Most of you reading this work in technology, and I assume that you’ve had to learn something new on the job. Technology is constantly evolving, even on our existing platforms. On top of that, we are regularly given tasks that … Continue reading →
I ran across an interesting open letter. Most of these are from individuals, often complaining or lamenting on the way something in the world works, or maybe doesn’t work. This latest letter was from the Chief InfoSec Officer at JPMorganChase, … Continue reading →
I caught a short post from Gary Bargsley on LinkedIn that had this quote: “Many people do not believe this is true. If there isn’t a fire to put out, then you are not doing a good job.” He included … Continue reading →
Recently, I got a bill from Azure. That’s not an unusual thing for many of you, but for me it was a surprise because it said I was late paying. I’ve had a number of services running, and I thought … Continue reading →
I’ve spent quite a bit of my career as a DBA/sysadmin/Operations person. However, I’ve had my share of development positions as well. As I work with customers who look to mature their database development to be more like other software … Continue reading →
Some of you out there are positive about AI and looking to use them. Some of you aren’t too thrilled with the tools and might avoid using them. I think that not learning to harness the power of an AI … Continue reading →
I get a regular email from Quora, with questions that I might be able to answer or might be of interest to me. There are some database questions, some Tesla ones, and others, but recently I caught an interesting one … Continue reading →
As I get older, I find that time is the most valuable commodity I have. It’s the one thing that I need more of, but I can’t get it. Even if I find more efficient ways of doing things, it … Continue reading →
I studied economics in university, which isn’t that close to database work, though I did have to work through linear regression problems by hand. I always enjoyed mathematics, so this wasn’t a hardship. Until I purchased a PC that was … Continue reading →
One of the most prolific and popular authors at Simple Talk has been Phil Factor. He wrote many pieces on all aspects of database work and has probably written more articles on the Redgate Product Learning site than anyone else. … Continue reading →
Many of you reading this likely have an Availability Group (AG) set up on at least one database in your organization. Maybe not most, but many of you as this has proven to be a technology that many people like … Continue reading →
Take a moment and think about how much work you do each day. If you write code, how much time do you actually spend writing code around meetings, admin work, and other tasks. If you manage systems and develop scripts, … Continue reading →
There has been a lot of news about air traffic problems in the US in 2025. I haven’t had any delays due to this, though I’ve gotten a few messages in my travels that I might want to reschedule. There … Continue reading →
I remember working at a large organization with a team of other IT Operations staffers. We rotated this one job every month amongst a few people, each taking turns, where we’d lose a day to update all the privileged passwords … Continue reading →
I was working with a customer recently that is trying to improve their processes. This was a large company, over 100,000 employees, though most of them aren’t in the technology area. However, across many divisions and groups, there are a … Continue reading →
I saw a post from Brent that Microsoft had changed the default memory guidance. At first glance I read this as they’d changed the default values, which would be interesting. However, this is a guideline, set to 75%. I also … Continue reading →
One of the major concerns for using GenAI tools is who is reading the data you submit as a prompt, and will this data be used in future training of the model? In other words, could someone using a future … Continue reading →
I remember the court case years ago when the US government wanted to access data in Azure that was physically stored in Ireland. I wrote lightly about this and linked to the article back in 2020. This has typically been … Continue reading →
Ghostworking is pretending to be busy at work. According to this article, it’s on the rise with a number of people looking for other remote opportunities at other organizations. Some employees might be just wasting time at the office, though … Continue reading →
SQL Server 2025 is out in preview form. CTP 2.0 is available for you to test, and there are quite a few changes that have been added to the platform. Some of these are already in the cloud, but this … Continue reading →