Blog Posts

Reducing Meetings and Making Them More Productive

• by Brian Kelley

• Databases – Infrastructure – Security

I’m sick of meetings and I know many other folks are, too. Every time a knowledge worker (such as IT or cybersecurity but also business) has to go to...

2024-08-09

The Fediverse Files: ActivityPub Interview with Evan Prodromou

• by Rob Sewell

• SQL DBA With A Beard

Doc Pop and Evan Prodromou discuss the past, present, and future of ActivityPub and the fediverse.

2024-08-09

WHAT IS A SPV?

• by Arun Sirpal

• All About SQL

Why am I focussing on RWA (real world assets) as the next big thing? The WEF predicted that by 2027, 10% of the world’s GDP could be stored on...

2024-08-09

6 Best SQL Training Courses for Beginners (2024 Updated)

• by Tracy McKibben

• RealSQLGuy - Helping You To Become A SQL Hero

We all know that choosing the right basic SQL training is absolutely crucial if you want your SQL journey to be a success story, especially when you're starting from...

2024-08-08 (first published: 2024-08-07)

Beyond Avatars: How Gravatar is Transforming Online Identity

• by Rob Sewell

• SQL DBA With A Beard

Seven things every WordPress user should know about Gravatar

2024-08-08

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Clearer Writing at Your Fingertips: Introducing Write Brief with AI (Beta)

• by Rob Sewell

• SQL DBA With A Beard

From the team at Jetpack AI comes a new tool that will improve your writing in a flash.

2024-08-08 (first published: 2024-08-06)

DevOps Days Minneapolis–Best Practices for Database Deployments

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Thanks to everyone who attended, though with one stage I had a fairly captive audience. I enjoyed the event and look forward to coming back to the Twin Cities...

2024-08-08

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Simple Talks–Episode 3

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

The third episode of Simple Talks is out. This is the new Redgate podcast from myself, Grant, Ryan, and Louis. The main page is here, and it has links...

2024-08-07

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T-SQL Tuesday 177: Managing database code

• by Mala Mahadevan

• Mala's Data Blog

I am excited to host the T-SQL Tuesday blog party for August 2024. I’ve done this many times, but I always remember when I was new to the community...

2024-08-07

dbatools Required Filesystem Access for Database Restores

• by alevyinroc

• FLX SQL

The Problem While performing an instance migration this spring, I happened upon something I didn’t expect in [dbatools](https://dbatools.io/). It should have been a simple backup/restore copy of the databases,...

2024-08-06

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