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Thomas LaRock
Book Review: Calling Bullshit
Each year, I try to find a good book to bring with me to the beach. A few months ago, I came across Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World while doom scrolling Twitter one night. I ordered the book and did not wait for the beach to get started reading. Written … Read more
Raw Data Podcast Available!
When the initial lockdowns were starting in late March, life was a bit confusing as we adjusted. As I felt reality and routine slipping away, I reached out to the one person I knew would help make sense of it all. That person wasn’t available, so a week later I sent a text: I’ve known … Read more
Tune Workloads, Not Queries
Ask three DBAs about their preferred performance tuning methodology and you will get back seven distinct answers.
101 Ways to Say NO to SysAdmin Requests
As an admin, you often get requests from developers asking for elevated permissions on servers and systems. Inside of SQL Server, this is called ‘sysadmin‘ access. As you can imagine, it is not a good idea to give this level of access to just anyone. I thought I would write a post to help you … Read more
Microsoft Data Platform MVP – Still Crazy After All 12 Years
This past week I received another care package from Satya Nadella. Inside was my Microsoft Data Platform MVP award for 2020-2021. I am happy, honored, and humbled to receive the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award for the twelfth straight year. I still recall my first MVP award and how it got caught in the company … Read more
