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T-SQL Tuesday #164: Code that makes you feel

Posted on July 11, 2023 by way0utwest

The invitation this month is from Erik Darling, and it’s a neat one. I like this thought, asking us to find code that impressed us or made us feel something. I tend to look at this as positive, but it … Continue reading →

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Bare Metal

Posted on July 10, 2023 by way0utwest

At the first job I had as a DBA, I had to build a new server. This was in the days of SQL Server 4.2, and I was combination DBA, sysadmin, and general help desk at a small company. With … Continue reading →

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Volunteering at Work: Teaching Others

Posted on July 10, 2023 by way0utwest

I give a few talks on career topics, and one of these is Branding Yourself for a Dream Job. In the talk, I sometimes tell a story in the volunteering section. I wanted to summarize that here, as a way … Continue reading →

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Talking about the New Open-Source SQLCMD on Data Exposed

Posted on July 5, 2023 by way0utwest

I was on the Data Exposed: MVP Edition show recently, talking about SQLCMD. I’ve written a few articles on the topics as well, and a blog post about setting up a node HTTP server, which I show in the demo. … Continue reading →

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