I do a lot of work in the cloud, but 2 local VMs get heavy use: SQL2017 to build & show demos, and SQL2019 for R&D work. VMware Fusion – to run virtual machines.Finder – the Mac OS X equivalent of Windows Explorer.If my laptop bites the dust when I’m on the road, or if I need to get a few minutes of work in on vacation, then any web browser will get me most of the way there. We don’t get VPN access or anything like that, so it keeps the client work simple and fast.Īnd then I try to use web services for as much as possible, like Expensify, Quickbooks, etc. Our SQL Critical Care® is about mentoring, so we’re walking people through their own servers, showing them what to look at while we investigate the root cause together. (I was really, really happy the day I pulled that off.) I still have to open the desktop for editing the report I use a lot, but I can consume the data and give client advice via a browser instead. Power BI – just last week, I was able to switch over from mainly using the Power BI Desktop in a Windows VM, up to the cloud-based version instead.Amazon Music – even though I have a ton of music stored locally, I’ve been gravitating toward this because it’s included with Prime, and the web UI is pretty good.Reading blogs: Feedly – and here are my subscriptions if you wanna follow along.It involves a lot of replies that start with, “This sounds like a really interesting discussion, but I’m slammed right now, so here’s who you should talk to instead…” Tasks: – I still practice Inbox Zero with this approach.Email & calendar: GMail – try to learn one new keyboard shortcut a day, and you’ll be an unstoppable ninja in a month.Jeremiah Peschka really motivated me to try this – years ago, he really encouraged me to try GMail in a browser rather than Outlook or Apple Mail. Whenever practical, I try to use apps in a browser tab rather than a downloadable executable. So there probably isn’t going to be a lot of actionable info in this post for you, but hey, y’all keep asking, so I’ll explain, hahaha. A lot of my time is spent building & delivering training material.I jump around to a different client every 3 days.When I’m looking at SQL Server data, it’s through the lens of custom apps Richie wrote.I’m not the primary line of support for any SQL Servers.Your main applications probably consist of Outlook, SSMS, a team chat app, a monitoring tool, and a web browser, all open to the same stuff all day, just alt-tabbing around between different windows. If you’re a full time employee somewhere, you probably manage the same servers every day. Kind of a convoluted title, I know, but I get questions like this every now and read your article on your home setup, any chance there could be a follow up on how you have things configured? You’re using a Mac, but how do you do SQL stuff effectively on a non windows platform? Would be helpful to share any tips.Ĭhris and I had a good conversation on Twitter, and I figured it’s time to post an updated version of how I work.
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