Cloud Vampires
I don’t want to alarm you, but your cloud is infested with vampires. These cloud vampires are costing you money. They are also difficult to find.
SQL MVP
No, You Don’t Need a Blockchain
The hype around blockchain technology is reaching a fever pitch these days. Visit any tech conference and you’ll find more than a handful of vendors offering blockchain in one form or another. This includes Microsoft, IBM, and AWS. Each of those companies offers a public blockchain as a service.
Life is dirty. So is your data. Get used to it.
The internet provides everyone the ability to access data at any time, for any need. Unfortunately, it does not help guarantee that the data is valid, or clean. In the past year I have earned certifications in three areas: Data Science, Big Data, and Artificial Intelligence. Those studies have provided me the opportunity to explore … Read more
The Cause of Every Deadlock in SQL Server
Deadlocks are the result of application code combined with a database schema that results in an access pattern that leads to a cyclical dependency.
Designing a Database: 7 Things You Don’t Want To Do
Your database design is awful. The reason nobody has told you this yet is for one of two reasons: ignorance or apathy. They either don’t know it’s bad, or they don’t care. Well *I* care about bad designs, as I typically bear the burden of having to make queries run fast and overcome the limits … Read more
Achievement Unlocked: Certified in Artificial Intelligence
Frequent readers of this blog may recall last year I earned a certificate in Data Science through the Microsoft Academy and edX. I followed up with a certificate in Big Data earlier this year. And I now added a third certificate, this one in Artificial Intelligence.
