The Data Request
Spotify implemented a way to get your data from your profile. This looks at the request and initial data download. The Request When you go there, you see a...
2019-07-26
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The Voice of the DBA
Redis University
As if I don’t have enough to do, I started a data structures class at Redis University. Someone recommended this to me as another way a company has structured...
2019-07-24
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Kubernetes Pipelines
This post continues looking at some of the Kubernetes concepts I’ve been learning with the 50 days of Kubernetes (K8s). Specifically in this post, I’m writing and thinking about...
2019-07-22
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Investigating Azure Databricks
At SQL Saturday #884 – Pensacola, I dropped into Rodney Ladrum’s session on Azure Databricks (ADB) and the Traditional DBA. I had heard a bit about Databricks, and read...
2019-07-17
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Learning more Kubernetes
I’ve been slowly working my way through the 50 days of Kubernetes (K8s). As you might have guessed if you remember my first post, this has been more than...
2019-08-08 (first published: 2019-07-15)
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Great Access to Data with Google Fi
I’ve been a subscriber to the Google Fi (formerly Project Fi) network for a couple years now. Like many of you, I depend on my mobile device for lots...
2019-07-12
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Containers make easy upgrades
I’ve been working with containers and writing a bit about them for awhile. I find them to be fascinating and useful as a technology, and I’ve come to really...
2019-07-31 (first published: 2019-07-10)
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T-SQL Tuesday #116–Always Linux
This month is an interesting invitation from Tracy Boggiano. It’s on Linux, which I like. I hadn’t thought about this in terms of T-SQL Tuesday, but I think it...
2019-07-29 (first published: 2019-07-09)
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Learning More about Kubernetes (K8s)
I know a bit about this, but I’m always looking for more. I had the chance to see Brendon Burns recently and I was impressed. That is one seriously...
2019-07-25 (first published: 2019-07-08)
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Taxing Travels
It was a long weekend of travel for me not too long ago, starting at 4:30am on Friday and ending at 7:30pm Sunday night. This was for SQL Saturday...
2019-07-05
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Blogs
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
The FinOps Lifecycle: From Budgeting to Reporting
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps long enough teaches you two universal truths: That’s exactly why I...
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SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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