Episode 185 - The Liar's Dividend
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan talk about Erik Darling's new monitoring app, which reminds us of similar tools we had experience with long ago. And, again, it's time to talk about AI. Specifically, a side-effect of it called "The Liar's Dividend". Relevant links for more information:
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Episode 184 - The Role of the DBA is Dead (Again)
SQL Server Radio
Looks like it's that time of the year again, to face the impending death of the DBA role! Or... Is it? Guy and Eitan discuss the topic and raise several interesting points you should listen to. Relevant links: ()
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Episode 183 - Azure SQL Managed Instance Next Gen
SQL Server Radio
In this year's first episode of the new year, Guy and Eitan discuss the new Next-gen General Purpose tier of Azure SQL Managed Instance, which is now GA. They also discuss a few interesting customer stories, how they were resolved, and how they're not actually SQL Server's fault. Relevant links:
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Episode 182 - Matan Yungman's Show-and-Tell of Rapido
SQL Server Radio
Matan Yungman is our special host for today, who came especially to talk about his special project called "Rapido", which is capable of automatically tuning SQL queries at scale. Perhaps there is some inspiration in it for us? Relevant links:
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Episode 181 - The new SSMS is still blue
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan talk about the new preview version of SSMS, application locks, and stupid troubles with TempDB shrinkage. Relevant links:
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Episode 180 - Computed Columns with PERSISTED and Indexed Expressions
SQL Server Radio
We let a dice roll decide today's topic, and the winner ended up being: Computed Columns with PERSISTED and Indexed Expressions. We give our thoughts about it, best practices, pit falls, and tips. Relevant links:
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Episode 179 - SQL Server 2025 RC0 announced and weird latch timeouts
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss several interesting announcements and updates from Microsoft related to SQL Server and VS Code. And also Eitan talks about a weird issue he encountered involving page latch time-outs during DBCC CHECK command. Please fill out the ! Thank you! Relevant links:
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Episode 178 - AI is another thing to babysit
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss security-related best practice scripts, and several interesting AI topics. Relevant links:
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Episode 177 - Five and a Half Enhancements in SQL Server 2025
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss Stephen Planck's blog post "Five SQL Server 2025 Enhancements DBAs Will Notice", and add some of their own insights. Relevant links:
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Episode 176 - SQL Server 2025 and more
SQL Server Radio
Many announcements and interesting releases came out this past month, so we got a lot to talk about in this episode! Relevant links:
info_outlineMost of us will have to deliver some kind of a presentation in our professional lives, whether it's inside the organization or at a conference.
Today, we talk to Boris Hristov (blog | twitter) about this subject.
You might remember Boris from show 26 where we talked to him about Policy Based Management and Distributed Replay, but today he's in a completely different phase.
Boris started a company called 356labs that is targeted at helping speakers deliver better presentations.
During our chat, we cover:
- Why it's important to start presenting, and how to start doing it
- How to correctly deliver a message during a presentation
- What should you ask yourself before delivering a presentation
- Why are images better at delivering a message
- How to start a company and get clients
- Many practical tips for presenting
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