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Digging Into Internals

Posted on July 18, 2020 by way0utwest

Hugo Kornelis is a fellow Data Platform MVP and friend. He runs SQL Server Fast, and we recently put up an interesting page with this title: Debugging with debugger: investigating SQL Server’s internal structures. That’s a great title, and it … Continue reading →

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Managing Stress

Posted on July 4, 2020 by way0utwest

This has been a stressful time for many people around the world. Working remotely, limited movement, pressure to continue to perform while perhaps being worried about continued employment, these and many more factors have made the last few months hard … Continue reading →

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Moar Azure

Posted on June 20, 2020 by way0utwest

There are a number of choices for working in the cloud, aka, renting resources, but there are three big choices: Azure, AWS, and GCP. These three dominate the cloud services, though arguably AWS and Azure are way ahead. All three … Continue reading →

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The Social Impact of Data

Posted on June 6, 2020 by way0utwest

Let the data drive your decisions. This has been something of a mantra for many technical people, and even many business people, across the last twenty or so years. The allure of business intelligence is harnessing lots of data to … Continue reading →

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