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I Can’t Make You Learn

Posted on July 10, 2026 by way0utwest

Oh, how I wish I could make you learn. How I wish I could coach, guide, inspire, or even bribe you to learn more about your job, or things related to your job, or even things in life. I wish … Continue reading →

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A New Word: Attriage

Posted on July 10, 2026 by way0utwest

attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel about someone – not even trying to quench the flames anymore, but lighting other fires around your head just hoping to contain the damage. My first … Continue reading →

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A Quick Second Opinion

Posted on July 8, 2026 by way0utwest

I saw this article and thought, surely there’s nothing I could use in here: 10 Best AI Prompts for Everyday Tasks. Quite often, when these articles appear, they are very high-level and contrived examples of things that I rarely find … Continue reading →

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Capturing My Own Metrics: #SQLNewBlogger

Posted on July 8, 2026 by way0utwest

A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a performance metric. In this case, they were wanting to use Redgate Monitor and custom metrics, but since the tables were in a Memory-Optimized table, they couldn’t … Continue reading →

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