I do this with containers for POC or other projects where I can't get server space, but need to facilitate the requests coming in. More often than not, my POC...

Definitely have to agree with Jeff there.  When we upgraded from the CE changes gave us a performance nightmare.  Having spent some time updating our code to work within the...

I was approached a few years back about this problem for a restaurant.  They wanted to outfit everything with sensors everywhere and a new point-of-sale(pos) that also integrated inventory control...

Jeff and Matt,

You both are spot on for what I see an expert as.  All too often it is someone with a title but no substance to it. ...

Always. Every place that I have worked in my career has been a 24/7/365 shop.  Smaller to midsize companies where I was the Help Desk Supervisor, and the Junior DBA,...

Nice right up.  I've used these two functions to optimize a few procedures we have floating around.  It resulted in a lesson to the rest of the staff on newer...

I'll add to this that I have most definitely learned the transaction rollback can be a great tool to utilize.  One more for making sure that you're actually targeting the...

As someone who has come from a background in open source, it is welcoming to see Python become available.  I can't wait for it to be integrated into the Linux...

SQL Server on Linux has me really excited. It has been a real struggle to learn its nuances and the way it behaves with Microsoft Server. Coming from...

This is certainly interesting. As a transplant from MySQL and Linux to MS SQL and Windows, I have been surprised that this was something that was missing. I...