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AppVeyor
1 post
Application Insights
2 posts
Keeping Application Insights Costs Under Control 31 May 2019
Troubleshooting a slow application with Application Insights 05 August 2018
Azure
14 posts
Keeping Application Insights Costs Under Control 31 May 2019
Understanding space usage in Azure Monitor logs 31 March 2019
Auto scale down all Event Hub namespaces with Azure Functions 28 February 2019
Overhead of Event Hub outputs with Azure Function Apps 31 January 2019
SQL Managed Backups and Operating System Error 87 16 November 2018
Getting started with Log Analytics and PowerShell logging 26 August 2018
Troubleshooting a slow application with Application Insights 05 August 2018
Auto deflating Event Hubs with a function app 10 December 2017
Simplifying alert configuration in the OMS to Slack function app 08 November 2017
Migrating function app scripts to a class library 23 August 2017
Analysing blob storage metrics with Power BI 12 August 2017
Building better OMS alerts with function apps 06 August 2017
Blog
5 posts
Updating to Tailwind Typography to style markdown posts 31 August 2020
Link Roundups 30 November 2019
Adding cover images to your Gatsby blog 20 October 2019
Migrating from Jekyll to Gatsby 30 September 2019
Styling markdown posts with Tailwind CSS in GatsbyJS 31 August 2019
C#
9 posts
Auto scale down all Event Hub namespaces with Azure Functions 28 February 2019
Overhead of Event Hub outputs with Azure Function Apps 31 January 2019
Visualising stored procedure call trees with SQLSpelunker 23 December 2017
Auto deflating Event Hubs with a function app 10 December 2017
Auto deflating Event Hubs with a function app 10 December 2017
Simplifying alert configuration in the OMS to Slack function app 08 November 2017
Migrating function app scripts to a class library 23 August 2017
Building better OMS alerts with function apps 06 August 2017
DevOps
3 posts
Getting started with Log Analytics and PowerShell logging 26 August 2018
Troubleshooting a slow application with Application Insights 05 August 2018
EventHubs
3 posts
Auto scale down all Event Hub namespaces with Azure Functions 28 February 2019
Overhead of Event Hub outputs with Azure Function Apps 31 January 2019
Auto deflating Event Hubs with a function app 10 December 2017
Function Apps
7 posts
Auto scale down all Event Hub namespaces with Azure Functions 28 February 2019
Overhead of Event Hub outputs with Azure Function Apps 31 January 2019
Auto deflating Event Hubs with a function app 10 December 2017
Simplifying alert configuration in the OMS to Slack function app 08 November 2017
Migrating function app scripts to a class library 23 August 2017
Building better OMS alerts with function apps 06 August 2017
GatsbyJS
7 posts
Monitoring your GatsbyJS bundle size 30 November 2020
You don't have to use graphql to query your Gatsby site's metadata 30 September 2020
Updating to Tailwind Typography to style markdown posts 31 August 2020
Link Roundups 30 November 2019
Adding cover images to your Gatsby blog 20 October 2019
Migrating from Jekyll to Gatsby 30 September 2019
Styling markdown posts with Tailwind CSS in GatsbyJS 31 August 2019
Links
5 posts
Interesting Links - October 2020 31 October 2020
Interesting Links - February 2020 07 February 2020
More Interesting Links - December 2019 19 December 2019
Interesting Links - December 2010 01 December 2019
Interesting Links - November 2019 08 November 2019
Log Analytics
5 posts
Understanding space usage in Azure Monitor logs 31 March 2019
Getting started with Log Analytics and PowerShell logging 26 August 2018
Monitoring disk, CPU, and memory with OMS 21 August 2017
Management
3 posts
Tips for 1 on 1s during COVID-19 31 May 2020
Should I Automate It? 30 April 2019
What makes an excellent database engineer? 09 October 2016
Markdown
2 posts
Updating to Tailwind Typography to style markdown posts 31 August 2020
Styling markdown posts with Tailwind CSS in GatsbyJS 31 August 2019
OMS
4 posts
Simplifying alert configuration in the OMS to Slack function app 08 November 2017
Monitoring disk, CPU, and memory with OMS 21 August 2017
Building better OMS alerts with function apps 06 August 2017
Pester
8 posts
Improving database Pester tests - per-database checks 08 April 2018
SQLChecks v1 Released 07 January 2018
Using the SQLChecks library for SQL Server configuration management 03 December 2017
Checking SQL Agent job ownership with Pester 22 April 2017
PowerBI
3 posts
Getting funnel metrics right with Power BI when applying filters 31 October 2017
Creating recruitment funnel metrics in Power BI 10 September 2017
Analysing blob storage metrics with Power BI 12 August 2017
PowerShell
17 posts
Keeping Application Insights Costs Under Control 31 May 2019
Auto scale down all Event Hub namespaces with Azure Functions 28 February 2019
Overhead of Event Hub outputs with Azure Function Apps 31 January 2019
Adding caching to your PowerShell scripts 31 December 2018
Getting started with Log Analytics and PowerShell logging 26 August 2018
Setting sp_configure values with SQLChecks 31 May 2018
Better expenses with Monzo and PowerShell 22 April 2018
Improving database Pester tests - per-database checks 08 April 2018
Changing the owner of an SSRS subscription with PowerShell 24 January 2018
SQLChecks v1 Released 07 January 2018
Using the SQLChecks library for SQL Server configuration management 03 December 2017
Checking SQL Agent job ownership with Pester 22 April 2017
React
4 posts
Password protect a Next.js site hosted on Vercel 30 June 2020
Absolute imports with React 25 April 2020
Recruiting
2 posts
Getting funnel metrics right with Power BI when applying filters 31 October 2017
Creating recruitment funnel metrics in Power BI 10 September 2017
SQL
18 posts
SQL Managed Backups and Operating System Error 87 16 November 2018
Resumable Online Index Rebuilds - SQL 2017's Silver Bullet 03 November 2018
Mitigating SERVICE_BROKER_WAITFOR_MANAGER latch waits 15 October 2018
Setting sp_configure values with SQLChecks 31 May 2018
Cleaning up database mail profiles and accounts 24 April 2018
Improving database Pester tests - per-database checks 08 April 2018
Changing the owner of an SSRS subscription with PowerShell 24 January 2018
SQLChecks v1 Released 07 January 2018
Visualising stored procedure call trees with SQLSpelunker 23 December 2017
Using the SQLChecks library for SQL Server configuration management 03 December 2017
Troubleshooting an SSRS slowdown - portal delays, PREEMPTIVE_OS_LOOKUPACCOUNTSID, and bad plans 21 October 2017
Caching replica state to eliminate HADR_CLUSAPI_CALL waits on dm_hadr_availability_replica_states 04 October 2017
View currently executing tasks in tsqlScheduler 03 September 2017
Checking SQL Agent job ownership with Pester 22 April 2017
SQLChecks
4 posts
Setting sp_configure values with SQLChecks 31 May 2018
Improving database Pester tests - per-database checks 08 April 2018
SQLChecks v1 Released 07 January 2018
Using the SQLChecks library for SQL Server configuration management 03 December 2017
Service Broker
1 post
Slack
3 posts
Simplifying alert configuration in the OMS to Slack function app 08 November 2017
Building better OMS alerts with function apps 06 August 2017
Tailwind CSS
3 posts
Updating to Tailwind Typography to style markdown posts 31 August 2020
Styling markdown posts with Tailwind CSS in GatsbyJS 31 August 2019
Temporal Tables
1 post
VSCode
2 posts
Using GistPad to manage your GitHub digital gardens 31 July 2020
Keeping a work journal with VS Code 28 February 2018