This afternoon, I took part in an online "virtual coffee break" with STC. During the conversation, something was mentioned about indexing. At that point, my mind shifted. To me, at that moment, "indexing" didn't refer to technical communication, but rather to SQL Server. A number of things occurred to me at that moment. Although "indexing" … Continue reading When professions intersect
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My first robotics competition
Last Saturday, I had an opportunity to attend my first robotics competition! The opportunity came up when my friend Andy Levy came to town with his team for a competition! Andy wrote a couple of 'blog articles about his robotics experience; you can read them here and here! It was a fun time, and I … Continue reading My first robotics competition
An introduction to the C4 model
(Image source: The C4 Model for Software Architecture) This week, I was introduced to a new (to me) methodology called the C4 model. Now, in this context, C4 does not refer to the high explosive. In this case, C4 refers to a development methodology. Mostly, it refers to software development, but it has other applications … Continue reading An introduction to the C4 model
September CASSUG Monthly Meeting #Networking @CASSUG_Albany
Our September meeting will again be online. NOTE: you MUST RSVP to this Meetup at https://www.meetup.com/Capital-Area-SQL-Server-User-Group/events/280614945/ to view the Zoom URL! Our September speaker is Kathi Kellenberger! Topic: What is DevOps and Why Should DBAs Care? Our online meeting schedule is as follows: 6:00: General chat, discussion, and announcements6:30: Presentation We usually wrap up between … Continue reading September CASSUG Monthly Meeting #Networking @CASSUG_Albany
August CASSUG Monthly Meeting #Networking @CASSUG_Albany
Our August meeting will again be online. NOTE: you MUST RSVP to this Meetup at https://www.meetup.com/Capital-Area-SQL-Server-User-Group/events/279920893/ to view the Zoom URL! Our August speaker is our own Ed Pollack! Topic: Predict Application Problems with Database Metrics There are many database metrics that can be collected to help us understand database, server, and application performance. This data … Continue reading August CASSUG Monthly Meeting #Networking @CASSUG_Albany
Improvement through rewriting
If you're an application developer (or at least you used to be one, like me), how many times have you come across an old piece of code that you wrote and said to yourself, "what the f*%k was I thinking?!?" You say to yourself, I can write that much better now than I did back … Continue reading Improvement through rewriting
The #Coronavirus chronicles, part 19: Revisiting MIDI sequencing and songwriting #COVID19
Years ago -- another lifetime ago, it seems -- I was a songwriter. I actually had several demos that I put together (you can listen to them here), and I had a few friends who helped me put them together (mostly because I don't play the guitar, and I can't sing worth a damn). My … Continue reading The #Coronavirus chronicles, part 19: Revisiting MIDI sequencing and songwriting #COVID19
Uninstalling SQL Server
As I wrote earlier, I discovered, much to my chagrin, that I vastly underestimated how much disk space I would need when I purchased my laptop. So I went to Amazon and bought a new 2TB internal SSD for my machine. It'll take about a week or so to arrive. Until it gets here, I … Continue reading Uninstalling SQL Server
A gigabyte ain’t what it used to be
I've had my HP Pavilion x360 since November, and for the most part, I've been happy with it. Lately (for about the past month or so), I've been getting storage warnings, saying that I needed to free up space on my hard drive. This was puzzling to me; I hadn't even had my laptop for … Continue reading A gigabyte ain’t what it used to be