The secret APEX performance hack

Here’s a little secret APEX performance hack if you are running on the Autonomous database. As background, I’m running an Autonomous database with six CPUs and a terabyte of...

Free Webinar about Columnstore Indexes

I’m doing a small series on indexing basics for SQL Server, and on May 14th I’ll be presenting the third part which is about columnstore indexes. You can watch...

Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!

These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and it is going towards AI ways, everyone in IT should be aware of AI –...

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...

Signal to noise ratio – the AWR trap

Its never been easier to analyze an AWR report. With our new oracle skills repository, your favourite agent can do a respectable job giving some insights into the AWR...

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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