Richie Rump
@jorriss.bsky.social
Code. Data. Books. Games. Soccer Dad.
How many code editors do I have open at the moment? 13.
December 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How many code editors do I have open at the moment? 13.
Today has been awesome. Miami playoff win and a Bears win over Green Bay.
December 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Today has been awesome. Miami playoff win and a Bears win over Green Bay.
Since October I’ve beaten five Halo games on Legendary. Using Halo as therapy sucks but at least it has achievement points.
December 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Since October I’ve beaten five Halo games on Legendary. Using Halo as therapy sucks but at least it has achievement points.
My favorite CI issues are the ones that go away when you rebuild the commit.
December 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My favorite CI issues are the ones that go away when you rebuild the commit.
Marta not winning the Marta Award is wrong.
A goal heard around the world 🌍
Congratulations to Jacquie for earning this year’s FIFA Marta Award 🏆
Congratulations to Jacquie for earning this year’s FIFA Marta Award 🏆
December 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Marta not winning the Marta Award is wrong.
Pablo Torre Finds Out has no business being this good. @pablo.show
December 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Pablo Torre Finds Out has no business being this good. @pablo.show
I will vote for the first person that will ban bathroom barn doors in hotel rooms.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I will vote for the first person that will ban bathroom barn doors in hotel rooms.
*sigh* Another day of telling AI that it's wrong.
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
*sigh* Another day of telling AI that it's wrong.
I had forgotten how utterly brutal Halo 2 Legendary was. Ugh.
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I had forgotten how utterly brutal Halo 2 Legendary was. Ugh.
Alright, this is cool as hell.
Get ChatGPT’s Advice On Your Queries with sp_BlitzCache.
First off, I understand if you read the headline and you have a knee-jerk reaction. I totally understand that there are a lot of people out there who hate AI, and believe me, I hate most uses of it. Lots of its advice can be misleading at…
First off, I understand if you read the headline and you have a knee-jerk reaction. I totally understand that there are a lot of people out there who hate AI, and believe me, I hate most uses of it. Lots of its advice can be misleading at…
Get ChatGPT’s Advice On Your Queries with sp_BlitzCache.
First off, I understand if you read the headline and you have a knee-jerk reaction. I totally understand that there are a lot of people out there who hate AI, and believe me, I hate most uses of it. Lots of its advice can be misleading at best, and absolute garbage at worst. I watch conference keynotes by big companies and I just roll my eyes at all the AI bullshit.
www.brentozar.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Alright, this is cool as hell.
Paging Mr @brento.bsky.social
Microsoft’s ugly sweaters return with Clippy, Xbox, and Zune brown options. Microsoft didn't do a holiday sweater last year, but it's definitely making up for that this time around. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/835130/...
Microsoft’s ugly sweaters return with Clippy, Xbox, and Zune brown options
All three holiday sweaters can be purchased at Microsoft’s company store.
www.theverge.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Paging Mr @brento.bsky.social
Facts
Facetiming in Public on Full Speakerphone is officially an epidemic levels, y'all.
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Facts
My personal goal for 2026 is to train myself to vomit every time someone says fabric.
Installing SQL Server 2025 Dev Edition on my personal laptop and naming the instance FABRIC
December 1, 2025 at 2:03 AM
My personal goal for 2026 is to train myself to vomit every time someone says fabric.
I’m just saying Macs are literally right there.
Windows wants me to install Windows 11 2025 update, and when I look at what's in it and read " Recall (preview) introduces a smarter way to search your past activity using AI-powered snapshots of apps, websites, and documents," I think maybe it's finally time I just give up and run Linux.
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I’m just saying Macs are literally right there.
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And how exactly will Trump “cure cancer” without science and medical research funding?
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
And how exactly will Trump “cure cancer” without science and medical research funding?
Hey! I have one of those!
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey! I have one of those!
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This Is It! Our Black Friday Sale Ends Sunday.
You work with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, and Amazon RDS SQL Server. When people call in saying the server is slow, you're the one who has to take the call. It's up to you to figure out the bottleneck, which queries are causing that…
You work with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, and Amazon RDS SQL Server. When people call in saying the server is slow, you're the one who has to take the call. It's up to you to figure out the bottleneck, which queries are causing that…
This Is It! Our Black Friday Sale Ends Sunday.
You work with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, and Amazon RDS SQL Server. When people call in saying the server is slow, you're the one who has to take the call. It's up to you to figure out the bottleneck, which queries are causing that bottleneck, what changes to make to the queries, and whether index or server-level tweaks can help.
www.brentozar.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This Is It! Our Black Friday Sale Ends Sunday.
You work with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, and Amazon RDS SQL Server. When people call in saying the server is slow, you're the one who has to take the call. It's up to you to figure out the bottleneck, which queries are causing that…
You work with Microsoft SQL Server, Azure SQL DB, and Amazon RDS SQL Server. When people call in saying the server is slow, you're the one who has to take the call. It's up to you to figure out the bottleneck, which queries are causing that…
Nice recap
New blog post: PASS Data Summit 2025 Recap www.timmitchell.net/post/2025/11...
PASS Data Summit 2025 Recap
Last week, I attended the annual PASS Data Summit in Seattle. This was the fourth year of the event since Red Gate took over stewardship of PASS after that organization ceased operations in 2021. This...
www.timmitchell.net
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nice recap
Don’t ask me how I got purple first in NYT Connections today.
November 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Don’t ask me how I got purple first in NYT Connections today.
I don't know who needed to know this but Age of Empires 25th Anniversary Collection is on sale on Steam for 65% off. It includes AOE 1 - 4 and Age of Mythology and ALL of the DLC. store.steampowered.com/bundle/28326...
Save 65% on Age of Empires 25th Anniversary Collection on Steam
store.steampowered.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I don't know who needed to know this but Age of Empires 25th Anniversary Collection is on sale on Steam for 65% off. It includes AOE 1 - 4 and Age of Mythology and ALL of the DLC. store.steampowered.com/bundle/28326...
This was so much fun to put together. The results were also very interesting.
The First SQL ConstantCare Badges Just Went Out
Ever wonder how big your database estate is compared to others? Whether you've got more servers, more databases, more workloads, or more problems? Well, if you're one of my SQL ConstantCare® customers, check your email: our first set of badges just…
Ever wonder how big your database estate is compared to others? Whether you've got more servers, more databases, more workloads, or more problems? Well, if you're one of my SQL ConstantCare® customers, check your email: our first set of badges just…
The First SQL ConstantCare Badges Just Went Out
Ever wonder how big your database estate is compared to others? Whether you've got more servers, more databases, more workloads, or more problems? Well, if you're one of my SQL ConstantCare® customers, check your email: our first set of badges just went out! With SQL ConstantCare®, your SQL Servers send us diagnostic data once per day, and our systems analyze it and email you specific, actionable recommendations to make your databases faster and more reliable.
www.brentozar.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This was so much fun to put together. The results were also very interesting.
Good dude. Really good dude. Miss that guy.
Well, that’s certainly one way to get me weeping at #passsummit.
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Good dude. Really good dude. Miss that guy.
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Reading about how Postgres 18 does index skip scans made me wonder whether Microsoft SQL Server has that feature, and boom, there goes an hour of my life writing demos. Next up, adding a module to the Mastering Index Tuning class to talk through it. www.pgedge.com/blog/postgre...
pgEdge
Fully distributed PostgreSQL
www.pgedge.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Reading about how Postgres 18 does index skip scans made me wonder whether Microsoft SQL Server has that feature, and boom, there goes an hour of my life writing demos. Next up, adding a module to the Mastering Index Tuning class to talk through it. www.pgedge.com/blog/postgre...
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Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂