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When SQL Server Central Went Down

Posted on February 6, 2026 by way0utwest

This is part of a few memories from the founders of SQL Server Central, celebrating 25 years of operation this month. “The site is down.” I got a phone call from one of the other founders around 9 am in … Continue reading →

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A New Word: Dolorblindness

Posted on February 6, 2026 by way0utwest

dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s pain, only ever searching their face for some faint evocation of it, then rifling through your own experiences for some slapdash comparison, wishing you could tell … Continue reading →

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Expensive CPUs

Posted on February 4, 2026 by way0utwest

There have been a lot of features added to the SQL Server platform over the years. Several of these features let us perform functions that are beyond what a database has traditionally been designed to handle. SQL Server has had … Continue reading →

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Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files

Posted on February 4, 2026 by way0utwest

I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to determine how many people were protecting data in dev databases and how often. TDM creates log files each time it runs, but analyzing those isn’t easy. … Continue reading →

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