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Jes Chapman

@grrlgeek.bsky.social

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Adventurer. Runner. Foodie. Bookworm. Coffee snob. Beer and bourbon lover. Data nerd. Dog and cat hooman. Work at Microsoft/have my own opinions. Base camp Louisville, KY. she/her

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · Sep 18

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 · Sep 17

I’m delighted that a writer has summarized my feelings about music albums of the last few years: sometimes, less is more. www.npr.org/2025/09/16/g...

Why don't artists let their albums breathe?

Justin Bieber released a sequel to his album Swag before listeners even had a chance to really sit with the original. The move is indicative of a broader trend.

www.npr.org

Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · Sep 15

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 · Aug 29

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.

Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · Aug 27

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 · Aug 26

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

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · Jul 2

What a week to be on vacation.

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Tracy Green @tgrunfit.bsky.social · Jun 21

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 · Jun 21

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 · Jun 21

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 · Jun 20

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

Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · Jun 20

As a side project at work this year, I started a study group for the Azure Database UX Designers. We went through the Azure Data Fundamentals materials. Multiple UX designers passed this exam because I taught them, despite only one having a background in data. That was a huge win for me!

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Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · Jun 20

I really really really really REALLY miss training people, and creating materials to train people. It has always been the favorite part of my job.

Jes Chapman @grrlgeek.bsky.social · Jun 20

I've thoroughly enjoyed a Friday afternoon with no (!!!) meetings and created wonderful diagrams to illustrate the many ways ApplicationIntent=ReadOnly can be used with Azure SQL DB/SQL MI.