Daily Coping 2 Jan 2023
Today’s coping tip is to start the new year off with something new – listen, watch, read something completely different. I started listening to more country music last year....
2023-01-02
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The Voice of the DBA
Goal Progress for Dec 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. December is usually quiet, though this year I spent the...
2022-12-30
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Daily Coping 30 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to give thanks. List the kind things others have done for you. I know that my life is great, but it’s because of a lot...
2022-12-30
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Daily Coping 29 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to ask for help and let someone else discover the joy of giving. I do most of the cooking in the house, but I thought...
2022-12-29
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Solar Projection v Estimates
We got a solar system in 2022 to try and fix some of our power costs and hedge against the future. We were fairly confident it would work well,...
2023-01-06 (first published: 2022-12-28)
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Daily Coping 28 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to look for something positive to say to everyone you speak to. This works well during the holiday season as most people are in a...
2022-12-28
13 reads
Join me at VS Live Las Vegas 2023
I’m heading back to VS Live in March 2023 for the Las Vegas show. This time it’s at Planet Hollywood, which is a hotel I’ve never visited. I’m excited...
2022-12-27
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More DevOps with the SQL Solutions Group
I’m doing another webinar on Jan 18, 2023 with the SQL Solutions Group. You can register here and reserve a spot. Scott Klein and I did a webinar last...
2022-12-27
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Daily Coping 27 Dec 2022
Today’s coping tip is to share a happy memory or inspiring thought with a loved one. This is a memory for me: This came up in a Google Photo...
2022-12-27
12 reads
My Stats from 2022
I wrote last week about my travel, 23 trips in 2022. However, I’ve been gathering some other stats about my life and what I do, so I wanted to...
2022-12-26
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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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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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