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My Toolbox - Everything

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Not everything in the general sense, but a tool called Everything by voidtools (Download link). Usually, I have to make this distinction when googling.
No matter how great is my...

2022-09-27

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My Toolbox - Greenshot

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A picture is worth a thousand words. I use screenshots daily, whether it’s to share results, how-to tutorials, point out mistakes or create memes.
None of the tools I’ve tried...

2022-08-11

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What's in a name? (T-SQL Tuesday #152)

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This month’s invitation is from Deborah Melkin (b|t), about venting anything you want. So let’s start this rant.

There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and...

2022-07-29 (first published: )

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