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Tell It Once: Setting Up Claude With Skills and MCP Servers
Many of us use AI the same way every single day. Open a tab. Paste in a question. Copy the answer out. Fix what it got wrong. Then tomorrow, we start over, because it remembers nothing. That was the opening of my session at JaxDUG on Thursday night, "Intro to Claude AI: Your Efficiency Assistant." Our scheduled speaker had a last-minute conflict, so I filled the slot with the tool I use every day. When I polled the room, we had the full spread. Some people use AI every day. A
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From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday, and everything that went right—and wrong—along the way.
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If You Can't Clone Yourself, Be Professional
This is going to be a rant. I'm just a bit frustrated. When organizers work hard to assemble an event, and speakers submit to speak, we...
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Octopus Insiders - DevOp's Champions
I am excited and honored to have been asked to be an Octopus Insider for Octopus Deploy. This is a new program for those passionate about...
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Code On The Beach - 2022
Join me for some Sun, Sand and Code in Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville, Florida for this years Code on the Beach event. I am excited to have...
Jul 7, 20221 min read


Compile and Present DiskSpd Results Using PowerShell and PowerBI
Over my years consulting, I've done quite a few performance tests for clients using DiskSpd (formally SQLIO), and I usually manually...
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Tampa SQL Saturday 2020
I'm speaking at SQL Saturday Tampa 2020! This year will be my 5th time speaking at Tampa SQL Saturday. The first SQL Saturday I ever had...
Jan 30, 20201 min read
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