J
@downshiftdata.bsky.social
I write C# and T-SQL code that scales well. I teach others to do it. DBAs like me.
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Data Saturday Columbus 2025, is this Saturday. We would like to thank our gold sponsors, Dallas DBAs and DBADuck Consulting.
We still plenty of space for you to join us, meet our sponsors, and get your learn on!
datasaturdays.com/Event/202508...
cc: @kevin3nf.bsky.social @dbaduck.bsky.social
We still plenty of space for you to join us, meet our sponsors, and get your learn on!
datasaturdays.com/Event/202508...
cc: @kevin3nf.bsky.social @dbaduck.bsky.social
August 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Data Saturday Columbus 2025, is this Saturday. We would like to thank our gold sponsors, Dallas DBAs and DBADuck Consulting.
We still plenty of space for you to join us, meet our sponsors, and get your learn on!
datasaturdays.com/Event/202508...
cc: @kevin3nf.bsky.social @dbaduck.bsky.social
We still plenty of space for you to join us, meet our sponsors, and get your learn on!
datasaturdays.com/Event/202508...
cc: @kevin3nf.bsky.social @dbaduck.bsky.social
Cheering for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and his en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_m.... If only 4 GOP congressmen would grow a spine, then Independence Day could live up to its name.
Magic minute - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Cheering for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and his en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_m.... If only 4 GOP congressmen would grow a spine, then Independence Day could live up to its name.
My representative, @carson.house.gov, was one of the 344 members of the House who voted to table an impeachment resolution yesterday. I hope this comes back to bite every last one of them.
June 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
My representative, @carson.house.gov, was one of the 344 members of the House who voted to table an impeachment resolution yesterday. I hope this comes back to bite every last one of them.
They apparently played Fortunate Son at the pander parade yesterday. Let that sink in.
June 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
They apparently played Fortunate Son at the pander parade yesterday. Let that sink in.
Yes, measuring the productivity of your software engineers by the number of PRs per engineer is totally a good indicator of productivity and not at all something that we would then gamify at the cost of making our actual productivity less optimal.
June 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Yes, measuring the productivity of your software engineers by the number of PRs per engineer is totally a good indicator of productivity and not at all something that we would then gamify at the cost of making our actual productivity less optimal.
If you are US military, including Guard, girightshotline.org can answer questions about things like consientious objections.
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June 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
If you are US military, including Guard, girightshotline.org can answer questions about things like consientious objections.
Found via @brento.bsky.social : dansinker.com/posts/2025-0... This sums up my thoughts on the matter far better than I could.
The Who Cares Era | dansinker.com
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June 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Found via @brento.bsky.social : dansinker.com/posts/2025-0... This sums up my thoughts on the matter far better than I could.
Talking to someone who still uses that other platform. He hates it, but he must because that's where college recruiters are scouting his players. This seems indicative of where the conversion movement is currently at.
May 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Talking to someone who still uses that other platform. He hates it, but he must because that's where college recruiters are scouting his players. This seems indicative of where the conversion movement is currently at.
It's my favorite month of the year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=skCh... Good luck to my fellow runners tomorrow
Indy 500 Montage
YouTube video by David Dearing
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May 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
It's my favorite month of the year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=skCh... Good luck to my fellow runners tomorrow
Hey @thetimdurham.bsky.social, fan of the show. Running my 4th Mini this year. DM me if you want any tips.
April 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Hey @thetimdurham.bsky.social, fan of the show. Running my 4th Mini this year. DM me if you want any tips.
1/4 One irony of SignalGate centers on the tech itself. It's been broadcast that the Pentagon announced a "vulnerability" of Signal on March 18th (see www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...). As an end-to-end encrypted platform, the actual vulnerability isn't in the platform itself, but in the "ends" of it.
Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers
A Pentagon-wide advisory that went out one week ago warned against using Signal, the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
www.npr.org
April 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
1/4 One irony of SignalGate centers on the tech itself. It's been broadcast that the Pentagon announced a "vulnerability" of Signal on March 18th (see www.npr.org/2025/03/25/n...). As an end-to-end encrypted platform, the actual vulnerability isn't in the platform itself, but in the "ends" of it.
I guess techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq... makes sense, but I see two issues: 1) Having to switch to relying on a 3p extension in VSCode for SQL Jupyter notebooks. 2) Getting SQL people to take a "repo-first" mentality is not helped by this. They will revert to SSMS, not VSCode.
Azure Data Studio Retirement | Microsoft Community Hub
We’re announcing the upcoming retirement of Azure Data Studio (ADS) on February 6, 2025, as we focus on delivering a modern, streamlined SQL...
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February 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I guess techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq... makes sense, but I see two issues: 1) Having to switch to relying on a 3p extension in VSCode for SQL Jupyter notebooks. 2) Getting SQL people to take a "repo-first" mentality is not helped by this. They will revert to SSMS, not VSCode.
Hey #sqlfamily, what was that _ONE_ thing you got from #PASSDataSummit this week? Now that I've had one good night's sleep, I wanna find out what I might've overlooked.
November 10, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Hey #sqlfamily, what was that _ONE_ thing you got from #PASSDataSummit this week? Now that I've had one good night's sleep, I wanna find out what I might've overlooked.
Hope it was time well spent for those who attended my #PASSDataSummit session today. "Ten pounds of stuff in a 5-pound sack" is how I assessed it. I'll do better next time.
November 8, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Hope it was time well spent for those who attended my #PASSDataSummit session today. "Ten pounds of stuff in a 5-pound sack" is how I assessed it. I'll do better next time.
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Today is a great day to support Women In Tech (WIT)! We have #datawit ribbons at #PASSDataSummit. I'll put some in the community zone and will be handing them out as I see you.
November 6, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Today is a great day to support Women In Tech (WIT)! We have #datawit ribbons at #PASSDataSummit. I'll put some in the community zone and will be handing them out as I see you.
Got my "I voted" sticker today. Reminder to US-based Redgate PASS Summit attendees: Many of us fly out on Election Day
October 21, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Got my "I voted" sticker today. Reminder to US-based Redgate PASS Summit attendees: Many of us fly out on Election Day
"With fear for our democracy, I dissent."
July 2, 2024 at 9:38 AM
"With fear for our democracy, I dissent."
One popular alternative form of the Ship of Theseus thought experiment is the "grandfather's axe".
All founding members of Molly Hatchet (which has an upcoming show in Sarasota) are deceased.
All founding members of Molly Hatchet (which has an upcoming show in Sarasota) are deceased.
January 31, 2024 at 9:22 PM
One popular alternative form of the Ship of Theseus thought experiment is the "grandfather's axe".
All founding members of Molly Hatchet (which has an upcoming show in Sarasota) are deceased.
All founding members of Molly Hatchet (which has an upcoming show in Sarasota) are deceased.
(test) Hello world! I got the API to work!
September 27, 2023 at 10:36 PM
(test) Hello world! I got the API to work!
Might as well start out on this platform with something geeky. Here's a T-SQL blog post for ya: downshiftdata.arksoftware.net/2023/09/26/u...
September 26, 2023 at 11:12 PM
Might as well start out on this platform with something geeky. Here's a T-SQL blog post for ya: downshiftdata.arksoftware.net/2023/09/26/u...