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About 15 years ago, I was hired as the first DBA at a small medical records company. My first project was to assess the overall environment and make suggestions/changes...
May 26, 2026 at 1:49 pm
Well, it's happening to me...
I'm starting to use AI. Granted, I used it to trim a resume down to 2 pages to fit the requirements of an online application system,...
May 26, 2026 at 12:06 pm
A possible solution for you, although I'm pretty sure there's going to be issues with it, there's going to be issues with any solution to this.
Start with your idea of...
May 20, 2026 at 3:17 pm
One has to wonder as well, how much of this push to use AI on the tech side stems from businesses STILL often seeing IT not as the force-multiplier it...
May 16, 2026 at 11:47 am
You're quite welcome.
May 14, 2026 at 2:37 pm
What's being reported is ONLY what's available in the current database file, SQL Server doesn't count the free space on the drive as part of the database. If you moved...
May 14, 2026 at 1:54 pm
OK, I do not like our security environment sometimes...
3/4s of the way through writing a detailed reply to a post, and our stupid web-scanner forced the page to refresh and...
May 7, 2026 at 10:34 am
Looks like the spammers kept going today, not even sure how many pages of spam
May 4, 2026 at 1:34 pm
Insert the "I'm in this picture (editorial) and I don't like it" meme.
While I don't have a folder of articles, I've got a few that float through my brain from...
May 3, 2026 at 1:28 pm
Myself, I'm paranoid, I'll always opt for a side-by-side if it's an option. You've got a much better "bail out" plan if something doesn't work right (especially as you're not...
April 29, 2026 at 12:02 pm
I sure there's someone out there who's already reviewing their AI-generated code changes by feeding those changes into another AI.
And all that I hear running through my head is "GIGO,...
April 8, 2026 at 11:09 am
Call me an old fuddy-duddy or a luddite, but...
I trust AI about as far as I can throw the datacenter(s) it runs in. Granted, both of the issues in the...
April 6, 2026 at 2:25 pm
...resulted in the DBA team remaining full time WFH with flexible schedules.
Is your work hiring? LoL
But in response to your post, where I am our systems, in the event...
April 2, 2026 at 10:58 am
My previous employer did not value my time (even though I did,) if I were a vindictive sort I could probably have gotten them in hot water for fraud (OT...
March 27, 2026 at 5:13 pm
If you ever want to see a serious FOD walk, look up videos of aircraft carrier crews doing an FOD check of the flight deck. Crewmen lined up across the...
March 25, 2026 at 2:53 pm
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