The Voice of the DBA

ChatGpt Experiments–Getting Documentation

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I get asked questions by salespeople all the time. Usually this is because a customer is struggling and I try to educate the salesperson as well as give them...

2023-06-02

A New Word: Jouska

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

jouska – a hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head – a crisp analysis, a devastating comeback, a cathartic heart-to-heart – which serves as a kind...

2023-06-02

Summit Launch Pricing Ends June 7

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

The PASS Data Community Summit is back in Seattle this November, the 14-17, 2023. It’s in person only, and if you can come, you should register today. Launch pricing...

2023-06-01

Flyway with Multiple Folders

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

A customer asked about how they could organize their migration scripts in different ways to manage them and worried about it being complex. I decided to test a few...

2023-05-31

Migrating from EverNote to Joplin

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

Recently I got a message that my Evernote subscription was going up. It’s been a $3 a month service, but moving to $4 for me. From USD$35 to USD$50...

2023-05-30

Using Data Masker on Chinese Surnames

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

A customer had a question recently on masking Chinese characters. I thought that was interesting, so decided to test this out. This is a short post on using SQL...

2023-05-26

A New Word: Looseleft

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

looseleft – the feeling of loss upon finishing a good book, sensing the weight of the back cover locking away the lives of characters you’ve gotten to know so...

2023-05-26

Using ChatGPT for Writing

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I have been experimenting more and more with ChatGPT on a regular basis. I’m interested and curious how this will help. I had a friend at one of the...

2023-05-26

Denver Dev Days

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I’m going to attend the Denver Dev Days 2023 in June. I submitted a few sessions and got two picked. I’ll be doing these talks: Blogging for the Tech...

2023-05-25

Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – Houston SQL Server User Group

• by Steve Jones

• The Voice of the DBA

I delivered a presentation for the Houston SQL Server User Group tonight, virtually from Colorado. I’d love to go down, but couldn’t do it today. The slides for the...

2023-05-25