Someone in our DBA team created a ChatBot, or more specifically a SlackBot channel. It can respond to common queries like "dba, what is the status of serverA?". My understanding...

I don't understand the avatar part, unless there are two avatars, one on each end of the process, making the process totally automated. But if I'm between jobs, I wouldn't...

This avatar thing seems like an attempt by recruiters to reduce the tedium and workload of having to interview scores of run-of-the-mill candidates for entry level jobs. But rather than...

What is the current status of the database, and also check for messages in SQL Server error log around the time that the instance restarted that would indicate what issues...

Azure Cosmos DB does automatic indexing. By default, it essentially indexes all data access paths, which is possible because it's a collection / document based database where all the relationships...

But can SQL Server support a single table spread across 1 million partitions and files?

It seems that IT within banking, mortgage, healthcare, education, and government is far from being a model of excellence. I feel that the big name IT contracting, ISV, and implementation...

Damage control, or knowing how to fail gracefully, is important in so many aspects of life. In retrospect, it would probably have worked out better for them (meaning IT) had...

It smells like an attempt to direct folks to downloading ransomware.

Sometimes "Fake it, 'till you make it" ends up being "Fake it, 'till you break it".