A transaction in SQL Server is a group of changes that all happen or none do. A rollback that undid 16,440 rows, what ACID means in four short words, and the open transaction that quietly fills a drive.
Blog Clean-Up: What a 20-Year-Old Blog Removed in 2026
A blog clean-up is the work nobody sees and every reader feels. This post lists what a 20-year-old blog removed and fixed in 2026: plugins, unused images, thin tags and dead announcements. Each step comes with a lesson for any blogger.
Blog Launch Checklist: What to Set Up Before Your First Post
A blog launch checklist saves you from mistakes that are hard to fix later. This post walks through domain and HTTPS, a phone-friendly theme, the About page, search, categories, ways to follow, analytics, tested backups and the first three posts.
Blog Ideas: What to Do When You Run Out of Things to Write
Every blogger hits the day when the list of blog ideas is empty. This post shows where new topics come from: your own questions, reader comments, mistakes you fixed and old posts that deserve a better answer, plus a simple way to keep an idea list.
Blogging Ethics: Credit, Copyright and Images
Blogging ethics comes down to saying where things came from. This post covers quoting versus copying, crediting and linking sources, the images you can use, including AI-generated ones, sponsor disclosure, public corrections and comments.
Writing an Interesting Blog Post People Finish Reading
Writing an interesting blog post is mostly a matter of habits. This post covers starting with the reader’s problem, keeping one idea per post, using a real example, writing a title that promises something and ending when the point is made.
Starting a Blog: Own the Domain From Day One
Starting a blog takes an afternoon, but where it lives is the hardest choice to undo. This post compares hosted platforms with self-hosted WordPress, explains why your own domain keeps your links and readers safe, and lists what to set up first and what to skip.