Where is the Puck Going?
In which direction should you drive your career? Steve has a few thoughts today.
2021-11-19
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Editorials
The API Bottleneck
Using an API for data access can be good, but it can also be a performance problem if everyone uses it.
2021-11-17
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2021-11-15
220 reads
Machine Learning and Data Analysis Bias Challenges
How do you decide what data is important when doing machine learning?
2021-11-13
238 reads
Is the Database a Series of Microservices?
Is a database like a series of micro-services? Steve draws an analogy today.
2021-11-12
190 reads
2021-11-10
536 reads
SQL Server vNext
We now know when the next version of SQL Server is coming. At Ignite last week, Microsoft announced SQL Server 2022, which comes nearly 3 years after the last version, SQL Server 2019. Apparently, the pandemic's effects include delays in product development as it's been nearly three years since SQL Server 2019. The new version […]
2021-11-08
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SQL Server 2022 and Learning
Microsoft announced the release of the next version of SQL Server, 2022. There's a bunch of new enhancements that we can all get excited about. I can't wait to test the "Parameter Sensitive Plan" optimization myself. We can look forward to seeing this stuff in action, and in detail, at the PASS Data Community Summit […]
2021-11-06
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2021-11-05
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Do We Care About Disks?
I ran across a tip on MSSQLTips from Joe Gavin recently, and it got me thinking about hardware and disks. For a lot of us, we deal with servers and storage, and not disks. While we might have a disk on a laptop or desktop, most of the production systems just attach to remote storage. […]
2021-11-03
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Blogs
Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
2025 exposed a growing gap between AI ambition and operational reality. As budgets tightened...
Stop Being Surprised by Your Azure Bill: Use Budgets
By John
When organizations migrate workloads to Azure, the focus is usually on architecture, performance, and...
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
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Question of the Day
The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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