{"id":67,"date":"2014-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-the-sql-hammer"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:50:58","slug":"what-happened-to-the-sql-hammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sqlhammer.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/14\/what-happened-to-the-sql-hammer\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to the SQL Hammer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two months ago I accepted a new position as a Data Architect \/\u00a0Developer (SQL and .NET). I accepted the position partially due to my passion for database design and partially as a means to expand my knowledge base. I\u2019m attempting to\u00a0round out my development skills while expanding my expertise to the entire data tier and data access layer rather than just focused on the databases and data themselves. With an accelerated development cycle which requires that my analysis \/ designs be completed rapidly, my continued college education, and now my learning in expanded areas of development, I have been unable to keep up with my passion for knowledge distribution via <a href=\"\/SQLHammer.com\">SQLHammer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Never fear! I am not abandoning my writing completely. I will, however, be spending much less time writing while my attention and time resources are spent in other areas of personal and professional development. I look forward to finding time to write again and hope to make time to post even if they aren\u2019t as detailed as ones like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/how-to-configure-sql-server-2012-alwayson-part-1-of-7\/\">How to: Configure SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dh.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><strong>Written by Derik Hammer of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/\">SQL Hammer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Derik is a data professional focusing on Microsoft SQL Server. His passion focuses around <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/category\/high-availability\/\">high-availability<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/blog\/category\/general\/disaster-recovery\/\">disaster recovery<\/a>, continuous integration, and automated maintenance. his experience has spanned long-term database administration, consulting, and\u00a0entrepreneurial ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Derik gives the SQL community credit for plugging the gaps in his knowledge when he was a junior DBA and, now that his skills have matured, started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/\">SQLHammer.com<\/a> as one small way to give back and continue the cycle of shared learning.<\/p>\n<p>Derik is the owner and lead author of SQL Hammer, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/\">Microsoft SQL Server resource<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com\/\">http:\/\/www.sqlhammer.com<\/a>. Follow Derik on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SQLHammer\">Twitter<\/a> for <strong>SQL tips and chat<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two months ago I accepted a new position as a Data Architect \/\u00a0Developer (SQL and .NET). I accepted the position partially due to my passion for database design and partially as a means to expand my knowledge base. 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