Category Archives: Editorial

Assembling Your Own Toolbox

Posted on October 7, 2022 by way0utwest

Last month Brent Ozar posted that September was community tools month. He had a number of posts that highlighted tools and a number of other people (Francesco, Erik, VladDBA ) did as well. I didn’t do any blogging because, well, … Continue reading →

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The Value of Seniority

Posted on October 5, 2022 by way0utwest

There was a short but interesting post on the value of seniority. It’s written from the perspective of someone that gets a new co-worker, but the co-worker is from the future. In fact, it’s the future you. The post is … Continue reading →

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The Growth of IQP

Posted on October 3, 2022 by way0utwest

When Microsoft started to talk about Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) before SQL Server 2017, I wasn’t sure what to think. There was a diagram with 20 things on it, and only 5 were highlighted (you can see that in the … Continue reading →

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How Important is Software?

Posted on October 1, 2022 by way0utwest

I have a mechanical gaming keyboard, not because I’m a gamer, but I did want to tactile, mechanical feel and I like the idea of lights on the keys. I’ve enjoyed the experience, but the software leaves something to be … Continue reading →

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