Adrian Hills is a cloud developer who writes in-depth, practical guides on Azure Functions, serverless scaling, monitoring, and testing, with a strong focus on performance and real-world Azure workloads.
83 articles from this blog
A guide to automating web performance metrics collection in .NET using BrowserMob Proxy and Selenium for ongoing monitoring.
Explains how to exclude specific nodes from XML data in SQL Server using T-SQL's modify method, UDFs, or temp tables.
A developer's 2011 year-in-review covering tech conferences (SQLBits, Mongo UK), community contributions, job changes, and open-source projects.
Update to a .NET tool for importing UK postcode geographic data from Ordnance Survey, fixing changes in the source file structure.
A tutorial on setting up and using the Riak NoSQL database with a .NET client library, including installation and configuration steps.
Explains a behavioral change in sp_executesql between SQL Server 2005 and 2008 when executing parameterized stored procedure calls.
Explains the concept of 'working set' in databases, its importance for performance, and how to manage it, with examples focused on MongoDB.
Announcement for the SQLSoton User Group meeting on July 6th, 2011, featuring talks on SQL Server and data automation.
A reminder to cancel free tech event registrations if you can't attend, freeing up spots for others on waiting lists.
A developer shares a custom ASP.NET session state store provider backed by MongoDB, including setup, configuration, and usage notes.
A developer reflects on the value of participating in tech Q&A communities and shares the surprise of receiving the Microsoft Community Contributor Award 2011.
Practical advice for first-time attendees of tech conferences, focusing on networking, learning, and event etiquette.
Updates to a .NET app for importing Ordnance Survey's 1:50000 Scale Gazetteer geographic dataset into SQL Server with spatial data support.
Analysis of MongoDB v1.8's new write-ahead journaling feature, testing its performance impact on data import speeds.
A summary of the March 2011 SQL Server Southampton UserGroup meeting, featuring a talk on SQL Server replication and announcements for future events.
MongoDB 1.8.0 Release Candidate 2 is now available for download, featuring several updates and changes.
Announcement for the SQLSoton User Group meeting on March 9th, 2011, featuring a talk on SQL Server replication.
A SQL Server developer shares their perspective on adopting MongoDB, comparing it to traditional SQL and highlighting its strengths for specific use cases.
MongoDB 1.8.0 Release Candidate introduces key features like write-ahead journaling for durability, sparse indexes, and enhanced Map/Reduce.
Announcement for the MongoUK 2011 conference in London, covering MongoDB topics like schema design, indexing, and scalability.
