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Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199

Posted on June 9, 2026 by way0utwest

This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted once before, and agreed to help me out this month by tackling another topic. We’ve shared a few beers in the EU, though not in some … Continue reading →

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Would You Retire Rather Than …

Posted on June 8, 2026 by way0utwest

Bjarne Stroustrup is the creator of C++. I read a few of his books and alternately loved what he’d done with the language and hated having to write C++ code in university and at a few jobs. I found it … Continue reading →

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There’s Too Much to Learn

Posted on May 8, 2026 by way0utwest

I remember getting started on SQL Server and trying to upskill myself in the mid-1990s. At that time, my employer was running a SQL Server 4.2 instance for a third-party application, but we wanted to rewrite our internal bespoke sales … Continue reading →

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Half of All Engineers

Posted on April 29, 2026 by way0utwest

The AI LLM boom seems to show no sign of slowing down. Each time I think we’ve reached some level of crazy use or predictions, things take another turn. I still find myself pinging back and forth between this will … Continue reading →

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