Dear SQL DBA Podcast
1) Erik Darling and Kendra Little talk AI, SQL Server 2025, and the Future Is Text Files
Erik Darling joins Kendra to chat about AI tools, why they work better for Python and PowerShell than SQL, and what's exciting (and what's not) in SQL Server 2025. Along the way we describe the ONE TH...Show More
2) Erik Darling and Kendra Little Rate SQL Server Perf Tuning Techniques
Erik Darling joins Kendra Little to rate different SQL Server Performance Tuning Techniques in episode 81 of the Dear SQL DBA podcast. We share our opinions of... (deep breath) Â Recompile hints, Quer...Show More
3) Power BI Performance Tuning with Eugene Meidinger
Eugene Meidinger stops by to chat about Power BI Performance Tuning with Kendra. We talk about the various engines and languages used in Power BI and big-picture strategies for getting performance fro...Show More
4) Automated Deployments and the Art of the Database with Database Michael J Swart
In this episode, Michael J Swart joins the Dear SQL DBA podcast to talk about databases, automation, and how he’s come to illustrate some of the coolest blog posts ever to be written about data. Check...Show More
Automated Deployments and the Art of the Database with Database Michael J Swart
1:05:28 | Sep 26th, 2023
5) Jer and Kendar Explore Optimized Locking
SQL Server has a new feature that’s currently only available in Azure SQL Database: Optimized Locking. Jeremiah Peschka joins the podcast to talk through the docs and nerd out on locks, blocks, and h...Show More
6) Advice for Technical Leaders with Alex Robson
Ever wondered what it's like to be a VP or Director of Engineering? Kendra chats with Alex Robson about leadership in technology, what you can get out of coaching or an MBA program (should you be inte...Show More
7) Erik Darling on Performance Tuning
SQL Server performance tuning expert Erik Darling joins the podcast today to chat about how good queries can go bad, how bad queries can get better, and the question on everyone's mind: if he was a da...Show More
8) What's up with Tech Interviews in 2023? With Jeremiah Peschka.
Tech interviews are weird and wacky. How did they get this way, and how SHOULD they be? Jeremiah Peschka joins us to discuss.
9) Data Roles: DBA, DBRE, and Data Engineer
There are lots of jobs for data folks. In this episode, I'm discussing three hot job titles: Database Administrator (DBA), Database Reliability Engineer (DBRE), and Data Engineer (DE) To see the venn...Show More
10) When NOT to choose SQL Server to store your data
I wrote a blog post inspired by Stephen Vakil's excellent suggested interview question, but I inverted it: When should you NOT choose SQL Server to store your data? My thoughts: * When you don't actu...Show More