Comparing MySQL Enterprise Monitor with Oracle Enterprise Manager for MySQL ...
MySQL Enterprise Monitor was a tool many database administrators turned to in times of need – that […]
Archives du mois : juillet 2026
T-SQL Tuesday Roundup: You Know A Query’s Gonna Be Bad ...
For this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, I invited y’all to tell me how you know a query’s gonna be […]
AI built my WordPress plugin. Here’s what worked – and ...
Building a WordPress plugin was never part of Grant Fritchey’s comfort zone — but that’s the whole […]
[Video] What AI is Good For Right Now
This isn’t specifically database-related, but it’s the kind of thing I’m really into, so maybe you’re into it […]
How SQL Server maintenance becomes an attack path – and what ...
This article takes one practical thread from Fabiano Amorim’s broader SQL Server security research: how apparently normal […]
[Video] Office Hours Overlooking Rome
I was in Rome to attend a teaching conference, and my AirBnB had the most beautiful view overlooking […]
The best AI developer tools in 2026: from coding agents ...
AI developer tools have matured fast. In 2026, most engineering workflows touch at least one AI coding […]
Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for July 2026
From now on, I’m going to be releasing annual versions of the First Responder Kit, starting with this […]
Big data: what it is, why projects fail, and how ...
Although ‘Big Data’ (and more specifically, the analysis of it) offers several benefits, organizations often fail to […]
I let AI build my API. Here’s what happened (building ...
Building an API with AI is fast, but it’s not hands-off. In this article, Grant Fritchey uses […]
How to automate Fabric data agent testing with promptfoo and ...
This guide walks through setting up promptfoo, an open-source LLM testing framework, to run automated test suites […]
Tomorrow’s the Last Day to Sign Up!
Tomorrow’s your last day to join about a dozen of your closest friends – well, you’re gonna be […]
[Video] Office Hours at the Black Pebble Beach
After the PASS Data Community Summit in Frankfurt, Germany, I headed back to Iceland and spent a few […]
What’s missing in T-SQL? My wish list of features that ...
Edward Pollack recently wrote an excellent wish list for T-SQL features he’d like to see in an […]
I Know a Query’s Gonna Be Bad When… #TSQL2sday
I open it up and the first thing I see is a comment with a changelog showing a […]
Confession Time: I Never Taught You About B-Trees.
I work with databases for a living. I teach people, and I help them via consulting. And as […]
AI can build the pipeline, but don’t trust it for ...
Building a database deployment pipeline with AI assistance sounds straightforward…until the AI starts treating temporary security shortcuts […]
Économie d’énergie Windows vs. Optimisation SQL Server
En cette période de fortes chaleurs, je pense utile de rappeler le point suivant. Activer la fonctionnalité d’économie […]
How I built a startup with no web development background: ...
Building a startup as an international student, while job hunting on OPT and coding past midnight, isn’t […]
[Video] Office Hours from Iceland’s Glacier Lagoon
Prefer listening to this via podcast? Good news! You can now subscribe to Office Hours on Spotify, Apple […]
How to match names in C# without exact string comparisons
Duplicate records are a costly problem in any system that stores people’s names. “Jon Smith” vs. “John […]
Who’s Hiring Database People? July 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of July 2026? Do you wanna work with the […]
DMS migration failing? How to debug Oracle to Cloud SQL ...
For database engineers stepping into cloud migrations for the first time, networking is the silent troublemaker. Most […]