Regular reminder (for myself more than you): Please, thank you, and other forms of politeness are completely free, don't inflict any pain, and can sure help grease the wheels on social interaction.

Please do consider joining me and a bunch of friends at PASS Summit on Tour in NYC, August 18-19: passdatacommunitysummit.com/pass-summit-...

This just never gets old. It is humbling every single time though. I just was re-awarded MVP status with the Microsoft Data Platform and Azure PostgreSQL for another year. Thank you for the honor, Microsoft. I'm very grateful.

I will never when this fight, I accept that. Decimate means 1 in 10. Most of you mean "devestate" when you say decimate. Every once in a while, think of us poor pedants.

Totally misunderstanding some bad dance music in this hotel. I hear a man sing "I keep on screaming ow." Followed by a woman singing "You've got to let it go." And now I want to see the rock video, or, shoot one. Dude is in pain. Is it hot? Why won't he let go?

Uhm....

FINALLY!!! @redgate-software.bsky.social is going to be releasing pgCompare, a comparison utility to find the differences between two databases, for PostgreSQL. I just got to test it out for the first time here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-4b...

CELEBRATE! The New Session window in SSMS 21 for Extended Events now opens to the correct size. You can see Causality Tracking without resizing the window. I'm so happy I could bust.

Trust me, this is complete crap, but oh I'm flattered:

Filing in to the start of #SqlDay2025.

At long last. Redgate Monitor can now be hosted on PostgreSQL running TimeScale. I can't help it when I say this, but took long enough. Sheesh. Check out the latest release: www.red-gate.com/products/red...

Please take about 30 seconds or so out of your day to answer a one question survey over at SQL Server Central. How stressed are you about database deployments? www.sqlservercentral.com

Had a little fun with an AI and an execution plan in SQL Server: www.scarydba.com/2025/04/21/c...

#PSA You saw an ad on the internet saying that handheld radio you purchased would transmit hundreds of miles. Truth is, they are line of sight. They can only transmit hundreds of miles straight up. 1-3 miles, limited by terrain and the curvature of the earth (which is round, two myths busted).

I just had fun. Combining the hobby that I almost never talk about, ham or amateur radio, with AI to get a data conversion done the easy way: www.scarydba.com/2025/04/11/u...

Too cool fram2ham.com?fbclid=IwZXh...

Ahh, helped someone out. Glad that's over with. No need to be nice again until next quarter. Or have most people switched to semi-annual on this? Don't want to overdo it.

I sported #Azure #PostgreSQL socks while presenting at #FabCon. Thanks to all who attended.

Asked: Are you a resource or an asset. My answer: I'm a cost center.

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Hi! My name is Grant! www.quora.com/unanswered/D...

Forecast is for -17 (that's -25 in restofworld measurements) wind chills. No. Stop.

Anyone else had what can only be called a pretty good week at work? Only meetings that mattered. Generated content. Answered questions. Finished two slide decks (well, first draft). Tomorrow is going to suck isn't it?

Happy International Radio Day!!! Go get your license and get on the air. Have some fun.

Morning! Enjoying the freezing rain and sub-zero temps (real numbers, in fake US numbers it's only about 30). How's everyone else doing today?

This was a big week for me & @gfritchey.bsky.social with the release of our book about #PostgreSQL! We're both thrilled & excited for this milestone! Here's a quick introduction from my perspective on why we wrote the book & who it's for. #JustUsePostgres www.softwareandbooz.com/on-writing-a...

Karen Jaxx talking about how tune #PostgreSQL for analytical queries. #FOSDEM2025 #FOSDEM

Made it to #fosdem. Missed yesterday because I had some kind of intestinal issue (less said). Planning to learn #PostgreSQL all day.

All the Postgresql decorations are in place.

Anyone else ready to talk a little #postgresql today?

Sure Grant, now's a great time to run winget upgrade -all

Ahhhh.... Happy!

This is so exciting. We're only days away from the official launch of the new #PostgreSQL book that @ryanbooz and I wrote together. You can pre-order here: www.amazon.com/Introduction...

Oooh, you can use the discount count SP25PR to save money on your SQL Konferenz registration. You can save 50 on a precon, 100 on the main, or 150 on both. Get on it: shop.sqlkonferenz.de

Oh, ugh. About 400 emails to work through.

Morning! Rainy & a bit chilly in Berlin.

Off and running at Data Community Day Austria.

Any hams following me in Alaska, I'm just your state away from working all 50 on 20m. I'm banging away on FT8. Please look for KC1KCE.

Morning! Anyone else want to join me in an exploration of TOML? Because, yeah, what we need is another markup language. The other 9,762.4 of them just aren't cutting it. Besides if we didn't swap markup every 18 months, what we would we do? Write functional software?

Hello #SQLfamily! Our call for speakers is now open! sessionize.com/data-saturda...

I am complying with the #PostgreSQL "best practice" to use snake case. However, every single underscore makes me die, just a little, on the inside. inventory_item_type <shudder>

Morning! Beautiful morning here in Okiehoma. I hope you all have a good one. Or an adequate one. I sincerely hope things don't suck too bad. Nailed it!

Happy Friday!

Here's hoping all my friends, acquaintances, their families and friends in California are all safe and healthy. Please take care of yourselves. Remember, stuff can be replaced. You can't.

Open the interactive map & scroll down to Antarctica. Look, I just think they're not trying: sessionize.com/most-active-...

A balmy 14 (-10 to the rest of you) this morning. It is not supposed to get this cold in Oklahoma. I'd like to speak to the manager.

Good morning! Even a tiny amount of kindness can go a very long way. Try it. Generally, it doesn't hurt you or others. What could go wrong? You feel good? Others feel good? Not seeing the downside.

Happy New Year! Let's do this.

FRIDAY!!! Happy holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy Hannukah! Joyous Kwanzaa! Happy New Year! Merry Winger Solstice! All the things, 'cause it's Friday.