There’s the old saying “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t -- you’re right” from Henry Ford. I’ve thought about this more recently while reading the book The Rise of Superman Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance which talks about how athletes have performed so called impossible feats over the past few […]
2020-10-31
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The term DevOps gets horribly abused. Don’t get me started on all the weird additions to it like DevSecOps. No, I just mean the term itself gets beaten up quite a lot. It’s to the point where people are starting to shy away from talking about it. I’ve even changed my approach when discussing DevOps […]
2020-10-24
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Over the years when I changed careers and then advanced in IT, many people helped me learn or provided opportunities. Some of these people gave specific in-person help, like my brothers who taught me programming logic and database normalization before I ever thought about working in technology. Others assisted from a distance when I read […]
2020-09-05
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I always look forward to new T-SQL features and optimizer enhancements with every new version of SQL Server. Starting in 2017, Microsoft came up with a set of features called Intelligent Query Processing (IQP). These features work to improve performance without changing any code. If you’d like to learn more about these features, take a […]
2020-07-11
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Steve notes that many of us might not completely understand every part of our database, but it's information that can be helpful in cleaning out unnecessary entities.
2019-04-10
557 reads
Using code to help you write code is a time honored tradition in software development.
2023-08-16 (first published: 2019-04-09)
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Steve reminds some people that there are reasons to continue to improve your skills.
2019-04-08
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Azure Data Explorer is a platform from Microsoft that might be an interesting fit
2019-04-05
369 reads
2019-04-04
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Today Steve has an announcement about his role in moving Books Online forward.
2019-04-01
542 reads
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