En route to #SQLBits, #musiccity airport sightings: 6 guitars

But 4 of them are on my flight to London. That might be a record for me on a single flight!

Watch This Space: Updates to Database Content We’re improving our database blog with practical insights on monitoring, observability, performance, and day-to-day data estate management.

Lots of exciting activities are happening in the #SolarWinds #database team! Here are some of our recent, new content.

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The Costly Consequences of DBA Burnout Data has become the most valuable resource for modern enterprises. However, the people tasked with managing this valuable resource have one foot out the door. According to the recent State of…

My newest article appearing in #Database Trends and Applications magazine. Check it out! I'd love to hear your feedback.

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Engineers created a #capacitor crafted from a polymer blend that can operate at temperatures up to 250 °C while storing roughly four times as much energy as conventional polymer capacitors. This new material could be used in #EVs and to assist the power grid. spectrum.ieee.org/polymer-blen...

tweet from @theseantcollins: JESUS CHRIST (ninth hour): Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? GOOFY (present at the crucifixion): Gawrsh

tweet from @david8hughes: Judas: still on for Friday? Jesus: Friday? Judas: yeah, the last supper Jesus: the what? Judas: supper. Normal supper with the fellas

there are two absolutely canonical Good Friday posts

Join me next Tues, Mar 31, for a discussion of #Database Storage and IO Optimization.

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Excited to see our guest post, “What Happens When You Host an AI Café,” published in @spectrum.ieee.org : spectrum.ieee.org/ai-community.... We need more public conversations, and more voices at the table, about what we do—and don’t—want from AI. Grateful to co-authors Cheryl Seals and Joan Harrell.

EFF Sues for Answers About Medicare's AI Experiment SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking records about a

📢 BREAKING 📢
We're suing to get answers about Medicare's AI experiment that could affect millions of seniors' care. Read more about our FOIA lawsuit: www.eff.org/press/relea...

GitHub - Snowflake-Labs/postgres-full-day-training: Comprehensive PostgreSQL training with hand's on exercises. Comprehensive PostgreSQL training with hand's on exercises. - Snowflake-Labs/postgres-full-day-training

There are now 100% open source Postgres training materials.

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MicrosoftFabricMgmt: Building a Complete Fabric Environment with PowerShell Introduction Over the past few posts we have worked through a number of the item choices that you can use in the MicrosoftFabricMgmt module. Today I want to bring it all together into a single, practical script that provisions a complete Fabric environment from scratch.\nThis is the kind of script I could use when setting up a new project. It is repeatable, idempotent (safe to run multiple times), fully logged, and handles errors gracefully.\n

MicrosoftFabricMgmt: Building a Complete #Fabric Environment with #PowerShell

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Clearly, you are in disguise!

Yes, sir. And we're going ro review sqlperformance.com soon as well.🥰

Who in my network is in Atlanta for #SQLCON AND #Fabcon? Hope to see you there!

If you do #SQL query tuning on #SQLServer or #AzureSQL, check out #PlanExplorer in this introductory webinar. Starts in 30 minutes! events.solarwinds.com/introtoplane...

Join me today at 10am central for a rebroadcast of "Stop Firefighting: The DBA Burnout Crisis"! We'll discuss the crisis and cover 4 technical tips to ensure you avoid burnout.

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#database #dba #AzureSQL #SQLServer

DBA friends, break the constant firefighting cycle. Learn how in this patterns & practices session, diving into the strategies and tools needed to get ahead of issues before they become emergencies.

Register now: events.solarwinds.com/stopfirefigh...

#SolarWinds #Database #SQL

The Definitive Guide to Data Contracts The AI-native, fully automated data quality platform. Find, understand and fix data quality issues in seconds with Soda. From table to record-level.

The Definitive Guide to Data Contracts soda.io/blog/guide-t...

Introducing Soda 4.0: Bringing AI, Engineers and Business SMEs together to automate data quality The AI-native, fully automated data quality platform. Find, understand and fix data quality issues in seconds with Soda. From table to record-level.

Introducing Soda 4.0: Bringing AI, Engineers and Business SMEs together to automate data quality soda.io/blog/introdu...

In the 8.4.6 release of #MySQL Community Server, you can see all 495 runtime metrics about server activity, performance, and health using the SHOW GLOBAL STATUS \G command. Have you ever used it?

[Future Data] From Storage Formats to Open Governance: The Evolution to Apache Polaris - Carnegie Mellon Database Group As organizations build their data lakehouses on Apache Iceberg, the primary challenge... Read More +

Today's Future Data Systems Seminar Speaker: Prashant Singh from Snowflake will present the Apache Polaris re-implementation of the Iceberg REST catalog API. Zoom talk open to public at 4:30pm ET. YouTube video available after: db.cs.cmu.edu/events/futur...

Came here to say this. r/Tennessee is 100% Trump country. The mods there block all kinds of things that you'd think weren't even related to DJT.

If you're interested in more balanced TN discussions, then go to r/TNVolunteers.

Simon Sabin on SQLBits, Data, AI, and Running a Conference Podcast Episode · The Simple Talk Podcast · 27/11/2025 · 1h 14m

The latest @Simple_Talk podcast is out, talking @SQLBits with Simon Sabin - Listen now
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SQL: Echoes from the field 6 - Controlling stored procedure execution context (Part 2)

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And just like that .NET 10 ships tomorrow A look at key ASP.NET Core features shipping in .NET 10, including: model validation for Minimal APIs, OpenAPI 3.1 support with unified JSON Schema, improved integration testing with top-level…

First: I am really proud of this blog post title. It’s for the girlies (IYKYK).

Second: .NET 10 drops tomorrow, so I did a whirlwind tour of the big and small features I worked on this cycle.

Third: go read it!

#dotnet #aspnetcore

📰 :https://blog.safia.rocks/2025/11/10/aspnetcore-ten/

2025 Trends for the DBA Over a third of DBAs are considering leaving their roles, trapped by burnout and operational pressure. The 2025 State of Database Report reveals that DBAs spend over half their week (27 hours) in reac...

New data from our upcoming State of Database Report is alarming. Over a third of #DBA pros are considering quitting due to burnout. They're spending 27 hours a week trapped in reactive "firefighting." Join me tomorrow, Tuesday Nov-11, for the webinar! solarwinds.pulse.ly/wg3r8vg5u2

Observability Tools Every Technical Writer Should Be Using Explore essential tools and tips for technical writers that streamline documentation, enhance collaboration, and improve content quality.

GenAI is especially good at turning good writers into great writers. Take a look at these tools to enhance your progress. Cheers! =^D

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Legal Internship Opportunities Applications are now open for the Spring 2026 Intern Class, with a deadline of November 1. See below for instructions and a link to the application.EFF’s legal internships provide law students with a

We're seeking passionate law students to join EFF’s legal team as interns! Get involved in fighting for free speech, privacy, and innovation. www.eff.org/about/oppor...

BREAKING NEWS: TYLENOL RESEARCHERS FIND DISTURBING LINK BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP AND JEFFREY EPSTEIN