Using AI to Test a SQL Query

Someone sent me this code. WITH p AS ( SELECT ID, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID ASC) AS RN FROM wp_posts WHERE post_parent = 94341; ) UPDATE p SET...

More Linux than Windows

Microsoft announced that Linux runs on more machines in Azure than Windows. Steve isn't surprised and thinks that Linux use will continue to grow.

Advice I Like: Take Two Trips

If you have any doubt about being able to carry a load in one trip, do yourself a huge favor and make two trips – from Excellent Advice for...

Creating a new API in Data API Builder

DevOps Devour Hour Slides

Here are the slides from my talk today at the Redgate NYC Devour Hour: Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments.pptx The Repo is here: https://github.com/way0utwest/ZeroDowntime An interesting question on feature toggles:...

Checking Myself with GenAI

I had a suggestion from somone on a place where AI helps them and I decided to try it. The person had an AI summarize their work and if...

Does Version Control Scare You

Steve finds a lot of people don't use version control and don't want to learn how to use it.

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Speaking at the NYC Lunch and Learn DevOps Devour Hour

This Friday is the NYC DevOps Devour hour, which is actually 3 hours. Plus a happy hour. I’ll be there with Kendra Little and Erik Darling talking about DevOps...

Monday Monitor Tips: Beyond SQL Server

Redgate Monitor works with more than SQL Server. Some big changes were announced recently, and I’ll cover the highlights here. This post looks at Redgate Monitor and the additional...