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Changes, Happiness, and a Few Tears

Change is inevitable for most of us. The jobs we hold, the places we work, the people we know, even our families grow and change over time. As I get older and live longer, I’ve learned to accept, appreciate, and … Continue reading

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A Career of Memories

Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate, I’ve participated in many events, some we hosted, some we sponsored. At most of these events, Annabel has been a part of organizing, financing, executing (or … Continue reading

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Follow Your Hunch

For a while, I kept seeing that the cost of writing code was approaching zero. So many people felt that with an AI LLM, the costs would go way down to produce software. I’m not sure that’s true. In fact, … Continue reading

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No Shortcuts for the SQLCMD Batch Terminator: #SQLNewBlogger

I was messing around with SQLCMD and I realized something I hadn’t known. I’ve never tried it, but the batch separator has to be separate, which I’ll show. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an … Continue reading

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