I Shaved 156 MB Off My Blog by Converting PNGs to WebP
I just shaved 156 MB off my blog. Not the database, not the theme, not some plugin audit. The images. The Problem Nobody Talks About If you use AI to generate featured images for your…
Your AI Agent Is Quietly Corrupting Your SQL Files
AI agents writing T-SQL via PowerShell here-strings produce LF line endings, breaking SSMS and diffs.
SqlPackage, Synonyms, and the Third-Party Database Problem
You’ve got a SQL Server database that talks to a third-party database via synonyms. The third-party vendor lets customers customize their schema. The table names differ across environments. You use SSDT and SqlPackage for deployments….
Database Seeding: When to Hit the Table vs. When to Hit the API
You’ve got a new environment to stand up. Maybe it’s a fresh QA instance, maybe it’s a training environment someone just spun up, or maybe production got rebuilt after a disaster recovery test. Either way,…
Inspecting SQL Server TLS Certificates Without Credentials
If you’ve ever needed to check the TLS certificate on a SQL Server instance – whether it’s expired, misconfigured, missing SANs, or just plain self-signed – you’ve probably had to connect with SSMS, run some…
The Progress Bar That Goes Backwards: A Jetpack Boost Source Code Archaeology
You click “Regenerate Critical CSS.” The progress bar crawls forward: 20%, 30%, 40%. Then it drops to 20%. Climbs back to 50%. Drops to 35%. Eventually it hits 100%, and you exhale. Then it starts…