A guide to selecting dispatchers in the SObjectizer actor model framework for C++, focusing on strategies for binding agents to threads.
Introducing cssfact, a novel tool for lossy CSS compression using binary matrix factorization to reduce style rules while preserving design.
Discusses a bug where DatabaseMailUserRole prevents SQL Server from starting after patching, based on MVP and customer reports.
A monthly update on TinyPilot, a tech hardware business, covering revenue, profit challenges, and development goals.
Developer builds admin tools to inspect PDF reports for a homeschool app, part of a SaaS development series.
Analyzes the performance trade-offs of React's Virtual DOM and compares it to modern non-VDOM frameworks like Lit, Svelte, and SolidJS.
Critique of using client-side frameworks like React for static content, advocating for Server-Side Generation (SSG) for faster loading.
A software developer shares insights from giving 125+ tech talks, focusing on planning, topic selection, and setting clear presentation goals.
Explains SQL Server backup throttling issues in Azure VMs due to disk throughput limits exceeding VM caps, causing performance problems.
Announcement for a full-day workshop on SQL Server Columnstore Indexes at SQLSaturday Vienna 2020, covering practical techniques across multiple versions.
Explores compatibility of Columnstore Indexes with new features in SQL Server 2019, including Approximate Distinct Count and Scalar UDF Inlining.
An exploration of predictive analytics, its historical roots in human nature, and its modern implementation through data science and AI technologies.
Explains why pow() is slower than ** in Python using the dis module and introduces the concept of constant folding.
Explores SQL Server 2019's improved DBCC CLONEDATABASE command for automatically extracting Columnstore Index statistics into a cloned database.
A talk exploring strategies for implementing rate limiting and request throttling in web applications to handle user traffic and prevent abuse.
Announcing two full-day SQL Server workshops at SQLSaturday Lisbon 2018, featuring Query Store troubleshooting and performance tuning.
A critique of speakers who cancel free tech events, arguing they disrespect attendees' time and organizers' resources despite no ticket revenue.
Announcing four in-depth tech workshops on SQL Server, Git/GitHub, Cassandra, and Microsoft Azure at the Tuga IT 2018 Summer Edition conference.
Presentation slides for a Power BI tips and tricks talk at DataBISummit, available for download.
