Adding a Local Model to Ollama through the GUI

I saw some good reviews of the small gemma3 model in a few places and wanted to try it locally. This If you want to get started, read my...

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The Improvement Limit

How much of a difference can you make at a job? Steve has a few thoughts today.

T-SQL Tuesday #191: Invitation–Your Favorite String Parsing

It’s that time of the month, and I’m late. My apologies. I had a mix-up with a host and was on vacation all last week, so no invite. I’m...

Start Fixing Your DB with Better Code

The best way to improve your database performance is with better code. We all know that, but few of us actually end up making those changes.

The Book of Redgate: We Value Teams

This value is something that I still hear today: our best work is done in teams. On the facing page, there is a short description of what this means....

Vector Datatype Dimensions

Architecting Power BI Solutions in Microsoft Fabric

Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Power BI are used by a wide range of professionals, creating diverse and complex scenarios, and finding the right solution can be daunting, especially when multiple approaches exist for a single use case. The author distills his 17 years of experience on various data platform technologies in this book to walk you through various Power BI usage scenarios.

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Getting Fired

When should a DBA get fired? Steve Jones thinks it should be rare and gives you two cases.