Database professionals agree – SQL Server performance tuning is hard. And on top of that, it never stops because complex database environments are always changing with upgrades, application updates ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data. Here are some third-party alternatives. I get to work with a lot of customers, so I get to see a lot of ...

I'm down on SQL Server Management Studio right now. I basically just spent a day trying to swap out the evaluation version of SQL Server 2008 R2 with the Express version, and SSMS just wouldn't ...

A free tool to reduce coding for developers who like to surface T-SQL database recordsets in a simple collection of customized POCO objects. Every so often, I find myself wishing that I had a utility ...

Learn how to optimize gaming PC settings and boost streaming performance with practical tips on hardware, Windows tweaks, OBS setup, and network stability for smoother gameplay and streams. Pixabay ...

News publishers have disputed a claim from Google that using their content to “fine-tune” its AI models contains “no realistic prospect of harm” to them. ‘Fine-tuning’ enables an AI model that has ...

A server has revealed her "hot take" when it comes to tipping culture in restaurants on social media. It's a common debate of whether or not restaurant employees should receive tips, or if they should ...

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis is the second remake of Lara Croft’s original adventure Not-E3 kicks off this week with PlayStation, Xbox, and more No one will hear your screams on Dark Marsh (unless ...

Is it really possible to make current graphics cards from AMD’s Radeon RX and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX series with just one click? Yes, it’s possible, and quite simple, as I will demonstrate in this ...

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