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Dear SQL DBA

by Kendra Little

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Erik Darling on Performance Tuning

August 21, 2023 · 53 min

SQL Server performance tuning expert Erik Darling joins the podcast today to chat about how good queries can go bad, how bad queries can get better, and the question on everyone's mind: if he was a database, what database would he be?…
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Tech interviews are weird and wacky. How did they get this way, and how SHOULD they be? Jeremiah Peschka joins us to discuss.
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When NOT to choose SQL Server to store your data

June 22, 2023 · 14 min

I wrote a blog post inspired by Stephen Vakil's excellent suggested interview question, but I inverted it: When should you NOT choose SQL Server to store your data? My thoughts: * When you don't actually need a database * When you're…
Down Tools Week 2020

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3 Things That Shouldn't Be Normal in Database Development

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Many people use entrenched processes for database development that have been in place so long that it's hard to imagine doing it any other way. In this episode, I share three things that should NOT be normal for database development-- but…