Archives
All the articles I've archived.
- Forest Of Echoes
Building a Text Adventure Engine in Python — Part 1
Forty years after loading games from cassette tape, I built my own text adventure engine in Python.
- Opinion
Where have all the graduate IT roles gone?
My daughter is finishing her MSc in computer science and the job market for graduates isn't great. I've been in IT for twenty-five years and I find it a bit worrying.
- SQL Shorts
Concerned about available disk space?
How much disk space do you have left?
- Deep Dive
SQL Server Memory Pressure
SQL Server memory problems are common and diagnosed incorrectly - this post should help.
- SQL Shorts
Who's there?
Find out what is running on your SQL Server
- How-To
Switching from Pi-Hole to Technitium
Why I Ditched Pi-hole and Unbound for Technitium DNS Server
- Opinion
25 Years as a DBA
What I Know Now That I Wish I Knew Then
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Visual Studio Code - Format Error when using WSL
If you get a format error when you run 'code .' in Visual Studio Code, this should fix it
- SQL Shorts
How much space do my database files have?
Database files can fill up quickly. By the time someone notices, you're usually already in trouble.