Inspect Early. Inspect Often. What an old barn that almost had a big issue can teach technologists. buff.ly/2XEjGit

Yesterday, we posted about planning to fail. Here's a bit more in part 2. "You are going to fail. You'll have multiple failures in life. It's what you do with them that predicts the overall success." buff.ly/3BkIAr9

Build your plans around possible failure scenarios, and you'll end up succeeding. Some thoughts on this. buff.ly/3c5kYbO

6 Things to do before calling Microsoft Support for a SQL Server challenge (..If you really must, but maybe you should spend more time troubleshooting first. We can help with it if you need it.) buff.ly/3INjXV5

"It's Not YOUR Emergency" - This is a skill our founder learned from firefighting and EMS, but it applies to consulting and "DBAing" buff.ly/3aqRKoq

Do you have databases? Then you need a DBA. It's that simple. Here are some thoughts on why you ought to hire a DBA (Either full-time or at least reach out to your friendly DBA as a Service company. We know a few ;-) ) buff.ly/2OosaYp

Looking for a technical job? Here are 6 reasons I wouldn't hire you as you prepare for your interviews. buff.ly/3boh6WP

Upgrading your SQL Servers? Check out our SQL Server upgrade checklist for some best practices. buff.ly/2SP2m48

We're not advocating gambling - but if you are going to gamble with your prod SQL Server environment - we have some suggestions of what kind of bets to make. buff.ly/3qp4LTQ

It's the middle of the month (close enough!) A good time to check in with your SQL Server backups. Can you restore them? Are you really sure? Well, make sure. Tell us in the comments what you do to make sure. buff.ly/3HMLp5y