Andy Levy

Everybody give a warm round of thankful applause for Randolph West, the Microsoftie who owns all the SQL Server documentation and oversaw massive improvements to it. He's leaving MS: bornsql.ca/blog/goodbye...

Why are we so awful to each other sometimes? themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...

Blogged: #tsql2sday 202 - your most memorable outage flxsql.com/2026/09/08/t...

Call for speakers: SQLSaturday Pittsburgh 2026 https://sessionize.com/sqlsaturday-pittsburgh-2026?utm_source=callfordataspeakers&utm_campaign=bluesky

Finding random hardware in my driveway fills me with dread. Not because I worry that it could have gotten into a tire, but because I don’t know where the hell it came from so something must be missing an important fastener

Tell your doctor everything that doesn’t feel or seem quite right. Maybe it’s nothing. Maybe it’s important. Maybe it’s nothing today but will become an important data point later. Don’t be embarrassed or ashamed. It doesn’t make you “weak.”

If you've driven this route, you know it _feels_ like ten years.

German broadcast. Nailed it

Blogged: #tsqltuesday 200 - I bet it's bad when I see... flxsql.com/2026/07/14/t... Thanks to @brento.bsky.social for hosting this month!

Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.

T-SQL Tuesday #199 Invitation: Back to on-prem? #tsql2sday sqlkover.com/t-sql-tuesda... cc @way0utwest.bsky.social @arcticdba.se

At a car wash this morning, it scanned my license plate and asked me to confirm. I said no, it asked me to enter the correct one. THERE IS NO EXPLICIT OPT OUT. All I could do was enter a bogus plate. But I have to wonder if they saved both so the model training can be refined Who asked for this?

Remember, this weekend is not “thank you for your service”. It’s to remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice. So, before you make the bbq, open the pool, etc….remember the price paid by those that we memorialize this weekend.

Only a couple more days until I'm speaking at Day of Data Jacksonville! Join me on Saturday, May 2 - I'll be talking about how to get your system documentation up to scratch so you can take that summer vacation and relax. #DayofDataJax

Dearest gentle event attendees, Session evaluations are IMPORTANT. Please give us your feedback. It really doesn't take that long and we need to know what we did right and what we need to change. My latest session had over 300 in-person attendeees. I've had 10 survey responses. TEN

Boston Data and AI Saturday 2026 - Oct 3, Burlington, MA. Free in-person event for data & AI pros. Precon Oct 2: PostgreSQL for SQL Server folks by Grant Fritchey and Taiob Ali. $75 early bird. Register 👇 www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-dat...

Paging @yournameisinvalid.bsky.social

“Watching filament extrude” is the new “watching paint dry”

Blogged: Did You Really Name That Default Constraint? flxsql.com/2026/04/06/u...

Current status.

Blogged: I'm presenting twice in May! flxsql.com/2026/03/30/m...

A remarkable photo from #NoKings in DTLA from Connor Sheets of @latimes.com www.latimes.com/california/l...

"It's not enough to see who's at the table. We have to see who's missing." I heard this at the MA Conference for Women several years ago and it's stuck. I'd like to add this: "Let's move over and add a seat for you. I see you. You belong here." #datawit #celebratingwomen #womensmonth

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

The temperature has reached “why am I even leaving the house when it’s this cold?”

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

@isnotnil.net find any meshtastic nodes in the wild yet?

Thank you, Mr. President.

Call for speakers: Day of Data Albany 2026 https://sessionize.com/day-of-data-albany-2026/?utm_source=callfordataspeakers&utm_campaign=bluesky

I just finished clearing the driveway an hour ago.

A week late for #tsqlsday, which is my fault, but thanks for @drsql for stepping up: Start drafting your posts drsql.link/2026/01/13/t...

Excellent story on Wegmans and how it collects and uses our data. Erie County DA says facial recognition is NOT used in prosecution of shoplifters. Erie now considering disclosure law.

19 yo son: These pants don't have any pockets! 15 yo daughter: Welcome to my world!

Beautiful remembrance by @stephenking.bsky.social.

Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year

My New Year’s resolution is to not say “I’m going to go ahead and share my screen”, “can everyone see my screen?”, or variations on the above

“Australia shows us there is another way for democracies to function. Perpetual slaughter of our children is a choice—one no civilized country should make,” writes Jen Rubin in her latest.

Someone made the iPhone YouTube app default to Shorts when launching and I cannot fathom who would want that behavior

Blogged: #tsqltuesday 193: Notes to Self www.flxsql.com/2025/12/09/t...

Lyman Ward plays an advertising executive in Ferris Beuller's Day Off. He also plays one in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. Both written and directed by John Hughes. Both live in the Chicago, IL area. But these are two different characters and all I can think is...missed opportunity.

Having verified the existence of gate L10C, I now begin the search for sustenance Any #sqlfamily in ORD for the next 90 minutes?

Boarded the plane and now we’re looking at a 45 minute (at least) delay for departure

There’s still room at the Crab Pot for dinner tonight. #passdatasummit #sqlfamily www.eventbrite.com/e/crab-pot-s...

I think I just hit the Friday afternoon wall #passdatasummit

But I don’t wanna! #passdatasummit