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  • Your Favorite Quotes

    I love seeing thoughtful, pithy, witty quotes. A good saying can often spur me in some way. Maybe I’ll stop and think about what the words mean. Perhaps I’ll get inspired. Sometimes the quotes improve my day by making me smile. In any case, I was visiting Epic Systems a few months ago and they have a screensaver in one of the meeting rooms that displayed a number of quotes, along with some lovely backgrounds. I grabbed…


  • A New Word: Dorgone

    dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation without anyone noticing your absence. I’m not often concerned about announcing my arrival or departure at many events. I do try to greet people as I see them or say goodbye, but there are many who try to ensure they let everyone know. They make it a point to walk around and see everyone. My wife likes to do this, and I will,…


  • Using the Data API Builder–VS Live San Diego Resources

    Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo:  https://github.com/way0utwest/DAB-Experiments


  • Running a Local LLM On Your Laptop Resources

    Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It was a fun session and I’m glad a few people came up to ask questions. Slides are here: Running a Local LLM Other resources: SQL Server 2025 Quick Start – https://github.com/nocentino/ollama-sql-faststart Jeff Foster – Fine Tuning a Small Language Model with Python Setting up Ollama – https://voiceofthedba.com/2025/01/20/setting-up-a-local-llm/ Local GUI (Note, change to OpenWebUI container) – https://voiceofthedba.com/2025/01/27/the-local-ollama-gui/ I’ll write a bit more and I’ll…


  • Editorial Republish: Evaluating a DBA (or AI)

    How do you evaluate a DBA? Can you pick someone that will do a good job? History says that most of us don’t do a great job in picking candidates to offer a job. I wrote Evaluating a DBA in 2021 and it’s being republished as I’m at VS Live today. Does it still make sense? Have we learned anything? Let me know, and by the way, this applies to “hiring” (using) an AI.


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