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Andy Leonard
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Husband, father, grandfather, Fabric Data Factory, ADF, and SSIS guy, data engineer, author, consultant, slave for Jesus (Romans 1:1) http://linktr.ee/AndyLeonard
My latest newsletter is titled "I'm a Claude Power User and an Anthropic Copyright Claimant" and is available at engineerofdata.substack.com/p/im-a-claud.... #anthropic #copyrightsettlement #ai
I'm a Claude Power User and an Anthropic Copyright Claimant
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Hurry! Early-bird pricing for Using AI to be your Data Engineering Partner ends 31 Jan 2026! Join Stephen Leonard and me on 1 May 2026 for a full day of AI-Enhanced Data Engineering training - live and in-person - in Jacksonville Florida! Register today at www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket.... #ai #data
Frank and I enjoyed an informative and awesome interview video with Jill Axline, Ph.D. on the Data Driven Podcast! Watch the full interview at www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXCs.... Listen to the podcast at datadriven.tv/episodes/syn... #ai #synthetic #populations #data
Heads up, Virginia Peeps. The forecast changed overnight from 0.25-0.50 in to 1-2 in of ice.
My latest newsletter is titled "Admerica" and is available at engineerofdata.substack.com/p/admerica. I welcome your thoughts. Enjoy! :{> #technology #business #ads
Admerica
Can we get a break?
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This morning's writing and coding anthem is the Mean Street album by Van Halen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4ak...
Daniel Beach and I recently had a conversation about data, data engineering, and how I got into it all. Check it out now at substack.com/home/post/p-...! :{> #dataengineeringcentral #podcast
On 8-Jan-26, I streamed Claude Code and I developing a Windows application. I blogged about it in a post titled "Video: One-Shotting an App with Claude Code – Jan 2026". You can view the post, which include the recording, at andyleonard.blog/claude-code-.... :{> #claudecode #ai
Claude Code has been updated. The platform keeps itself up to date, and you will likely see v2.1.1 when you next start Claude Code. If you don’t, you can manually execute an update from you CLI shell with the command “claude update”:
“What Am I Up To? Agents. I want to learn to build AI agents.” - From Tinkering with Claude Memory engineerofdata.substack.com/p/tinkering-...
Tinkering with Claude Memory
Plus how my day's gone so far
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I did not have overtly political conversations over the holidays. I had several technology-related conversations and many of them wandered into the politically-adjacent. When those parts of the discourse emerged, the most-asked question I heard was, "Why haven't I heard this perspective?"
My latest blog post is titled "Honored to Present Using AI To Be Your Data Engineering Partner at Day of Data Jax 2026" and is available at andyleonard.blog/jax-2026-ai-.... #DayofDataJax #SQLSatJax #Jax_Data #DayofData
My latest newsletter is titled "Tinkering with Claude Memory" and is now available at engineerofdata.substack.com/p/tinkering-.... #claude #aiagents
Tinkering with Claude Memory
Plus how my day's gone so far
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I read this quote in a newsletter today: "A man whose reputation has already been demolished by years of relentless attacks is strangely free. Free to go where others will not. Free to speak without calculation. Free to risk being misunderstood."
Happy New Year! My latest newsletter - titled "A SQL Server Countdown Function" - is now available at open.substack.com/pub/engineer.... #newsletter #sqlserver #countdown
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I confess, it used to bug me when subscribers unsubscribed every time I posted a newsletter. And then it dawned on me: “Andy, you’re sending thousands of people an ‘Unsubscribe’ link every. single. time.”
2025: A Number Containing Two 2’s, One 5, and a 0
My whack at a year in review
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AI, Data Engineering, and 2026 I recently crossed my 50th year working with computers. Most of that experience is useless. What is useful is recognizing early signals - the moments when something changes productivity enough that ignoring it becomes the risky choice.
AI, Data Engineering, and 2026
I recently crossed my 50th year working with computers.
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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
My latest blog post is titled "Separating Concerns in SSIS" and is available at andyleonard.blog/2025/12/sepa.... #designpatterns #dataengineering #ssis
My latest blog post is titled "Install Durandal Memory MCP Server to Mitigate AI Context Fatigue" and is available at andyleonard.blog/2025/12/inst.... #ai #claudecode #durandal #mcpserver #local #memory
I confess: I really like SSMS v22. I feel the team at Microsoft delivered an outstanding product in this application. If you follow me on the socials, you know I do not hand out compliments on a whim – especially to Microsoft. When Microsoft drops the ball, I throw the flag. 1/
It’s a new month and the start of a new work week. I encourage you to pause and write down what you’d like to accomplish today. As you do those things, check them off. 1/2
I love the smell of a new virtual server in the morning. :{>
Praying for a speedy recovery and return to duty for the two National Guard soldiers who were wounded near the White House earlier today.
You, me, Fabric Data Factory. 10 Dec 2025. Live. Online. On sale! Register today at entdna.com/a-day-of-fab.... :{> #fabric #datafactory #training