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Aug10

A Better Fire Alarm Is Still a Fire

Pinal Dave
AI
Developer
No Comments

A better fire alarm is still a fire, and many SQL Server incidents I get called for were preventable. Here is the T-SQL audit I wish had run before the pager rang.

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Aug7

They Finished the AI Training. Eleven Days Later, the Job Was Gone

Pinal Dave
AI
Career Advice, Developer
6 Comments

An anonymous interview with a database professional who finished the AI training their employer assigned. Eleven days later, the job was gone.

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Aug6

Nine Unusual Ways My Clients Use AI With SQL Server

Pinal Dave
AI
Oracle, SQL Index, SQL NULL, SQL Performance
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Everyone writes about AI generating queries. Here are nine unusual ways my clients use AI with SQL Server, and I helped build every one.

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Aug5

AI Training at Work: Nobody Is Coming

Pinal Dave
AI
Developer
No Comments

Everyone is waiting for AI training at work. It took me a hundred conversations to understand what they are actually waiting for, and it is not a course.

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Aug4

SQL Server Deadlock: Build One With Your Own Hands

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
Deadlock, SQL Server
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A SQL Server deadlock occurs when sessions form a cycle of dependencies and none can continue. This example lets you create the cycle, inspect it, and remove it.

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Aug3

AI Mistakes at Work: Who Never Gets Fooled

Pinal Dave
AI
AI, Developer
No Comments

Who catches AI mistakes at work? Not the smartest person in the room. It has never once been the smartest person in the room.

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Jul31

AI Code Review Bottleneck: Nobody Owns It

Pinal Dave
AI
AI, Developer
No Comments

Everybody agrees the AI code review bottleneck is real: making things got cheap, checking them did not. Then you look at the org chart, and nobody owns it.

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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 19 books and 125 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).


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Shaivi Pinalkumar Dave is a book author and a women’s artistic gymnast.

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