Wired: you're the first to board the plane Tired: the cabin stinks of vomit

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Introducing 'SQL Project Power Tools' - create, import, diagram and analyze SQL database projects in Visual Studio buff.ly/bqxUxJZ #sqlserver #visualstudio #database

Some of my friends are trying to save a nuclear plant in Belgium from being closed by a French gas company. It provided 25% of all power in the country. Low carbon.

Gangs of youths are organizing themselves and creating needless Javascript frameworks. I'm glad that action is being taken to stop it at the source 😂

New blog post live! In part 3 of the deep dive into hash tables, I will show you how to use our knowledge of the structure of the hash table to identify hash collisions from looking at query results. #SQLServer sqlserverfast.com/blog/hugo/20...

The hills of Conegliano

Time for a #MorningWalk

The palmrest of my Dell XPS 13 become sticky and uncomfortable to use. The whole laptop is built around the palmrest, so replacing it means disassembling and re-assembling the whole laptop. Who thought that material was a good idea??

It's time for a #MorningWalk

New Blog Post: Deep Dive into TDE Key Management for Database Restore techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq... #AzureSQL #TDE #CMK #DataSecurity #EncryptionAtRest

Learn about ordering, grouping, and segmenting in #SQLServer execution plans, in the latest set of videos in the SQLServerFast Execution Plan Video Training. Over 2 hours and 40 minutes of content, for just $89.95 (until September 15). sqlserverfast.com/blog/hugo/20...

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Almost time for my session on time series databases at #DataScotland! Join me in room 2 at 16:15

Changing the default for encrypt from "optional" to "mandatory" in dotnet connection strings is probably the worst decision of the decade and it's been annoying everyone since day one

Beware .NET devs: SqlConnectionStringBuilder in Microsoft.Data will understand all connection string keys in System.Data, but will create connection strings using the keys understood only by Microsoft.Data. 🤦‍♂️

IHOP has banned Italy from accessing its website. Or maybe Italy has banned IHOP. Who knows

In Alaska, genocide became “diplomacy.” War crimes became “peace talks.” Child-killers became “partners.” Putin didn’t just get legitimacy in Alaska. He got proof the West has abandoned truth itself. Our editorial: euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/16/e...

Text is Ukrainian but I mean, clean hit

This piece by @garymarcus.bsky.social is - as usual - spot on: garymarcus.substack.com/p/gpt-5-over...

Moon on the sea of Venice

Jesolo, Venice

A pub in Jesolo. Side gig John?

The typical Open Source experience goes like this: 1) Read the docs. Docs say run this command. 2)You run the command, get error. 3) Google error, get obscure undocumented command. Run it, get another error, go to step 3)

65 sysadmins on this instance.

chatgpt problem solving

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EightKB is back. Happening 21 August, EightKB brings you Level 400–500 sessions from top experts across the globe. Register here: eightkb.online These deep dive sessions delivered by some of the best in the community.

everybody of my generation knew a guy who had this and you felt like he was gonna run the world, and people will say “he did” but no, the rich kid who offered him 20 dollars over retail for it runs the world now, never having learned what a capacitor was or how the kit worked

One more year in the program! Thanks @microsoft.com for having me, it's a true honor #MVPBuzz

New SQL Server 2022 Cumulative Update: sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com#sql2022x 16.0.4205.1 CU20 for SQL Server 2022 #SQLServer #SQLServer2022

New SQL Server 2022 Security Updates: sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com#sql2022x 16.0.4200.1 Security update for SQL Server 2022 CU19 16.0.1140.6 Security update for SQL Server 2022 GDR #SQLServer #SQLServer2022

SQL Server 2019 CU32 + GDR is available (Build 15.0.4435.7) support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/... #SQLServer #SQLServer2019

Microsoft has also released SSMS 21.4.8, with a number of improvements and bug fixes. aka.ms/ssms/21/rele... #SQLServer #SSMS

Very excited to announce Data Saturday Chicago 2026 will be held on March 14, 2026! bobpusateri.com/2025/07/data...

A black hole with the mass of the moon would be about the size of a small grain of sand. A grain of sand. With the mass of the moon. Let that sink in (no pun intended.) Side note: ”What if?” is a great book.

You heard it right! #sqlfamily events are returning to Chicago. Data Saturday Chicago 2026 will be March 14. See you there! datasaturdays.com/Event/202603...

I’m actually a pretty chill dude, and I’ll sue anyone who says otherwise

Lol not happening

Last week I had to upgrade the firmware on my bike's gears and today I have to factory reset my sunglasses. What a time to be alive!

My wife's gone away for a fortnight in the sun so I've decided to re-pave my patio; it'll give the neighbours something to talk about. Nosey cunts

I have a session 🥳 - at the free, online EightKB SQL Server internals conference on August 21 - "Fix your SQL database design with T-SQL static code analysis" - I am sure you will find that and the other awsome sessions useful. Sign up today at buff.ly/SJ8mwJ2 #sqlserver #eightkb #dotnet #dacfx

Exciting news for all Data Moshpit fans! Get a sneak peek at the lineup by visiting the official website: www.data-moshpit.de Tickets will be made available soon, so block your calendars for the event and be ready for the ticket release. Don't miss out on this epic data extravaganza!

Call for speakers: DataGrillen 2026 - https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=b8db1e2ab2a0ee1aa69c8bb27&id=35256be532

Microsoft Edit: Cross platform command line editor built in rust. github.com/microsoft/edit