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Fabric Capacity Planning: Lessons from Production
Started with F64 because "enterprise." Spent money we didn't need to. Lesson: Start smaller. F32 was enough. Can always scale up.
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New Year's Eve 2025: Setting Technical Goals That Actually Work
Consider your current level and career direction: Break annual goals into quarters: The best technical goals are: 1. Connected to your career Not just…
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Preparing Your Codebase for 2026: A Technical Debt Audit Guide
Technical debt compounds like financial debt. Regular audits and systematic paydown keep your codebase healthy and your team productive.
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Preparing for 2026: AI Technology Trends and Planning
Starting 2026 planning now ensures your organization can capitalize on AI advances while managing risks effectively. The key is balancing ambitious goals…
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AI Use Case Prioritization: Selecting High-Impact Projects
Systematic prioritization ensures AI investments focus on highest-impact opportunities.
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Reserved Capacity for AI: Optimizing Long-Term Costs
Strategic use of reserved capacity can reduce AI costs by 30-50% for predictable workloads.
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Fabric Capacity Management: Right-Sizing Your Platform
Right-sizing Fabric capacity is a finance-and-engineering problem: choose a capacity SKU that matches peak loading patterns, instrument CU consumption, and…
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Microsoft Fabric Licensing and Capacity Planning Guide
Fabric licensing is genuinely different from the Azure pay-as-you-go mental model that most Azure practitioners are familiar with, and understanding the…
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Reserved Capacity Planning for Azure
Azure offers reservations for: Virtual Machines Azure SQL Database Cosmos DB Storage Azure Synapse Analytics App Service Azure Databricks Azure Cache for…
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Run for Autism - 2021
A couple of weeks ago, I started a campaign to raise money into my Run For Autism 2021. Long story short, I made it! Raising the money, running the…
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Productive this Pandemic - Accountability Partner
For the longest of time, I would consider myself as the lone wolf at work. Most days, I'd rather stay alone and be in my world to get things done. I found…
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Productive this Pandemic - Planning your week ahead
People have asked me lately, how do I do it? Having a full-time consulting company, spending quality time with family, doing groceries, cooking, house…