A brief overview and 360-degree tour of the VMvillage at VMworld Europe 2018, highlighting key areas like VMTN, VMware {code}, and Hands On Labs.
A video tutorial series covering Django's authentication system, including signup, login, password management, and view protection.
A first-hand account of the opening day at VMworld Europe 2018 in Barcelona, covering registration, venue layout, and community events.
A software engineer reflects on his startup journey and open-source work before joining Google to focus on developer productivity tools.
OpenIddict 1.0 and 2.0 are now officially released, featuring a security fix, built-in entity caching, and an updated event model.
Explains how to configure and use the Read Scale-Out feature for Azure SQL Database Premium tier to offload read workloads to secondary replicas.
A technical article presenting a contract pattern for encoding and decoding discriminated union types in schemaless data stores, using the TypeShape library.
A critique of PostgreSQL's name change from Postgres to PostgreSQL, arguing it caused persistent pronunciation confusion and was a major mistake.
Explains the security risks of the SQL Server 'Trustworthy' database setting and how it can lead to sysadmin privilege escalation.
A technical guide on planning and building a high-performance, future-proof 1GbE/10GbE home LAN using CAT6 cables, including tools and setup steps.
A guide on using the {datapasta} R package to quickly create reproducible examples (reprexes) from spreadsheet data or existing R objects.
Critique of the Commons Clause, arguing it creates nonfree software while dishonestly using open source terminology.
Analysis of IBM's $34B acquisition of Red Hat, discussing cloud wars, open source culture, and the future of both tech giants.
Explains virtual memory, MMU, page tables, and how processes use memory mapping and swap space.
Explores the new Edge Constraints feature in SQL Server 2019 and Azure SQL Database for enforcing data quality and directionality in graph database schemas.
A guide on implementing application monitoring for Spring Boot using Micrometer, Prometheus, and Grafana for internal metrics.
Tips to improve PhpStorm performance on macOS, covering monitor resolution, font settings, JavaFX plugins, and JDK versions.
Analysis of a SQL Server blocking scenario where a failed update with missing permissions blocks an index rebuild, exploring lock incompatibility.
Author's schedule and session highlights for the PASS Summit 2018, a major Microsoft Data Platform conference.
