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There may be more PC components, suppliers, and configuration choices today, so the decision tree for building a PC is much more complicated. But then again back in the early...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
June 13, 2022 at 1:19 pm
I encourage everyone to create a free Snowflake trial account. It includes a shared copy of the TPC-DS sample database that is 100 TB in size with 100 million records...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
June 8, 2022 at 5:33 pm
It depends. Some users browse the cube directly as a decision support tool, so they can quickly slice and dice measurements across dimensions, so the cube itself is the product....
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
June 6, 2022 at 7:27 pm
"With the focus on privacy in the media, and the mishandling of data regularly by companies, I wouldn't be surprised if there are going to be large numbers of requests...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
June 3, 2022 at 6:10 pm
Rubrik, the backup solution we use, allows us to live mount a SQL Server database from backup, which is great for QA testing. Redgate has something similar.
But the good thing...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
June 2, 2022 at 2:04 pm
Heh... ok... here's another thought. If you don't think you own the data (not like the guy in the story Steve related), let something happen to it and find...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 25, 2022 at 1:01 pm
There are NoSQL databases out there that specialize in doing stuff like: serving high volume JSON document reads (CosmosDB / MongoDB), data warehousing (Snowflake, Azure Synapse), graph querying, website caching...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 18, 2022 at 5:42 pm
A certification doesn't imply a high level of expertise - only a certain baseline of competence as it applies to a specific area. For example, a "certified BMW mechanic" is...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 13, 2022 at 2:07 pm
Here is a good one. Not only does it reveal a lot of the candidate's experience and problem solving skills, but it can lead to an even more revealing back...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 10, 2022 at 2:25 pm
Whether it feels like a failed experiment or a personal failure has a lot to do with who else observed it. I think it's the nature of IT folks to...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 3, 2022 at 1:16 pm
Next April 1, tell us how to e-file our taxes from a stored procedure.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
April 1, 2022 at 8:23 pm
Not only is provisioning databases in Azure quick and simple, but billing and scaling in terms of DTU and RU/s is such a game changer that organization who are still...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
March 31, 2022 at 2:04 pm
Securing data in a warehouse is an often overlooked topic. Rather than granting wholesale access of tables to an entire IT department, group level permissions should be based on functional...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
March 30, 2022 at 5:18 pm
I like that chart Jeff, I might add it to my favourite argument I trot out every time I am faced with a short password requirement that forces numbers,...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
March 29, 2022 at 2:19 pm
Regarding best practice for password complexity: it depends on whether it's only used only for authentication (ie: Netflix) - or if it's leveraged for symmetric key encryption and there is...
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
March 29, 2022 at 2:13 pm
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