How do you control production deployments without source control? How can you be sure that the code that was tested is what gets deployed? In our world, nothing gets...

"It's a pull because you're asking someone to accept your code. You pushed it into the Pull Request, but they don't have to take it. They have to pull...

You can. However, it's work to get it set up well so you get the info you want without putting too much load on the system.

Extended Events has a thing...

I see your point, Grant. I hesitate because I saw what happened when we had TFS on-prem. My employer is so dead set against spending any money that when...

Rod, they could set up a central Git server, no cost at all, locally and then use that. It's going to be all command line driven (although I'm sure there's...

Yeah, in all seriousness, I can't imagine not using it. Heck, I use...

Strong suggestion, don't use Profiler. The GUI puts considerable load on a server. Trace Events, the underlying technology, aren't all that kind to a server either. Instead, use Extended Events.

Also,...

You know it does. We've talked about this. Why do you keep bringing it up?

Deadlocks are, at least in part, a performance problem. If all the transactions occur fast enough, the deadly embrace is less likely to occur and deadlocks are avoided. Yes, fundamentally...

Sorry to hear it Jason. Best of luck. My son is now traveling for work for a giant corporation. He's reminding me why I like working for smaller companies. He...

Thanks for the feedback. Not much to argue with. I have had better luck with Perplexity and Claude than with CoPilot and whatever engine it's running. But, I do get...

But that aside: I write this to mention an AI exception in the positive sense: phind.com

I don't know the first thing about radio-tech, but phind is GREAT at...

Oh yeah, this is truth. 100%. And no arguments. I'd...

Dang, Rod. Sorry to hear about that. My own experiences on SO are mixed.

I agree totally. In lots of other forums I am a member of I see those 'gatekeepers'. They think it's their job to humiliate the unknowing. They reprimand with...