2025-04-09
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Business Improvement
A Staffing Disaster
An Azure datacenter had a failure after an incident, partially because they didn't have enough people. Steve notes that staffing is a challenge in many ways.
2023-09-29
159 reads
Running a Service
The way we view our jobs might change how we do them. Steve has some advice on how to think about the work you do.
2023-09-27
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Coaching the Digital Transformation
Helping your business get value from a digital transformation can start within your own team or group.
2023-02-08
101 reads
Outsourcing Operations
When I first started working in technology in the 90s, it was a time of outsourcing lots of work overseas. Many large companies followed the wave of manufacturing in the 70s and 80s by many companies, including lots of semi-conductor manufacturers. I watched as a number of jobs moved overseas, though fortunately not mine. In […]
2023-02-06
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Blogs
Using a Local Large Language Model (LLM): Interacting with Local LLMs Using PowerShell
As AI continues to evolve, many of us are looking for ways to leverage...
Monday Monitor Tips: Finding the Hostname for Queries
By Steve Jones
I was chatting with a customer recently and they wanted to know which host...
Can AI Read Execution Plans?
Yeah, yeah, second AI post in a row. I promise not to make a...
Forums
Size of DB on physical disk doesn't match Disk Usage by Table report
Hi everyone I am looking at the size of my db on disk (ie...
Getting the TEXTSIZE
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The Return to the Office Debate
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Question of the Day
Getting the TEXTSIZE
How can I check what value I used for TEXTSIZE? I ran this code:
SET TEXTSIZE 8096But then deleted the code and couldn't remember. Is there a way to check this? See possible answers