Andrew Pruski 🏴 🇮🇪
@dbafromthecold.com
Principal Field Solutions Architect @ Pure Storage
Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Docker Captain
I help organise EightKB and Data Céilí
He/Him
Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Docker Captain
I help organise EightKB and Data Céilí
He/Him
Reposted by Andrew Pruski 🏴 🇮🇪
Docker Hardened Images are now free!
FROM dhi.io/node:24
From this moment on, you can use the near-zero-CVE Docker images as your base images, for free!
Learn more here:
FROM dhi.io/node:24
From this moment on, you can use the near-zero-CVE Docker images as your base images, for free!
Learn more here:
Docker Hardened Images are Free
Docker introduced Hardened Images in 2025 as a secure-by-default base image line, designed to keep...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Docker Hardened Images are now free!
FROM dhi.io/node:24
From this moment on, you can use the near-zero-CVE Docker images as your base images, for free!
Learn more here:
FROM dhi.io/node:24
From this moment on, you can use the near-zero-CVE Docker images as your base images, for free!
Learn more here:
Hey all, just a reminder that the @dataceili.bsky.social call for speakers is open!
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/16/d...
#sqlserver #fabric #powerbi #sql2025 #conference
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/16/d...
#sqlserver #fabric #powerbi #sql2025 #conference
December 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hey all, just a reminder that the @dataceili.bsky.social call for speakers is open!
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/16/d...
#sqlserver #fabric #powerbi #sql2025 #conference
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/16/d...
#sqlserver #fabric #powerbi #sql2025 #conference
We're back! Join us for summer in Dublin!
Call for speakers: Data Céilí 2026 - https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=b8db1e2ab2a0ee1aa69c8bb27&id=1d46345b6c
December 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
We're back! Join us for summer in Dublin!
Is it bad form to start off a conference talk with...
"I hate this technology, I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns"
Asking for, err, a friend
"I hate this technology, I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns"
Asking for, err, a friend
December 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Is it bad form to start off a conference talk with...
"I hate this technology, I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns"
Asking for, err, a friend
"I hate this technology, I hate it with the fire of a thousand suns"
Asking for, err, a friend
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#MicrosoftFabric & #PowerBI Wales user group schedule set for 2026. We run a monthly online session. Happy to accommodate shorter talks or 50+50 if you want to trial ahead of bits!
Thanks to @sessionize.com for supporting user groups with free services 👌
sessionize.com/fabricpowerb...
Thanks to @sessionize.com for supporting user groups with free services 👌
sessionize.com/fabricpowerb...
December 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#MicrosoftFabric & #PowerBI Wales user group schedule set for 2026. We run a monthly online session. Happy to accommodate shorter talks or 50+50 if you want to trial ahead of bits!
Thanks to @sessionize.com for supporting user groups with free services 👌
sessionize.com/fabricpowerb...
Thanks to @sessionize.com for supporting user groups with free services 👌
sessionize.com/fabricpowerb...
Following on from my previous post...this next one dives into Performance Tuning KubeVirt for SQL Server
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/11/p...
#sqlserver #kubernetes #sqlblog #containers
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/11/p...
#sqlserver #kubernetes #sqlblog #containers
December 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Following on from my previous post...this next one dives into Performance Tuning KubeVirt for SQL Server
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/11/p...
#sqlserver #kubernetes #sqlblog #containers
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/11/p...
#sqlserver #kubernetes #sqlblog #containers
Still performance testing SQL Server in KubeVirt vs a StatefulSet in Kubernetes
# KubeVirt
TEST RESULT : System achieved 46563 NOPM from 108184 SQL Server TPM
# StatefulSet
TEST RESULT : System achieved 47200 NOPM from 109554 SQL Server TPM
Pretty much there!
# KubeVirt
TEST RESULT : System achieved 46563 NOPM from 108184 SQL Server TPM
# StatefulSet
TEST RESULT : System achieved 47200 NOPM from 109554 SQL Server TPM
Pretty much there!
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Still performance testing SQL Server in KubeVirt vs a StatefulSet in Kubernetes
# KubeVirt
TEST RESULT : System achieved 46563 NOPM from 108184 SQL Server TPM
# StatefulSet
TEST RESULT : System achieved 47200 NOPM from 109554 SQL Server TPM
Pretty much there!
# KubeVirt
TEST RESULT : System achieved 46563 NOPM from 108184 SQL Server TPM
# StatefulSet
TEST RESULT : System achieved 47200 NOPM from 109554 SQL Server TPM
Pretty much there!
New blog post...A first look at SQL Server running in KubeVirt
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/02/r...
#sqlserver #kubernetes #containers #sql2025 #vmware
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/02/r...
#sqlserver #kubernetes #containers #sql2025 #vmware
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
New blog post...A first look at SQL Server running in KubeVirt
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/02/r...
#sqlserver #kubernetes #containers #sql2025 #vmware
dbafromthecold.com/2025/12/02/r...
#sqlserver #kubernetes #containers #sql2025 #vmware
Phew, demos!
Really enjoyed presenting my Chaos Engineering session at Data Saturday Madrid
Thank you to all who attended, hope it was useful!
Really enjoyed presenting my Chaos Engineering session at Data Saturday Madrid
Thank you to all who attended, hope it was useful!
November 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Phew, demos!
Really enjoyed presenting my Chaos Engineering session at Data Saturday Madrid
Thank you to all who attended, hope it was useful!
Really enjoyed presenting my Chaos Engineering session at Data Saturday Madrid
Thank you to all who attended, hope it was useful!
Sitting in my hotel room that is literally shaking due to an underground train, trying to work out how to get where I need to go
Google maps says to get a bus
DON'T TELL ME THERE'S NO TRAIN. I CAN FEEL THE TRAIN. HOW DO I GET TO THE TRAIN
Google maps says to get a bus
DON'T TELL ME THERE'S NO TRAIN. I CAN FEEL THE TRAIN. HOW DO I GET TO THE TRAIN
November 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Sitting in my hotel room that is literally shaking due to an underground train, trying to work out how to get where I need to go
Google maps says to get a bus
DON'T TELL ME THERE'S NO TRAIN. I CAN FEEL THE TRAIN. HOW DO I GET TO THE TRAIN
Google maps says to get a bus
DON'T TELL ME THERE'S NO TRAIN. I CAN FEEL THE TRAIN. HOW DO I GET TO THE TRAIN
Woo, heading out and over to speak at Data Saturday Madrid!
Haven't been to Madrid for years, really looking forward to the event!
Haven't been to Madrid for years, really looking forward to the event!
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Woo, heading out and over to speak at Data Saturday Madrid!
Haven't been to Madrid for years, really looking forward to the event!
Haven't been to Madrid for years, really looking forward to the event!
Reposted by Andrew Pruski 🏴 🇮🇪
Call for speakers: Groningen Data Platform Meetup Lighting Talks! - https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=b8db1e2ab2a0ee1aa69c8bb27&id=e13d53e282
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Call for speakers: Groningen Data Platform Meetup Lighting Talks! - https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=b8db1e2ab2a0ee1aa69c8bb27&id=e13d53e282
Off and out to Ignite!
Will be at either the Microsoft Community Hub or the Pure Storage booth if you want to come and say hi!
Will be at either the Microsoft Community Hub or the Pure Storage booth if you want to come and say hi!
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Off and out to Ignite!
Will be at either the Microsoft Community Hub or the Pure Storage booth if you want to come and say hi!
Will be at either the Microsoft Community Hub or the Pure Storage booth if you want to come and say hi!
This hit a little close to home for me :-)
I have a technique I call incompetence-based-mutation-testing.
Start making some changes. Bork everything, comment out half the existing code to just make stuff compile. Run tests. Watch tests pass.
Stop refactoring, go have a stern word with the tests.
Start making some changes. Bork everything, comment out half the existing code to just make stuff compile. Run tests. Watch tests pass.
Stop refactoring, go have a stern word with the tests.
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This hit a little close to home for me :-)
The latest Data Exposed episode is out! I jumped on to talk about cloning databases to Kubernetes!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Data Exposed - YouTube
Data Exposed is all about data; relational and non-relational, on-premises and in the cloud, big and small. Join Anna Hoffman, Data & Applied Scientist and h...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The latest Data Exposed episode is out! I jumped on to talk about cloning databases to Kubernetes!
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Reposted by Andrew Pruski 🏴 🇮🇪
If you missed our talked, We have a post on #kubernetes blog discussing the plans to archive Ingress-nginx
- Project is getting archived in March 2026
- No dependency updates, bug fixes, releases
- Images available, Helm charts
- Not gonna break deployments
www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2025/11...
- Project is getting archived in March 2026
- No dependency updates, bug fixes, releases
- Images available, Helm charts
- Not gonna break deployments
www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
If you missed our talked, We have a post on #kubernetes blog discussing the plans to archive Ingress-nginx
- Project is getting archived in March 2026
- No dependency updates, bug fixes, releases
- Images available, Helm charts
- Not gonna break deployments
www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2025/11...
- Project is getting archived in March 2026
- No dependency updates, bug fixes, releases
- Images available, Helm charts
- Not gonna break deployments
www.kubernetes.dev/blog/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yesterday was a fantastic day of rugby
Today won't be 😅
Today won't be 😅
November 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Yesterday was a fantastic day of rugby
Today won't be 😅
Today won't be 😅
Reposted by Andrew Pruski 🏴 🇮🇪
The image that launched a thousand rugby memes
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The image that launched a thousand rugby memes
I've seen a few mad setups in my IT career (admittedly mostly built by myself) but SQL Server on Windows in KubeVirt is right up there
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I've seen a few mad setups in my IT career (admittedly mostly built by myself) but SQL Server on Windows in KubeVirt is right up there
Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025
dbafromthecold.com/2025/10/31/a...
#sqlblog #sqlserver #sql2025
dbafromthecold.com/2025/10/31/a...
#sqlblog #sqlserver #sql2025
Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025
Accelerated database recovery was introduced in SQL Server 2019 and provides fast recovery, instantaneous transaction rollback, and aggressive log truncation. A complete overview of how ADR achieve…
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November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Accelerated Database Recovery for tempdb in SQL Server 2025
dbafromthecold.com/2025/10/31/a...
#sqlblog #sqlserver #sql2025
dbafromthecold.com/2025/10/31/a...
#sqlblog #sqlserver #sql2025
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Reposted by Andrew Pruski 🏴 🇮🇪
November 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Not a bad evening here
October 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Not a bad evening here
Oh this is gonna be good
September 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Oh this is gonna be good