It’s now more than 1 year ago since I was sitting the last time in a real airplane. All my SQL Server related work happens these days entirely online: all my training sessions (public and private) are happening online, and also all my various customer engagements. Covid-19 has changed everything in my life. It’s the …
As you might know, I’m quite addicted to flight simulation, and I’m also running my own a flight simulation center in Vienna (which is currently closed because of Covid-19). And last year Microsoft released Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (MSFS 2020). Therefore, I thought it would be a great idea to build an AMD Ryzen system …
Building an AMD Ryzen system for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 + read more
On February 25, 2021 I will run an SQLpassion Online Training about Locking, Blocking, and Deadlocking in SQL Server – one of my favourite topics! Locks are used by SQL Server to isolate database users from each other. Unfortunately, incompatible locks lead to blocking situations. And blocking situations always hurt your end user response times. …
SQLpassion Online Training about Locking, Blocking, and Deadlocking + read more
This Wednesday I have the pleasure to speak about Latches, Spinlocks, and Latch Free Data Structures at the EightKB Online Conference. This year they are expecting more than 1500 attendees and they have a great lineup with well-known international speakers: Amit Bansal speaks about SQL Server Memory Internals and Troubleshooting Bob Pusateri speaks about The Ins and …
Speaking about Latches & Spinlocks at the EightKB Online Conference + read more
As you might know, my son Philip is quite talented in Chess, and he already competes very succesfully at the national level. He is currently listed at the 8th rank within his age group. Because a lot of people are currently very interested in chess (especially because of the Netflix movie “The Queens Gambit“), my …
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