Explore how Andrej Karpathy’s “vibe coding” trend reached databases. Uncover risks, real incidents, and 5 critical failure patterns

Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message

by Pat Wright

SQLServerCentral

A Thank You message to the original founds of the PostgreSQL project and members of the community that have been working so hard for 30 years.

Bean Counting to Burnout

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Administration

Do meetings and paperwork take a toll on administrators? Steve draws a comparison to some of the changes in the US healthcare system.

Five SQL Server 2022 T-SQL Functions You Should Be Using Right Now

by vgupta

SQLServerCentral

SQL Server 2022 brought powerful new T-SQL functions that eliminate long-standing workarounds. This article walks through five of the most impactful additions — GENERATE_SERIES, GREATEST/LEAST, DATE_BUCKET, the WINDOW clause, and IS NOT DISTINCT FROM — with practical code examples you can use immediately.

Coping with a working life as an imposter

by Phil Factor

SQLServerCentral

It is not existing knowledge but the skill of acquiring new knowledge rapidly that will help you overcome imposter syndrome.

Unraveling the Mysteries of the Ephemeral Model: The Fabric Modern Data Platform

by John Miner

SQLServerCentral

Microsoft Fabric (Azure Synapse, Data Engineering, etc.)

Data build tool (dbt) is an open-source command line tool that helps analysts and engineers transform data within their warehouses. It already assumes that data is extracted and loaded into raw tables. The dbt core framework is written in Python with the translations defined as a combination of SQL scripts, Jinga Template Language, and YAML […]