Author: drweb

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Somehow two years have elapsed since my last update; hopefully it won’t be that long before the next one. My last post was about SQLSaturday Orlando 2023. Since then, we’ve transitioned leadership of the group to Doug Leal who has done a wonderful job of keeping the group going – he managed all of these these events:December 2023. Holiday DinnerApril 2024. Happy HourMay 2024. Meetup (Fabric)June 2024. Happy HourAugust 2024. Happy HourSeptember 2024. Happy HourOctober 2024. SQLSaturday OrlandoDecember 2024. Holiday DinnerMay 2025. Happy HourJuly 2025. Meetup (Migrating to Azure)August 2025. Happy HourOctober 2025. SQLSaturday OrlandoDecember 2025. Holiday DinnerMeetups (traditional user…

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Generative AI, a subset of AI, is a new technology that can create content in different forms, such as text, images and videos. Integrating generative AI into DevOps practices can benefit an organization’s business processes. This article addresses the advantages, obstacles and opportunities concerning blending and integrating generative AI with DevOps.  Understanding the Problem  Organizations […]

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I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt could help me with some analysis. I was pleasantly surprised by how this went. This post looks at my experience using this to help me write a few queries.This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems.New York CityThis year was a big one for me and New York City. By my count, I went there five times. I wanted to see if that was right.I started by loading up a bunch of travel data I keep into a database. I do this to…

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In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for running containerized workloads. While Kubernetes is one of the best orchestration tools, it also presents a bit of challenges. Managing costs is one of the challenges; unchecked resource consumption in a dynamic Kubernetes environment can lead to spiralling cloud bills. This is where FinOps, a discipline that combines financial accountability, engineering, and operations to optimize cloud spending, without compromising on delivery or performance, can be useful. It also enables users to gain visibility into making informed decisions and implementing automation to optimize costs.Kubernetes is one of the…

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