Tag: Day of Data

Speaking at Day of Data SLC 2026!!

admin August 15, 2026 0 Comments
I'm looking forward to visiting SLC in September, both to help out at the Day of Data, but also to speak on my "Pets versus Cows" topic. It's been very educational for me to work with a top notch automation engineer and learn a lot of things in Terraform and general dev ops that I was missing. I'm not a Terraform person, but at least I'm Terraform-friendly. I'm also excited about a fun end to...

Day of Data Baton Rouge 2026 – back home

admin July 19, 2026 0 Comments
When I was fortunate enough to be chosen to speak at #DayofDataBR, and I saw that tickets to New Orleans were quite a bit cheaper, I took the opportunity to fly there first. Louis Armstrong has always been an idol of mine, as I was growing up as a wannabe jazz piano player. I would listen to him along with some of the other influences from that era to understand the style. I'm glad I was able to...

Azure Storage – Day of Data Baton Rouge – 18 Jul 2026

admin July 10, 2026 0 Comments
You did everything right. You moved SQL Server to Azure, you paid for premium storage, you sized the VM generously. And it's still... slow. Your users are grumbling, your dashboards look fine on paper, and you're starting to wonder if the cloud was oversold. Here's the uncomfortable truth I've been sharing on stages this year: in Azure, you're paying for a service, and Microsoft is only going to...