2026-06-08
241 reads
Career Growth
There's Too Much to Learn
Steve has thoughts about those of us struggling to keep up with technology changes.
2026-05-08
171 reads
2026-04-29
241 reads
Spring Connections and Learning at PASS On Tour
The spring PASS On Tour event is coming to Chicago in a few weeks.
2026-04-27
133 reads
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
What a DBA team actually deals with There are many issues a DBA team faces, from servers going down to login access not being requested on time. These are not glamorous problems, but they are the problems that stop everyone else doing their jobs. In a modern environment you would expect a lot of the […]
2026-04-13
2,746 reads
Acting with Confidence
Acting with confidence is great, but how do you decide when there are potential impacts and concerns about your actions? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2026-04-10
103 reads
Breaking Down Your Work
Self-assessment and self-examination can be important in many fields, especially technology in the age of AI.
2026-03-16
137 reads
I’m Not Gonna Waste Time Debunking Crap on LinkedIn.
LinkedIn is full of absolute trash these days. Just flat out b****** garbage. (Oh yeah, that – this post should probably come with a language disclaimer, because this stuff makes me mad.)
2026-03-16
Writing as an Art and a Job
Steve thinks communication is a core sill for technology people, especially in the age of AI.
2026-03-06
97 reads
Engineer Lessons
Steve thinks a few lessons on being a software engineer at Google are good items for anyone to think about.
2026-02-18
178 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
It's Never Just One Thing
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Calculating Min-Max Normalization in PowerBI
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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