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It’s a common request. There’s no good answer for systems like that.

It makes me sad! When I hear that, I ask them to give it another try. It's matured a lot.

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Other Mac user friends say the same! I'm glad it works for you.

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Another Thursday, another "Query Store found a query being executed over 1,700 times per minute, driving CPU to 80%+" story. Long live Query Store. Enable Query Store.

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New Outlook lasted less than 24 hours. I cannot.

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Today, New Crappy Outlook has decided not to show reminders for any meetings, so I've been late to every meeting. So not only can Teams not remind me of upcoming meetings, my new email/calendar tool can't either. Yay productivity?

Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

It's as bad as Teams. Buttons move. Disappear. New windows appear. This cognitive overload is killing me.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I don't even think the new Outlook is pretty, it's just infuriating.

Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Moving to the "New" Outlook is going to be the death of me.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Scholastic Book Fair and Pizza Hut Book It dominated my childhood.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

After traveling this week, opinion: Reform DHS and ICE. I want basic human rights upheld and I want TSA paid. Travel, for most of us, is a privilege and not a right. If you choose to travel, show up early, be kind and respectful, and thank the agents that ARE able to show up to work unpaid.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

1 hour, 25 minutes from door to clearing TSA Pre. Thank your TSA agents today!

Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Waited in line 30 minutes to get to the point where they split TSA Pre and General up. This is TSA Pre south line right now.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Get to ATL earlier than you would ever imagine you need to.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Come to my talk Friday morning! Please?

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Great looking crowd for my Busy talk. Hoping I can help more people be bored once in a while! #FABSQLCON26

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I’m up! Presenting “Busy is a 4-Letter Word” in C101 at 11:30 am! #FABSQLCON26

Poor Tilley. Hugs to both of you!

Me, in the coffee shop, wondering how the barista knew my name without asking me. Me, after having a sip of coffee: I’m wearing my conference badge. 🤣

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Azure SQL Database Hyperscale, you say? Come to my talk on Friday (8:00 am, I know, so early) to learn all about it! Real customer stories included! #FABCONSQLCON26

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GitHub Copilot in SSMS is GA!!! 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 🥳🥳🥳👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥳🥳🥳

I thought the bike looked familiar!

I got my run in this morning!

Do you fly your bike with you?

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I’m out of practice on work travel. I forgot to pack socks. Oops.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

How will we ever know it’s you???!!!

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GitHub Copilot is just as confused about PowerShell errors with braces as I am, so the machines are not taking our jobs yet.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

It's a good day when I'm the only woman on the call and one man asks another to be the note-taker. Didn't even look at me.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Oh no. Oh, no no no. I have just seen a coworker use "Gets" instead of "Benefits". No. I still refuse to acknowledge "Asks", we are definitely NOT going for "Gets".

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

3:30 pm on a Friday before a 3-day weekend is NOT the time for me to try to do CIDR calculations on the fly.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

From the department of "I think I've seen it all, but just wait...", today I talked to a company that had over 400 Windows clusters. They were using File Share Witness for quorum. They had 400 2-core VMs on-prem - one for each cluster - host the witness.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Won't the kid be able to just learn from AI? Buy the sports car.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

What a week to be on vacation.

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Tracy Green @tgrunfit.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Let’s go racing 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 2-0 dub tonight ⚽️ great gal’s night with @grrlgeek.bsky.social

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

It was hibiscus rum punch! Sorel hibiscus liqueur, Cristal rum, fresh lime, Demerara syrup, soda. (Yes I pasted that!) Also this is a tiki bar with a 9-hole indoor putt putt golf course. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Friday night was tiki bar and women’s football! Also @racingloufc.com won 2-0!

A dark cocktail in a tall skinny glass, with an out-of-focus background of a chalkboard drink menu.

A football pitch, from just right of midfield, with women players in a game.

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

It was an even bigger win for them. They now understand the why of the products they're designing for, not just the how.