Charles Kincaid (12/3/2014)

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Chris we used a similar approach in Scout. Not only for system wide configurations but that gets extended down to specific users through roles.

Steve this will pull...

manie (12/4/2014)

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Thanks Steve, today I have thanks to you learned about PSR and I am definitely going to use it. Many times when you install software on a computer and...

Validation meaning that only the user/pwd combination is allowed to update?

I'd use a stored proc. Pass in the values. Then use an IF statement to see if a row is...

Wait stats is good. It's got to be I/O, unless there's some contention in work (CPU) on the slow server. However I can't guess what that would be.

Is all I/O...

Well that is strange. I haven't built a lot of databases on Azure IaaS, but never seen that, especially not that consistently.

Have you checked IFI?

It's so hard to know this. It's entirely possible at DB create time you had a noisy neighbor. If you create another db on the slow VM, is it still...

John Hanrahan (12/3/2014)

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I believe Steve is referencing the old 'Canary in a Coal Mine'. Miners would test air quality using a bird. If it dies or becomes distressed...

Don't knock LinkedIn too much. It's networking, which is incredibly valuable if you need employment or want to move. Many of you have used networking to advance, and while you...

Gary Varga (12/3/2014)

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I am sure that many people will have experience of using feature flags, albeit possibly under a different name, for a long time. I have decades ago (as...

David.Poole (12/3/2014)

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I've been looking at a product called "Docker" which allows you to spin up a pre-configured machine. One of the guys in the DevOps team used it to...

Best is what you bring up. What comes to mind. That's...

Miles Neale (12/2/2014)

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I work at one of the government agencies that do optimize their work and tries in every way to get it right. We over the past decades...

GeorgeCopeland (12/2/2014)

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I know what you mean Steve, but I lose patience for business people who do not know what they want. You and I are technologists. We deliver solutions to...

This is the second or third set. I think they're a fun way to recognize some people in the community.

Hmmm, I'm in the consolation bracket. Perhaps we need a prize there this year 😀

Best of luck to everyone.