df112 · Director, Database & Systems Engineering

Good post, thanks. A lot of folks don't understand this, and it can cause a lot of unnecessary performance problems. I had a developer that was worried about pulling too much data so he was getting each row as he needed it, even when he knew he'd eventually need up to 1,000 (he was worried about putting too much load on…

Thanks for the post. That last one can often be the hardest. Couldn't even begin to count the number of times one of our security admins locked something down because they didn't think it was being used (and without telling anyone) and we spent days figuring out why a critical process broke only to found out it was one of…

This was great. Thanks! Happy Valentines Day!

You all are the bomb. Thanks!

Good post, thanks. I keep hoping we're going to find a centralized logging solution that checks all the main boxes in terms of what we need in a SIEM but so far it hasn't happened. So far outsourcing some of it has wored really well and is a nice complement to what we have on prem.

Good post, thanks. I would like to toss in my 2 cents - it's not an either/or option, it's possible to do both, and become a working manager. Now I must say there is a cap (or a possible cap at any rate) to that path. It depends on the organization and what you can finagle, but it is possible. I once worked with senior VP…

Congrats to all the MVPs new and returning. You all rock.

This is going to be awesome. Thanks adatole​ !

As long as the incentives (read $$$) favor not doing anything about privacy/security you can bet they won't.

Got started using Fortran on a PDP/10 (Dec) back in the early 70's. No CRTs. Punched tape or cards. You submitted your jobs to the acolyte in the computer room and got the output 2 or 3 days later. Needless to say we were *very* careful with writing code.

So true. As you mention, words matter in every area. Effective communication is essential and causes problems in almost every area from personal to professional. I think part of the problem with AI specifically is that so much depends on the perspective of the person/pundit. There is a scale of "buy in" if you will, from…

As always, a number interesting links to read. Hadn't seen the bacon yet. Have to check that out.

Hard to pass on that bacon answer. Had to wrestle the mouse cursor away.

Went over the list a few times and still got it wrong. Argghhh. Wish I could see where I messed up. 

Thanks. This doesn't just apply to Federal agencies. Anyone working in IT with a hybrid environment needs to be following this path as well.

Don't know how I missed this the first time around. Great post. DR is difficult to do, especially if you are the only one really invested. In fact without buyin all the way to the top I question whether you can really pull it off. Too often the planners assume that everyone will be available (would you really come in to…

Thanks for the link on the voice pfishing scams. I've forwarded that to a whole bunch of folks in my family. They've fall for it in a flash.

Thanks for the post. 2FA is definitely becoming a requirement for authentication systems.

It's a did thing.

Argh. Should have read the comments. I put down the full name instead of just the one word.

Good post, thanks. Not sure I agree about the reduction in complexity though. Dragging cloud into an on prem solution can make it more complex, not less.

Good write up, thanks. We've had multiple people come to us convinced that VDI offered huge cost savings based on some sales / marketing thing they had read. We've yet to see an instance where the cost savings was even close to physical. That doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad idea depending on your use case, but for us…

Thanks for the post. I'm going to bookmark this and share it when we get a new guy that wants to konw more about SNMP. 

Can't believe I haven't had a chance to read my favorite blog post until Friday. As always, thanks for some great links this week.

Absolutely true. I thought I might have some spare time a few years ago, but I was mistaken. It never ends. 

Interesting post, thanks. I hadn't heard this one before. Now I've got something to go research further.

Use that trick myself. I have a spam only address, one just for business, one for personal, and one that's only for family. Helps to cut the junk. You do have to be careful to make sure they don't get connected by the click track folks though.

Ok. I missed the hoarding link. Got to go back and catch that one. Digital hoarding is a major problem in nearly any enterprise. The irony is that it can actually increase the risk of losing important stuff by being difficult to back up in a timely manner and if not well organized (and what hoarder does organize well?) you…

Great post Leon.

Browsing through the old Geek Speak posts and found this. Excellent post. It's always bothered me when folks just ignore this kind of stuff. There is no such thing as data that has no meaning. Do the work to investigate and understand the cause, then make a decision as far as what you're going to do about it. I work with a…