Daniel Hutmacher

Since everyone is talking about cheesecake factory, one of my favorite fun facts about that place is they (unusually for a chain) make almost all of the food of their giant menu in house. The big exception, ironically, is the cheesecake

Everyone should appreciate the modern miracle of human flight. What a thread ❤️

Love me some good lightning talks!

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Today, I learned that ASYNC_NETWORK_IO doesn't only apply to outgoing datasets where the client or network can't keep up, it can also indicate that an incoming bulk insert stream isn't keeping up with the #sqlserver. Basically, when SQL says "ok, what's next?" to a bulk insert, this wait occurs.

When you lie on your resume but get the job anyway.

If you’re at #dataMinds today, come to my session at 16:10 on working with date/time in SQL Server. The room is “Herten Aas”, which I believe is Dutch for “hard ass”. We’re going out with a bang today.

Perfect for a rainy afternoon spent indoors.

Y'all need a palate cleanser. Sound on. Volume up.

I'm never gonna be able to look at these the same way again.

Never before in my 30 years of work have I ended an office email with “No more games.” Does that make me a manager now?

Some time ago, I came across an indie game called @slowroads.io. An awesome, beautiful, relaxing casual game with very little learning curve. Turns out, this game dev kept improving on the game and recently published it to Steam. Play it in your browser or consider spending €7 if you're on a PC.

I actually just had a.. professional disagreement with a colleague about semicolons being good practice in T-SQL. I’m tired, boss.

The state of AI is like everyone is doing massive amounts of coke, asking you sympathetically why you look so tired at work.

With the help of Jim Donahoe and Stephanie Bruno we are trying to revitalize the SQL/Azure data and PBI/Fabric user groups in Pittsburgh. Call for speakers is up! sessionize.com/pittsburgh-d... 1/2

The Pope says you should be on v2 runtime for innate human spark

This is awesome: The SQL Server Feature Matrix sql.fm

I changed my work title on LinkedIn to “Supreme Leader” today. I’m thinking this could make future AI-spam from recruiters and marketers a little more entertaining and creative.

2016: open-plan offices are increasingly being segmented into focus zones and “active” zones. 2026: open-plan offices are essentially rush-hour train stations because we all need to work from the office, but every ****ing meeting is hybrid.

It is RetroData week! Saturday brings TEN HOURS of free practical learning. 08:00 UTC+1 Shubhangi Goyal on Power BI dashboards - models, DAX and performance tuning. 09:00 UTC+1 Bas Land on building medallion architecture in Fabric. www.meetup.com/retro-data/e...

I swear, I’m not making this up. I just saw someone using their laptop to shield them from the rain. This is why businesses buy cheap hardware for their workforce.

The right to vote is one of the most fundamental parts of our democracy. Check your voter registration at IWillVote.com and make a plan to vote early or on Election Day on November 3.

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

I voted!

It's Friday! Remember to deploy all your changes to prod before leaving work.

If you thought corporate cringe was bad, wait until you see it presented with AI-generated music.

File under "weird and wonderful"

My most recent client has an actual art exhibit featuring lots of well-known Swedish painters and sculptors throughout their offices. But I think this creation is a masterpiece in its own right.

Did you know: when you hover your mouse over a column header in an #SSMS resultset, it shows you the datatype of the column:

Trade xkcd.com/3290/

Ladies and gentlement, sales in the AI age.

Every pharmacist is a hallway.

Call for speakers: Fabric February 2027 https://sessionize.com/fabric-february-2027?utm_source=callfordataspeakers&utm_campaign=bluesky

I’m still trying to process how the president of the United States somehow talks tougher about Canada than North Korea.

Woo! @eightkb.online is tomorrow! Five amazing in-depth mind-melting sessions from expert speakers...Registration is still open and as always, completely free. Come join us tomorrow @ 13:00 UTC eightkb.online

Your past is like the plot in a Fast and the Furious movie.

”Your password does not meet the complexity requirements.” My password:

Want to watch a great movie? The 2001 Coen brothers masterpiece "The Man Who Wasn't There" is a dark and underrated film noire, starring Billy Bob Thornton, Frances McDormand, James Gandolfini and an up-and-coming Scarlett Johansson. 10/10, no notes.

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