Category: General Post
What a year, 2022 review
Well, it’s that time of the year, days are getting shorter, it’s pretty cold outside and that typically is the time for me to get cosy on the sofa and review the year. This year was a special one, I was able to achieve a couple of awesome milestones in my professional career During the […]
Speaking @ SQL Saturday MN
I’m very happy to share that I will be delivering my session about “Improving Team Collaboration using Database Projects & Azure DevOps” at SQL Saturday MN. During this session, I will first be explaining what went wrong in the past for me, during the main part of the session, I will be showing how to […]
T-SQL Tuesday #156 – Production Grade Code
T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of Adam Machanic (blog). Steve Jones (blog, Twitter) is currently maintaining this fantastic initiative. This month’s topic has been chosen by Tom Zika (blog, Twitter), “Which quality makes code production grade?“ My Contribution When I first thought about this topic, I didn’t have any clue what to write… Then, I […]
#NewStarNovember – My first speaking engagement
A couple of months ago, June 2022 to be exact, I gave my very first session at DataGrillen. A couple of years ago, after attending a couple of conferences/ events, I knew I wanted to do something for the community. At first, I wasn’t really thinking about becoming a public speaker, but more about contributing […]
Speaking @ Data Bristol User Group
I’m delighted to share that I will be speaking at the Data Bristol User Group where I will be sharing my personal experience with Database Projects & Azure DevOps. During this session, I will start off by explaining what went horribly wrong in the past, where we were struggling and how we overcame our challenges. […]
Speaking @ Southampton Data & Cloud User Group
After presenting my first session at DataGrillen 2022, in the beautiful city of Lingen, Germany. I started to look for new speaking opportunities, thanks to Mikey Bronowski (Twitter), who was kind enough to contact me if I was interested in speaking at the Southampton Data & Cloud User Group (Twitter). Without any doubt, I immediately […]
T-SQL Tuesday #155: Dynamic Code
T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of Adam Machanic (blog). Steve Jones (blog, Twitter) is currently maintaining this fantastic initiative. This month’s topic has been chosen by Steve Jones (blog, Twitter), “Where have you used Dynamic SQL for in the past?“ My Contribution In the past 10 years, I have used dynamic SQL several times in […]
T-SQL Tuesday #154: SQL Server 2022
T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of Adam Machanic (blog). Steve Jones (blog, Twitter) is currently maintaining this amazing initiative. This month’s topic has been chosen by Glenn Berry (blog, Twitter), “What have you been doing with SQL Server 2022?“ My SQL Server 2022 Journey Near the end of May 2022, SQL Server 2022 Public Preview […]
T-SQL Tuesday #153: The Conference That Changed Everything For Me
T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of Adam Machanic (blog). Steve Jones (blog, Twitter) is currently maintaining this amazing initiative. This month’s topic has been chosen by Kevin Kline (blog, Twitter), “Tell us the story of how attending an IT conference or event resulted in an amazing career or life opportunity.“ My Story In the past […]
T-SQL Tuesday #151: Coding Standards
T-SQL Tuesday is the brainchild of Adam Machanic (blog). Steve Jones (blog, Twitter) is currently maintaining this amazing initiative. This month’s topic has been chosen by Mala Mahadevan (blog, Twitter), “What are the T-SQL coding rules that are appropriate for where you work and what you do? If there are exceptions to those rules, state […]