You Just Found Bad Data in Production. Now What?
Most teams have a plan for when a server falls over. Alarms fire, a runbook opens, everyone knows their role. Almost nobody has a plan for when the server is perfectly healthy and the data is simply...
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Every check is green. Every validation rule passed. The pipeline reports success in cheerful little checkmarks. And the dashboard is still, somehow, wrong. That gap is exactly what data pipeline...
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A team I worked with was proud of their data quality checks, and they had earned it. Dozens of validations, all thoughtful, all catching real problems. Then a bad batch sailed straight into the...
View Article“Clean Data” Is Not a Requirement: Writing Rules People Can Act On
Someone once handed me a data project with a single line of guidance. “Just make sure the data is clean before it hits the report.” I nodded like it meant something. It meant nothing. But nodding felt...
View ArticleCount Is Not Risk: Ranking Data Issues by What They Actually Cost
Run a profiling pass on a messy table for the first time and the report reads like a doctor listing everything wrong with a patient who skipped a decade of checkups. Twelve thousand rows fail this...
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A number on the dashboard gets questioned in a meeting. Nobody can prove who is right, and within ten minutes a room full of expensive people is arguing about a spreadsheet instead of making a...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Absolute Beginners 10 Queries
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View ArticleVibecoding: What Is It and Why I Think It Will Change Everything
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View ArticleSQL SERVER – Implementing Row-Level Security (RLS)
Row-Level Security (RLS) in SQL Server enables fine-grained control over data access, ensuring users can only view or modify rows pertinent to their roles or responsibilities. In this blog post, we...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) Introduction
Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) in SQL Server is a feature that helps protect sensitive data by masking it from unauthorized users. While the actual data remains unchanged in the database, users without the...
View ArticleSQL Server Ledger – Are You Really Using This Feature?
SQL Server has been known for its reliability, and with each release, Microsoft seems to raise the bar for data security. With SQL Server 2022, one standout feature—SQL Server Ledger—has taken data...
View Article#TSQL2sday Invitation: Has AI Helped You with Your SQL Server Job?
Hello, SQL Server enthusiasts! It’s time for another exciting edition of T-SQL Tuesday, and I’m thrilled to be your host for this month’s episode – Has AI Helped You with Your SQL Server Job? As...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Absolute Beginners 10 Queries
Recently, I was invited to a local college for first-year students to help students with exposure to SQL Server. I had a great time with them. I have created a very simple data table and also created...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Implementing Row-Level Security (RLS)
Row-Level Security (RLS) in SQL Server enables fine-grained control over data access, ensuring users can only view or modify rows pertinent to their roles or responsibilities. In this blog post, we...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) Introduction
Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) in SQL Server is a feature that helps protect sensitive data by masking it from unauthorized users. While the actual data remains unchanged in the database, users without the...
View ArticleSQL Server Ledger – Are You Really Using This Feature?
SQL Server has been known for its reliability, and with each release, Microsoft seems to raise the bar for data security. With SQL Server 2022, one standout feature—SQL Server Ledger—has taken data...
View Article#TSQL2sday Invitation: Has AI Helped You with Your SQL Server Job?
Hello, SQL Server enthusiasts! It’s time for another exciting edition of T-SQL Tuesday, and I’m thrilled to be your host for this month’s episode – Has AI Helped You with Your SQL Server Job? As...
View ArticleSQL SERVER – Absolute Beginners 10 Queries
Recently, I was invited to a local college for first-year students to help students with exposure to SQL Server. I had a great time with them. I have created a very simple data table and also created...
View ArticleSnowPro Core: Performance Concepts
I just released my 45th course on the learning platform Pluralsight. It was fun to build this new course SnowPro Core: Performance Concepts. I have been consulting with Snowflake Lang for quite a...
View ArticleDebugging in Go at Pluralsight
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