How to process images and analyze charts with AI
See how ChatGPT can get data from images and conduct analysis on the data.
Patching the Patch
If you have had to fix the thing you just fixed with a fix, you might enjoy today's editorial.
What are the Key DevOps Performance Metrics You Should Track?
Successful DevOps teams rely on data-driven decision-making to continuously improve software delivery and operational performance. Understanding the right DevOps performance metrics is crucial for identifying bottlenecks, improving efficiency, and maintaining high availability. Metrics provide insight into how well your team deploys software, how quickly issues are resolved, and how stable the production environment remains over time.
Can You Ask for a Raise?
Steve talks a bit about the choice to ask for a raise in the current climate.
Dimensional Modeling Case Study Part 3 - Dynamic Days Dimension
In this next installment of the date dimension series, learn how to create a table that supports different types of banding.
Stairway to Snowflake Level 1 - An Introduction to Snowflake
Get an overview of Snowflake in this level, one of the fastest growing data warehouse platforms in the world.
Stairway to Snowflake Level 2 – Create a Snowflake Account
In this next level of the Stairway to Snowflake, we look at the considerations for creating an account and how to set one up.
Stairway to Snowflake Level 3 – Configure Snowflake with Your Cloud Account
Learn how you can configure a Snowflake account in your cloud database and load data.
Stairway to Snowflake Level 4 - Introducing Snowsight, Snowflake’s Web UI
This next level of the Stairway to Snowflake looks at the Snowsight UI and what you can accomplish with it.
Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code
Snowflake has its own CLI tool: SnowSQL. In this level of the Stairway Series learn how to work with this dialect in Snowflake and Visual Studio Code.
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Question of the Day
The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
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