Monthly Archives: June 2024

SQL Saturday South Florida 2024 Powerpoint Decks

Thanks to everyone who attended my sessions today at SQL Saturday South Florida. Here are the resources from today. Blogging for the Tech Professional Deck: BloggingfortheTechProfessional.pptx Get started with writing today. Use Word or Open Live Writer, save 10 posts … Continue reading

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Not Selected for the PASS Data Community Summit 2024

I got this in an email about a week ago from the PASS Data Community Summit. There’s more to it, but essentially I submitted 3 talks (2 on deployments, 1 pro dev) and none were selected. It’s slightly disappointing, as … Continue reading

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What Metrics Do You Collect?

One of the hot terms in software these days is observability. There are a few definitions (Splunk, RadixWeb), but essentially this is the insight into how your software runs and performs using metrics, logs, traces, etc. In DevOps, we do … Continue reading

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A New Word: Addleworth

addleworth – adj. unable to settle the question of whether you’re doing okay in life; feeling torn between conflicting value systems and moveable goalposts, which makes you long for someone to come along and score your progress in discrete and … Continue reading

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