtown recently for a few days with my wife, staying...
2023-03-14
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JC Bootcamp Stories – Nikola
Od minulého roku jsme spustili náš 4-týdenní Joyful Craftsmen Bootcamp pro budoucí Data Engineers. Jedná se o intenzivní studium přímo u nás v Joyful Craftsmen HUBu, které posouvá datové...
2023-03-14
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On the Road at SQL Bits
I may try to blog, but I know this is a busy week. I’m leaving today for England and SQL Bits. Actually I fly to London and then spend...
2023-03-13
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Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-06-2023 & Pineapple on Peperoni
Hello Dear Reader! Last week was an incredible week. We dropped new content on Monday, Tuesday had the Community Round Table, Wednesday MS Tech Bits, and released YouTube Shorts...
2023-03-13
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Children at Technical Conferences Part II
Nearly 10 years ago I wrote a blog post about having my son tag along at various conferences I was speaking at. So much has changed in the past...
2023-03-22 (first published: 2023-03-13)
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Daily Coping 13 Mar 2023
Today’s coping tip is to start today by appreciating your body and that you’re alive. I greatly appreciate my body today. I had a long weekend, with a lot...
2023-03-13
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Restore AWS RDS Databases On-Premises
Did you know that you can restore AWS RDS databases to a SQL Server 2022 instance running locally using native backup and restore? Well you can. Let’s talk about...
2023-03-13
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Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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