PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them

PlanTrace: Stop Reading Redshift EXPLAIN Plans. Start Seeing Them

Introducing PlanTrace — a free, browser-based tool that turns raw execution plans into interactive graphs and actionable tuning insights.

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A Cloud Dependency Failure from Amazon

I went to sleep while reading a Kindle book on my phone. I know because my hand dropped and the phone knocked me in the forehead. I set it...

Deploying AI in logistics (the unfiltered version)

A conversation with Jan Laš, CIO at HOPI, about what deploying a data agent looks like from the client’s side; the users who drifted away, the security work nobody...

GenAI vs Dashboards: Not the Same (And Never Will Be)

There’s a question I’ve been hearing more and more lately, especially as Copilot, Fabric, and Fabric data agents become part of everyday conversations with customers: will GenAI replace reports...

Overview of Claude AI Models: Which One to Choose?

For those entering the AI space whether professionally or personally I wanted to give a quick overview on the different models on offer within the Claude family – when...

A Redgate Data Modeler Gotcha with Relationships

This happened to me recently after being busy with non-data modeling tasks for a few weeks. I went to add a relationship and was confused about the behavior. Read...

AWS RDS Aurora - our first approach

When starting with AWS RDS Aurora for managing relational databases in the cloud, many data engineers face the challenge of leveraging its cutting-edge features while maintaining performance and reliability....

PowerShell Strikes Back: Know Your Quotes, Young Padawan

This is Week 1 of PowerShell Strikes Back – a four-week May series for SQL Server DBAs who have dabbled in PowerShell but never stopped to nail down the...

T-SQL Tuesday #198 Invitation: How Do You Detect Data Changes?

It's time for T-SQL Tuesday #198! This month's topic is change detection.
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Understanding Fabric MCP

Model Context Protocol, or MCP, is one of those technical ideas that sounds more complicated than it really is. The easiest way to think about it is this: MCP...