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Daughter 1 listens to 10 seconds of U2 then goes: "mid" and moves on to something different. So proud

📣 OpenAI just reduced the price of GPT-5.6 Luna by 80% and GPT-5.6 Terra by 20%. Try both models in VS Code today. Happy coding! 💙

If you think backup is expensive, wait until you see the cost of having no backup

Tomorrow, @mehrenmueller.bsky.social and myself will be doing a fun twist on the MS Reactor Youtube channel. No slides or pre-scripted discussion but live answering of questions being sent in. Should be fun, and hopefully the audience will be kind to us. Right?

Thanks to @brento.bsky.social today I learned what Frutiger Aero means. Basically, all the pictures I took last week from the Dolomites

GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of John Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors Develop

Phase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease.

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I just published a MASSIVE update to the #SQLServer Execution Plan Reference. There are 4 new pages, for operations on JSON indexes, plus an additional 15(!) pages with various updates. Check out the Change Log for a full overview. sqlserverfast.com/epr/change-l...

How SQL Server Packs BIT Columns Into a Single Byte A common worry about bit columns is that a table full of yes/no flags will waste a byte on every flag. It will not. SQL Server packs bit columns together, up to eight of them sharing a single byte, and the catalog view that reports each bit as "1…

How SQL Server Packs BIT Columns Into a Single Byte

A common worry about bit columns is that a table full of yes/no flags will waste a byte on every flag. It will not. SQL Server packs bit columns together, up to eight of them sharing a single byte, and the catalog view that reports each bit as "1 byte" hides that fact rather than revealing it. This is a short, satisfying one to see on the page: we will store ten…

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No, you don't need AI for that. Did you know that Affinity Studio is a completely free tool that lets you work on pixel images, vector illustrations and page layouts simultaneously IN THE SAME FILE? 👉🏻 www.affinity.studio (It's free because Canva wants you to buy its AI stuff. Just say no.)

Me: Hey Copilot, I need to call a stored procedure from power apps. Copilot: Sure, do this and this. Me: Doesn't work Copilot: You can't call a stored procedure from power apps Me: ...

11 years and counting! I'm deeply honored to be part of the program for one more year. #MVPBuzz

Only the state post office has the superpower of extending the experience of sending a package to a multi hour ordeal

WTF

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New SQL Server 2019 Security Updates: sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com#sql2019x 15.0.4480.2 Security update for SQL Server 2019 CU32 15.0.2180.2 Security update for SQL Server 2019 GDR #SQLServer #SQLServer2019

Daughter 1 is merciless. I was wearing khaki shorts and blue polo shirt and she went "oh, you're wearing the middle aged dad uniform"

New SQL Server 2022 Security Updates: sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com#sql2022x 16.0.4262.2 Security update for SQL Server 2022 CU25 16.0.1190.2 Security update for SQL Server 2022 GDR #SQLServer #SQLServer2022

New SQL Server 2025 Security Updates: sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com#sql2025x 17.0.4060.2 Security update for SQL Server 2025 CU6 17.0.1125.2 Security update for SQL Server 2025 GDR #SQLServer #SQLServer2025

Second time in less than a month that I'm told that no, they don't want to source control their database and yes, production is where changes are tested

Why What

Alt: WTF monkey in WTF poses

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Cortina, home of the Winter Olympics

A bit of fresh air today. The stunning dolomites ❤️

Managing hundreds of instances? -> Organize instances with groups and subgroups -> Tag servers for better filtering and documentation -> Import and export instance lists with Excel -> Assign instances to the right agents -> Keep multi-team and multi-client environments structured qmonitor.app

built a claude code plugin that reads sql server execution plans and tells you what's wrong. /plugin marketplace add erikdarlingdata/claude-plugins /plugin install sqlserver-query-plans@erikdarling then run /reload-plugins and just point it at a .sqlplan file: github.com/erikdarlingd...

GitHub - erikdarlingdata/claude-plugins: Claude Code plugins from Erik Darling Data

Claude Code plugins from Erik Darling Data. Contribute to erikdarlingdata/claude-plugins development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Let me get this straight. Donald actually managed to make FIFA *more* corrupt?

I see more and more apps created by AI that end up in production because some shadow IT person had personal credits to burn and a connection high enough to get it approved for production. I'll sit by the river, waiting for the bodies.

TWD: Daryl Reflects by the River

ALT: TWD: Daryl Reflects by the River

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Some of the most disruptive SQL Server problems are not obvious at first glance. Blocking. Deadlocks. Errors. Timeouts. #QMonitor helps you bring those events into view. Because troubleshooting gets much easier when the evidence is already there. Take a tour: qmonitor.app #SQLServer

"Database was restored from Windows to Linux and now it has a DEFUNCT filestream container that can't be removed"

Aua Ouch Facepalm

ALT: Aua Ouch Facepalm

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From 3 days to Kyiv to 3 days to gas station. t.me/exilenova_pl...

Listening to a studio album on shuffle is as unhinged as reading a book's chapters in random order