As someone who has spent over 20 years in the Software/Data Engineering area and has obtained numerous certifications, I can confidently say that certifications are still a valuable asset...
2024-03-08 (first published: 2024-02-23)
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IT and data professionals, I implore you – know thy platform. All of it. Not just the layer your job is tasked with. Modern public cloud (or any infrastructure...
2024-03-04 (first published: 2024-02-22)
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I got this message recently while committing some changes: This post shows my work in adding Git LFS support to GitHub. Another post for me that is simple and...
2024-03-04 (first published: 2024-02-21)
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EightKB is back! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is back in 2024…it’s all happening on August the 8th! We’ve open our call for speakers, you can submit...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-21)
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T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each month. I missed out on January 2024’s edition because I didn’t think I had anything...
2024-02-28 (first published: 2024-02-20)
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What to do? At some point we will want to do something with delta lake and so I wanted to explore the options. Before we do...
2024-02-17
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I’ve collaborated with two industry experts to design a transformative course for data leaders: “The Technical and Strategic Data Leader.” This six-week intensive learning journey is crafted to elevate...
2024-02-28 (first published: 2024-02-16)
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maugry – adj. afraid that you’ve been mentally deranged all your life and everybody around you knows, but none of them mention it to you directly because they feel...
2024-02-16
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A customer asked recently why Flyway doesn’t detect the filegroup for some changes. I showed them it does and decided to write a post on this. I’ve been working...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-16)
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I have been involved in countless database migrations. Most of the time I have access to the existing source servers and future destination servers. In cases where you have...
2024-02-26 (first published: 2024-02-15)
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By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers