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Author: Shameel Ahmed

I am a seasoned technology professional with expertise in building enterprise applications and services using cutting edge technologies. Database expert and a proponent of Lean Architecture and Lean Development, Code reuse champion and an Automation Expert.
Book Review: Dealing with Difficult People (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Book Review: Dealing with Difficult People (HBR Emotional Intelligence Series)

Shameel Ahmed
September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 No Comments

The book talks about challenges we face at work while dealing with people; like Conflict Resolution, Stressful conversations, Mean colleagues, Passive-Aggressive behavior, Handling stressed-out and demanding colleagues, Managing bosses, etc. Well researched, practical, tried and tested tips on how to handle colleagues and bosses and how to fix the problem are discussed.

MYSWP – Book Links

Shameel Ahmed
May 25, 2020January 3, 2021 Comments Off on MYSWP – Book Links

Book: Migrating your SQL Server Workloads to PostgreSQL

Book: Migrating your SQL Server Workloads to PostgreSQL

Shameel Ahmed
May 5, 2020May 26, 2020 No Comments

Are you looking for resources to get started with migrating SQL Server Databases to PostgreSQL? This is the book for you. This concise eBook is intended to be a ready reference and a checklist for migrating your databases, applications and services from Microsoft SQL Server to PostgreSQL and discusses all the important information you need to be aware of before beginning a migration project.

Minimize Non-Critical Database Workload costs in AWS

Shameel Ahmed
April 23, 2020April 24, 2020 4 Comments

One of the major challenges in Cloud is controlling costs effectively. This article discusses various strategies you can adopt to set up and operate non-critical workloads of your databases with minimal cost.

C# 8 New Features

Shameel Ahmed
October 8, 2019October 11, 2019 2 Comments

C# 8 comes with a host of changes and language improvements that make it more interesting than ever to write code in the world’s most popular programming language. This article describes the most important new features and enhancements to the language.

New Features and Enhancements in .NET Core 3.0

New Features and Enhancements in .NET Core 3.0

Shameel Ahmed
September 25, 2019October 8, 2019 1 Comment

.NET Core 3.0, with a significant number of changes and improvements, was released on 23rd September 2019. The most important changes are discussed in this article.

Generated Columns in PostgreSQL

Shameel Ahmed
September 18, 2019September 21, 2019 No Comments

This article describes different ways of setting up generated (computed) columns in different versions of PostgreSQL.

PostgreSQL 12: New Features and Enhancements

PostgreSQL 12: New Features and Enhancements

Shameel Ahmed
September 16, 2019September 21, 2019 No Comments

This article walks you through the summary of most important new features. enhancements and breaking changes in PostgreSQL 12.

PostgreSQL finally gets Stored Procedures

PostgreSQL finally gets Stored Procedures

Shameel Ahmed
September 12, 2019September 21, 2019 No Comments

This article describes the new Stored Procedure feature in PostgreSQL 11.5 and shows you how it differs from Functions.

Check PostgreSQL Edition

Check PostgreSQL Edition

Shameel Ahmed
July 29, 2019September 21, 2019 No Comments

This post explains a neat way to check if your are running on open source PostgreSQL or AWS Aurora (PostgreSQL compatible)

Restrict access to SQL Server Data using a Facade Database

Restrict access to SQL Server Data using a Facade Database

Shameel Ahmed
July 25, 2019September 21, 2019 No Comments

This article describes a simple and elegant way to allow write access to ASP.NET apps to the App_Data folder. This is required for applications to work properly when deployed in AWS Beanstalk.

DbStudio (beta) Launched

DbStudio (beta) Launched

Shameel Ahmed
May 12, 2018September 21, 2019 No Comments

DbStudio is a Database access tool that enables you to connect to a wide variety of databases. It is designed…

Browser Selector – A simple windows app to associate different urls to different browsers

Browser Selector – A simple windows app to associate different urls to different browsers

Shameel Ahmed
September 8, 2017September 21, 2019 2 Comments

This article introduces you to BrowserSelector, an open source app that acts like a bootstrap to associate urls to different browsers installed on your machine,

Granting write access to ASP.NET apps hosted on AWS Beanstalk

Granting write access to ASP.NET apps hosted on AWS Beanstalk

Shameel Ahmed
April 28, 2017September 21, 2019 No Comments

This article describes a simple and elegant way to allow write access to ASP.NET apps to the App_Data folder. This is required for applications to work properly when deployed in AWS Beanstalk.

Windows Phone 8.1 Review

Windows Phone 8.1 Review

Shameel Ahmed
April 21, 2014September 21, 2019 No Comments

Windows Phone 8.1 was released on 14th April 2014 and has significant new features and performance improvements. Despite the huge…

MultiDropDown v2: A Multiple Selection Dropdown Control for ASP.NET

MultiDropDown v2: A Multiple Selection Dropdown Control for ASP.NET

Shameel Ahmed
August 9, 2011September 21, 2019 No Comments

The stock DropDown control that comes with ASP.NET allows us to select only one item. To overcome this limitation, I…

Back to Basics: String type in .NET

Shameel Ahmed
June 14, 2009September 21, 2019 No Comments

System.String is one of the few classes in the .NET Framework Base Class Library that is given special treatment by the CLR. …

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