Last November marked the 20 year anniversary of Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday. Like brushing your teeth or taking showers, keeping your SQL Server patched is good hygiene and a best practice. Let’s explore why in this post.
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Weekly Editorial – 2024 Week 14
Welcome to a new segment I call the “Weekly Editorial”!
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T-SQL Tuesday #171 – Describe the Most Recent Issue You Closed
The topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #171 hosted by the great and powerful Brent Ozar (Blog) is about our most recent closed issue.
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How To Manage People Who Are Better Than You
Talented technologists often get promoted by desire or default into management. Now with managing people, the rules have changed and success is defined differently than as an individual contributor (IC). You’ll be leading teams that may have people who know more, are smarter, have more experience, or get paid more. How do you successfully lead?
Inspired by a podcast interviewing Phil Jackson, this post alludes to useful bits of the interview with my own commentary. Read on to learn how to manage people “better” than you.
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Defend Your Fortress: Signal Usernames for Phone Privacy
Longtime readers of my blog know that Signal is one of my favorite messaging applications for secure and private communications. To this point the emphasis has been more on the security than the privacy or anonymity; however, with a new feature the balance pivots more toward an equilibrium of security and privacy.
Read on to learn about the new feature and why it is important for your privacy.
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Deciding Between Wired and Wireless Internet Connections
We all make tradeoffs in life that help define us. For some it is tabs vs spaces, for others it is security vs convenience, still others the conflict between a wired internet connection and a wireless connection.
I’ll file this under my series “strong opinions about inane things”. Read on as I state my case.
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Read More » T-SQL Tuesday #167 – Encryption and Data Protection
The topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #167 hosted by Matthew McGiffen (Blog / Twitter) is about encryption and data protection in SQL Server.
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Signal Stands Firm Against UK Anti-Encryption Bill
In a move that reaffirms their strong and consistent stance on private communication, Signal is poised to leave their business in the UK over a newly passed anti-encryption law. What does this mean for those in the UK who wish to communicate privately and securely?
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Working with the SQL Server STRING_AGG Function
Often when generating dynamic sql we must add some separator values in the string(s) we build. A function delivered way back in 2017 called STRING_AGG is a simple way to do this. Let’s look at some examples.
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What is the Difference Between the Internet and the World Wide Web?
Many times people conflate the Internet and the World Wide Web. They are not the same and it is worth knowing the difference to understand better the technologies which modern living relies upon.
These topics can get pretty deep but I’ll keep it high level and simple. Let’s have a look…
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