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Master SQL Server Performance Tuning – Black Friday Sale: 50% Off All Online Trainings!

11/17/2025 / By / SQLServer / Leave a Comment

Struggling with slow queries? Facing performance bottlenecks? Tired of troubleshooting SQL Server issues without a clear roadmap? With this Black Friday Sale, take control of your SQL Server performance with a powerful learning opportunity: 50% off all my SQL Server online trainings – exclusively available until November 30, 2025! For a limited time, you can …

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How SQL Server Professionals Can Master PostgreSQL – Without Wasting Months on Trial & Error

11/03/2025 / By / PostgreSQL, SQLServer / 2 Comments

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a major shift in the database world. More and more companies are moving away from Microsoft SQL Server and embracing PostgreSQL. At first, I didn’t think much of it. After all, SQL Server had been my professional home for decades. But then, one project after another started involving …

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SQL Server 2025 Unleashed Live Training – A New Era Begins

10/27/2025 / By / SQLServer / Leave a Comment

I’m excited to announce my brand-new SQL Server 2025 Unleashed live online training on December 10, 2025 – a deep-dive day dedicated to exploring the next generation of Microsoft’s flagship database platform. For more than 25 years, I’ve been helping companies around the world get the most performance, scalability, and reliability out of SQL Server. …

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Why I Avoid SMR Drives – and What the New Western Digital Warnings Reveal

10/24/2025 / By / Computer Science, Performance Tuning, Uncategorized / Leave a Comment

Over the years, I’ve learned that high performance doesn’t just happen – neither in life nor in databases. When I transformed myself from an 85 kg couch potato into a 65 kg triathlete, I realized the same principle applies everywhere: performance is the result of conscious choices, discipline, and understanding what really goes on under …

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Bringing 10 Gbit to my Client Devices in my Home Office

10/20/2025 / By / Performance Tuning / Leave a Comment

For years, my home network has been running on a simple 1 Gbit setup based on Ubiquiti hardware (Router, Rack Switches, Edge Switches, WIFI Access Points). It connects everything in our house – from my Windows and Linux workstation, my MacBook Air, and all our WIFI clients. It’s stable, efficient, and perfectly adequate for everyday …

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