It’s been an interesting ride, optimizing SQL Server, figuring out best use cases for the different flavors of SQL Server that we have come to rely on, and we’re seeing those choices pay off in terms of management, performance, and cost savings. The “flavors” I’m speaking of? AWS RDS SQL Server, Azure SQL DB specifically. Our event platform is based […]
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Mixing Flavors of SQL Server
November 22, 2021It’s been an interesting ride, optimizing SQL Server, figuring out best use cases for the different flavors of SQL Server that we have come to [...]SQL Server Backups and The Cloud
March 10, 2020It used to be that SQL Server backups were the topic of every other webinar that was hitting the airwaves. Nowadays, that’s not the case; so [...]
Analytics, Reporting and Fine Line of Privacy
February 21, 2020It can be very challenging to pull together reporting, analytics, data privacy expectations and support for legislation for information in your [...]
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Part II: Overview of B- Tree and B+ Tree
Introduction to B+ Tree The drawback of the B tree used for indexing is that it stores a data pointer (a pointer to a block of a disk file with a key value) that matches a given key value, along with that key value in the B tree node. This technique significantly reduces the number of entries that can be…...
Is it undermining or rude to email the boss to ask him to get his act together?
A busy professional asked me this question: Is it undermining or rude to email the boss to ask him to get his act together after 1am? This is one of the reasons- undermining management, the HR dismissed me for gross misconduct. I was a chef and finished very late every night. I would not do it. It’s…...
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MySQL Escaping on the Client-Side With Go
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(David Ramel) Someone on the development team for Python in Visual Studio Code is a Monty Python fan.
How Hello World! changed – top level statements and functions (C# 9)
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Upgrading the node image of an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster
(Daniel Neumann) Last year I have written a shell script to update the VMSS base image of an Azure Kubernetes Service cluster.
