Monthly Archives: November 2025

Advice I Like: Failure

Posted on November 14, 2025 by way0utwest

If it fails where you thought it would fail that is not a failure. – from Excellent Advice for Living This is a great quote, especially for those of us working in computer systems. We often design things like HA … Continue reading →

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Internal Staff Growth

Posted on November 12, 2025 by way0utwest

Imagine that you are about to tackle a new project that will take more than a year. This might be a new system, perhaps a cloud migration, or maybe it’s rewriting something that doesn’t work well. You don’t have enough … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2025 RegEx and AI

Posted on November 12, 2025 by way0utwest

One of the language changes in SQL Server 2025 that I’ve seen a lot of people mention is the addition of RegEx functions to T-SQL. I decided to take a few minutes and try to examine how this feature works, … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #192: SQL Server 2025 Backup Changes

Posted on November 11, 2025 by way0utwest

I hosted this month, but I decided to put my own entry in as well. There are more things in this release than I expected, probably because of the overwhelming focus on Fabric from Microsoft that has drowned out other … Continue reading →

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