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The End of Year Vacation Burn

Posted on October 20, 2025 by way0utwest

It’s been a good year for me. With my sabbatical, I felt like I’ve gotten away from work quite a bit this year. I’ve had a few vacations around that, but I still find myself with quite a bit of … Continue reading →

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The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole

Posted on October 17, 2025 by way0utwest

This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No matter how smart you are, or how good you are at narrowly defined tasks, there is no room for you here if you’re an asshole. This … Continue reading →

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A Broken Copilot Query

Posted on October 16, 2025 by way0utwest

I was testing the new SSMS (v22 Preview 3) with Copilot and ran into an interesting issue. This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems. My Query I was working on something unrelated and tried this prompt, … Continue reading →

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Prompt AI helping with Auditing

Posted on October 15, 2025 by way0utwest

I had a conversation with a customer asking this question: how can I tell who called a stored procedure so I can audit the action? I decided to see if Prompt could help me here. This is part of a … Continue reading →

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