There are some shared items, but overall, no effect from one instance to the other other than resource usage (you're sharing memory, cPU, etc. )

On my workstation, I typically keep...

Short example:

DECLARE
    @m VARCHAR(10) = 'July', @y INT = 2019, @mnum TINYINT;
SELECT @mnum = CASE
         ...

You should have a set of smoke tests, things that verify the system meets your needs. A few things listed above, but here's the type of things I look for:

...

Not sure with the same hardware you'll see better performance. In addition to memory, there are CPU limits. 24 cores for standard. Also memory for columnstore and hekaton are different...

No tools that I know of that will help here.

I'm sorry, but the English here doesn't quite make sense.

I assume you are saying you host all the servers now in your company (on premises). Now you want to have...

I hope  no one intends this to be a section of production code, but I'll add a note to the explanation.

Where in automotive? I know the AI for engine "twins" in planes is working well. I think some of the new drone/inspection stuff works well.

Marketing. Maybe. It likely has improved...

No live baseball, but debates continue: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29105966/is-astros-title-tarnished-jeter-overrated-settle-biggest-debate-all-30-teams

1. Bautista
2. didn't see most of these, though Morris was amazing. The one that sticks out for me is the Johnson/schilling combo to...

Mine is in an infant stage, so you're way ahead, Stewart.

As I jump between R, Python, PoSh, C#, I have to keep checking myself.

*head in hands*

You can, but this requires code changes. You need to open keys, encrypt/decrypt data, and then run your code.

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I agree, but I personally don't like multi character aliases.  For me, they clutter the code and make it less readable.  I like to name them a,b,c,d... and that...