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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004822 More actions · Answer 1

Thanks, Brandi... I'll give "Outcome-Based Delivery" a look-see.

Reminds me of when "DevOps" came out... it was something I'd been doing since 1980 with other people and before the big PC thing started and then we really got into it.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004822 More actions · Answer 2

@Brandi

I looked up "Outcome-Based Delivery". That's basically what I was thinking. The problem is, you're going to need something air-tight on both sides. As we've both seen, there are way too many versions of what "Done" actually means. I prefer "just" being an FTE.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 743840 More actions · Answer 3

Too many of these philosophies are taken as "exact" by people. DevOps means keep getting better. It's what Toyota did, what Deming did, it's what martial arts has taught for a thousand years. Work at something, improve it, check results and repeat.

Jo Pattyn SSC-Dedicated Points: 32742 More actions · Answer 4

No so fun stuff, one of the storage controllers decided to go bad. Luckily not ransomware

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 743840 More actions · Answer 5

Hopefully a rare occurrence. I think modern hardware sometimes spoils us into thinking it rarely fails, but it still does.

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50367 More actions · Answer 6

So, with the Seattle Data Summit being moved to what (might) be a smaller venue, what're the chances of the tickets selling out in the next 3-4 weeks?

Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399545 More actions · Answer 7

jasona.work wrote:

So, with the Seattle Data Summit being moved to what (might) be a smaller venue, what're the chances of the tickets selling out in the next 3-4 weeks?

I wouldn't sweat that.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 743840 More actions · Answer 8

Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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September 25, 2026 at 5:47 pm

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zero

jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50367 More actions · Answer 9

Well, I feel good about those odds then. 😀

Never hurts to ask, considering the higher-higher-ups are probably going to wait at least another 2 weeks for the new fiscal to start before approving or denying my conference request, at least I know I don't need to ask them for an expedited approval.

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173154 More actions · Answer 10

Jason, what exactly does Deadpool DBA (or is it DBA Deadpool) do in the work place?

And can I hire you to "resolve" some problems at my work place? @=)

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jasona.work SSC Guru Points: 50367 More actions · Answer 11

Brandie, DBAPool solves ALL his database problems with judicious application of firepower and violence! LoL

Brandie Tarvin SSC Guru Points: 173154 More actions · Answer 12

jasona.work wrote:

Brandie, DBAPool solves ALL his database problems with judicious application of firepower and violence! LoL

ROTFLOL

@=)

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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259216 More actions · Answer 13

For those of you who still linger here and haven't checked social media yet, Hugo Kornelis passed away yesterday.

It's a sad day.

https://sqlserverfast.com/blog/hugo/2026/11/final-post/

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Johan Bijnens SSC Guru Points: 135671 More actions · Answer 14

Koen Verbeeck wrote:

For those of you who still linger here and haven't checked social media yet, Hugo Kornelis passed away yesterday. It's a sad day. https://sqlserverfast.com/blog/hugo/2026/11/final-post/

Thank you for sharing this dreaded news.

Hugo will be missed.

Only good memories will remain.

I'll for sure have a beer this evening to celebrate the good times we shared

Johan

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