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Tag: speaking

  • Architecting Zero Downtime Deployment Resources–Albany Day of Data

    Thanks to those who attended my session at Day of Data Albany 2026. I’m posting this to help you find the resources from the talk.

    Slides: ArchitectZeroDowntime_SQLSatAlbany2026

    GitHub Repo: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime

    The GitHub repo has the code for the database setup and demos (and teardown) in the SQL folder. This creates the db, login/user, schema, and data.

    The VS project is in the DBClient folder. I don’t think this is updated beyond .Net 4.6 (?), but feel free to update it. There isn’t anything special about this project. It was developer in VS 2019, but I ran it from VS2022 on Saturday, and I believe I upgraded my local project to .NET 4.8 last week. I haven’t committed this back as I don’t want to push this forward yet.

    If you have questions, feel free to contact me.

  • Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code

    Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge 2026 (formerly SQL Saturday Baton Rouge).

    The slides are here: Building an API with DAB – Baton Rouge

    The repo for the code and demos is here: DAB-Experiments

    Use the Getting Started folder for the setup and demos as batch files. This is for SQL Server with a user set as JoeUser. Change this in the .env file if you want to alter this. I use Northwind, with a few additions in the .sql files.

    Apologies, it’s not completely organized as I am still working on the flow and structure. feel free to reach out with questions.

  • Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego

    I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I sure hope you want to learn. It’s been great for my career and it will help yours.

    Join me this September in San Diego (register). I used to live there (Carlsbad) and it’s a beautiful, wonderful part of California to visit. VS Live comes to San Diego, and I’m honored to be speaking this year.

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    Visual Studio Live! (VSLive!) San Diego 2026 is at the Bahia Resort Hotel, September 14–18, 2026 in San Diego, CA. It’s five days of immersive developer training right on Mission Bay.

    I think actually worked as a waiter for a wedding in this hotel. If not this one, then one of the others right there on Mission Bay. It’s a great place to stay and I’m looking forward to going back.

    Whether you’re building modern apps on the Microsoft stack (.NET, ASP.NET Core, C#, Blazor, .NET MAUI) or focused on cloud and AI (Azure, GitHub Copilot, AI-powered development, Kubernetes, modern data platforms), this is real-world instruction, hands-on labs, and direct access to expert speakers, Microsoft engineers, and MVPs. Learn more: vslive.com/sandiego

    I’ll be discussing local LLM models, which I think are important for the future. You might not want an LLM on your laptop (maybe a MLM or SLM), but your org might want local models in its data center. I’ll also be discussing the Data API builder, which is a great piece of tech that makes your development against a database much easier, whether you write the code or an AI agent helps.

    Save $500 off standard pricing with my exclusive code JONES. Be sure to register by July 17th.

    Register with my code here: https://na.eventscloud.com/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=865669&discountcode=JONES

  • Join Me in San Diego to Learn about AI and Software Development

    You might have seen this graphic on the side of my blog. It’s my discount code for VS Live in San Diego this September.

    I got accepted to talk about LLMs on your local machine or data center, which is something I think will be more and more important in the future. Already the EU is less thrilled with US tech giants, and I suspect many other companies will rethink allowing their data to flow to non self-hosted LLMs.

    I’m also talking about the Data API Builder, which makes software development much easier for software engineers, and includes an MCP server. I’m excited to showcase how this has grown over the last few years and think it’s a cool technology.

    Register today, use my code, save your company some money, and join me in Sunny San Diego. The Padres aren’t in town, but we can still enjoy some time in San Diego.