A Quick 2025 Review
It’s the end of 2025, so I thought I’d give a short yearly review of the blog and what to expect in the future. In 2025, as of 12/24, the site has had 55.7k page views. That’s about the same number as 2024, so not as much growth as previous years. I can’t say I’m…
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
Where did the year go? It’s the last T-SQL Tuesday of 2025. This month’s invite comes from Mike Walsh, who asks us to write a note to our past self and another note from our future self. The invite doesn’t reference A Christmas Carol, but I can’t help but think of writing these notes as…
Brainrot While You Wait
I had this article catch my eye based on a partially good name (the Chad part) about what could be the next evolution of IDEs. An upcoming vibe coding IDE, Chad: The Brainrot IDE, is being developed that will do its best to keep your attention while you wait for AI to complete your coding…
SQL Server 2025 is GA
As many expected, Microsoft kicked off their Microsoft Ignite conference today by announcing that SQL Server 2025 is now generally available with new features like built-in regex, AI capabilities, and more. Amongst the new features and changes, I noticed SQL Server 2025 Standard Edition gets a nice lift. From the SQL Server blog post linked…
T-SQL Tuesday #192 – Benefits of Two SQL Server 2025 Developer Editions
The T-SQL Tuesday invite for this month comes from Steve Jones, who invites us to write about what’s new with SQL Server 2025 that will make our jobs easier. Click the T-SQL Tuesday logo to read the full invite. I had written most of this blog post before seeing this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invite. I…
Losing Sleep with the Recent AWS Outage
Last week’s AWS outage caused many frustrations and lost sleep. Emphasis on lost sleep. While some scrambled to find out why websites like Reddit, Pinterest, and Spotify weren’t available, others were scrambling for comfort. Eight Sleep, a company selling elevating and temperature-controlled mattresses, had to deal with reports of their smart beds stuck at sweltering…
Top 5 Database Nightmares
It’s spooky season, so I thought I’d give my top five Slack or Teams messages that may cause database professionals nightmares. Though there are only five here, they range from messages that are “subtle” to “jump scare” level. Feel free to comment below and add your own to the list. “I talked to so-and-so, they…
Why Tech Support Still Matters
When I graduated college, I still didn’t know what I wanted to do besides being involved with technology. If I graduated today with that same mindset and fewer entry-level opportunities, I would have a tougher row to hoe. I was fortunate enough to start my professional career working in technical support, which was like a…
SQL Server GROUP BY Options
When learning T-SQL, I’d wager that learning GROUP BY comes up early in the process. What may not be mentioned are the variations that can be added to a GROUP BY clause. Are you familiar with GROUP BY GROUPING SETS, GROUP BY ROLLUP, and GROUP BY CUBE? If you’ve never seen these used, or if…
T-SQL Tuesday #190 – Mastering A New Skill
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday invite comes from Todd Kleinhans, who invites us to discuss mastering a new or existing technical skill. Todd clarifies what he means by “mastering,” saying he’s referring to something that one is to develop over years rather than the latest trend that may come and go more quickly. To read the…
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