Will the last person to leave this site please leave all the lights and servers on ?
I’m done.
#mastondon profile in my username.
Hope to see you there. If not, please reach out any other way except here.
Be excellent to each other.

R.
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@sqlunicorn@techhub.social retweeted
10 things you need to AVOID saying at all costs in job interviews:

P.S use number 10 as a hack in all of your interviews.

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O M F G ! That’s a whole load of deep nerd stuff right there. And I am *so* here for this content.
You can now tailor models to a specific query when using Cardinality Estimation Feedback in #SQLServer2022!

Learn more about model variants: msft.it/6014eGzsu
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@sqlunicorn@techhub.social retweeted
To put in context multi millionaire Nadhim Zahawi threatening nurses & ambulance paramedics with bringing in soldiers to break their strike, it’s worth remembering his expenses claim which included heating his horses’ stables was more than a nurse on starting pay is asking for.
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@sqlunicorn@techhub.social retweeted
Excited to share we have just released a new #Synapse runtime for Apache Spark! You can now use #Spark 3.3.1 and #Delta 2.1.1 in preview! #SynapseAnalytics learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sy…
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#redflag : when an employer says that they “define an industry standard term as”…
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AWS. For when you don’t need stuff, but have massive tech #fomo in your C-suite.
A few #reInvent announcements!
• AWS Supply Chain: improves visibility into systems to lower costs & improve #CX.
• Amazon DataZone: helps orgs catalog, share, & govern data.
• Amazon Security Lake: centralizes security data for quick risk response.
More ahead!
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Existential question:
Should a Data Engineer know how to :
…code APIs in .Net ?
…maintain a CI/CD pipeline ?
…have a deep knowledge of Terraform ?
Am I missing something ??
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Replying to @sql_unicorn
But nor is being overruled by an Architect and being forced to take a path that you strongly argued against, so I guess 🤷‍♂️
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I mean, none of that is in the official description of the role…
gov.uk/guidance/data-…
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@sqlunicorn@techhub.social retweeted
Create an #AzureCosmosDB for #PostgreSQL cluster in the #Azure portal

🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃 Try the quickstart now: learn.microsoft.com/azure/cosmos-d…
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@sqlunicorn@techhub.social retweeted
Life hack: give yourself 8 to 12 hours of alone time in the morning to mentally prepare for the day.
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oOOoo ! This looks fun ! @Azure_Synapse and @AzureCosmosDB working together 🧡 #sqlfamily
👀 ICYMI: Enabling analytics with Azure Synapse Link is on demand

🎥 WATCH NOW
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Turns out asking someone not to be a gatekeeping dickhead is on my todo list…
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Dude shows up on my tl.
Nope.
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@sqlunicorn@techhub.social retweeted
Dear #PowerShell friends, we need your help!
Tell us what you would like to read inside your #PSConfEU 2023 mug?

For PSConfEU 2022, it was [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()], what should we have next?
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Distributed #PostgreSQL comes to #AzureCosmosDB

We’re excited to announce Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL, a new Generally Available service to build cloud-native relational applications. Powered by @citusdata.

devblogs.microsoft.com/cosmosdb/distr…
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This is the reason AI-generated images freak me out.
Yes, there was a darker intent (looking for an antithesis), but this is waaaaay creepy.
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