I let my ego run a SCRUM call sideways. Here's what I did about it and why owning mistakes quickly is better for everyone — including yourself.

After upgrading to SQL Server 2019, automatic seeding silently stopped working on our AG secondary. The culprit was a Windows Firewall rule tied to an executable path that no longer existed.

A DBA's practical tips for working from home — covering remote access, video call etiquette, and staying productive when the office sends everyone home.

I held off on dbatools longer than I should have. Then I had to migrate 70 databases to a new AG and it sold me in an afternoon.

Technical debt is the compounding interest on every shortcut you've ever taken. It's 2020 — the check is coming due. Here's what it looks like in a SQL Server environment and how to start paying it down.

Written in January 2020, this was a prediction piece about where containerization, IaC, and DevOps were headed. Five years later, most of it landed.

Everyone's laughed at the 'it's just someone else's computer' meme. But cloud resilience is a real question — and the answer isn't to avoid the cloud.

A developer dismissed a legitimate performance concern and it stuck with me. Here's what the DBA/developer tension is really about and how to navigate it without the drama.

My first SQL Saturday in Minnesota — a precon day with Monica Rathbun on SQL Server performance tuning, followed by a full day of DevOps and leadership sessions despite snow squalls in October.

Microsoft rebranded traditional SQL clustering as 'AlwaysOn FCI' and it created genuine confusion. Here's what each technology actually does and when to use which.