Daniel Hutmacher
@dhma.ch
Swiss/Swedish, Data Platform MVP.
@dhmacher on other platforms.
My work: strd.co
My blog: sqlsunday.com
Call for Data Speakers: @callfordataspeakers.com
Data Saturday Stockholm: @datasatsto.se
I just want to use your SQL Server tonight.
@dhmacher on other platforms.
My work: strd.co
My blog: sqlsunday.com
Call for Data Speakers: @callfordataspeakers.com
Data Saturday Stockholm: @datasatsto.se
I just want to use your SQL Server tonight.
It’s Friday. Time to unpack your air drums.
All I Do
open.spotify.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s Friday. Time to unpack your air drums.
Current status: "LLMs are dumb, but let's see what kind of damage I can do"
December 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Current status: "LLMs are dumb, but let's see what kind of damage I can do"
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
I don’t miss calls, I stare at them until they go away
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don’t miss calls, I stare at them until they go away
Fine, ok, maybe self-driving cars are a good idea for some people.
”Who can even see those things, and then you hear a crunch, and you panic, and then you keep going”
Good thing it was just a bollard and not a five-year-old, I guess.
”Who can even see those things, and then you hear a crunch, and you panic, and then you keep going”
Good thing it was just a bollard and not a five-year-old, I guess.
Watch carefully and you can see right through her eyes into the headrest.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Fine, ok, maybe self-driving cars are a good idea for some people.
”Who can even see those things, and then you hear a crunch, and you panic, and then you keep going”
Good thing it was just a bollard and not a five-year-old, I guess.
”Who can even see those things, and then you hear a crunch, and you panic, and then you keep going”
Good thing it was just a bollard and not a five-year-old, I guess.
LLMs are language-based, so they’re great for generating visions and mission statements, where accuracy is not important.
Perfect for upper management, in other words. But useless for important work.
Perfect for upper management, in other words. But useless for important work.
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
LLMs are language-based, so they’re great for generating visions and mission statements, where accuracy is not important.
Perfect for upper management, in other words. But useless for important work.
Perfect for upper management, in other words. But useless for important work.
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
Somehow found myself on the Simple English Wikipedia entry for Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto, and more program notes should be like this tbh
November 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Somehow found myself on the Simple English Wikipedia entry for Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto, and more program notes should be like this tbh
The people who claim that some AI model is ”PhD-level” don’t have PhD degrees for a reason.
It took an actual PhD friend just a single attempt, with a first-year exam question, to prove that LLMs are better at generating rocket emojis and bullet points than actually producing anything ”PhD-level”.
It took an actual PhD friend just a single attempt, with a first-year exam question, to prove that LLMs are better at generating rocket emojis and bullet points than actually producing anything ”PhD-level”.
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
The people who claim that some AI model is ”PhD-level” don’t have PhD degrees for a reason.
It took an actual PhD friend just a single attempt, with a first-year exam question, to prove that LLMs are better at generating rocket emojis and bullet points than actually producing anything ”PhD-level”.
It took an actual PhD friend just a single attempt, with a first-year exam question, to prove that LLMs are better at generating rocket emojis and bullet points than actually producing anything ”PhD-level”.
OMG lightning talks! I insta-submitted to new abstracts. You should too.
(Although, please don't make them so good that mine get rejected.)
(Although, please don't make them so good that mine get rejected.)
Call for speakers: Groningen Data Platform Meetup Lighting Talks! - https://us7.campaign-archive.com/?u=b8db1e2ab2a0ee1aa69c8bb27&id=e13d53e282
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
OMG lightning talks! I insta-submitted to new abstracts. You should too.
(Although, please don't make them so good that mine get rejected.)
(Although, please don't make them so good that mine get rejected.)
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
BLOG ALERT!
www.arcticdba.se/posts/tooth-...
Sugar went from luxury to ubiquitous poison before we understood what it was doing to us. We're doing the exact same thing with AI, adding it to everything without genuine use cases while it erodes literacy and critical thinking. #AI #Literacy
www.arcticdba.se/posts/tooth-...
Sugar went from luxury to ubiquitous poison before we understood what it was doing to us. We're doing the exact same thing with AI, adding it to everything without genuine use cases while it erodes literacy and critical thinking. #AI #Literacy
www.arcticdba.se
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
BLOG ALERT!
www.arcticdba.se/posts/tooth-...
Sugar went from luxury to ubiquitous poison before we understood what it was doing to us. We're doing the exact same thing with AI, adding it to everything without genuine use cases while it erodes literacy and critical thinking. #AI #Literacy
www.arcticdba.se/posts/tooth-...
Sugar went from luxury to ubiquitous poison before we understood what it was doing to us. We're doing the exact same thing with AI, adding it to everything without genuine use cases while it erodes literacy and critical thinking. #AI #Literacy
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
I look forward to hiring a Chief AI Officer whose job will be to just tell anyone who suggests using AI for anything to shut the fuck up.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I look forward to hiring a Chief AI Officer whose job will be to just tell anyone who suggests using AI for anything to shut the fuck up.
They pulled out my wisdom tooth, but I told them nothing.
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
They pulled out my wisdom tooth, but I told them nothing.
There are a _lot_ of #sqlfamily authors in this list.
Apparently, if your book is in there, you could be entitled to compensation from Anthropic.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
I'd hate to see this "financially ruin" the AI industry. That would be just terrible.
Apparently, if your book is in there, you could be entitled to compensation from Anthropic.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
I'd hate to see this "financially ruin" the AI industry. That would be just terrible.
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
There are a _lot_ of #sqlfamily authors in this list.
Apparently, if your book is in there, you could be entitled to compensation from Anthropic.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
I'd hate to see this "financially ruin" the AI industry. That would be just terrible.
Apparently, if your book is in there, you could be entitled to compensation from Anthropic.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
I'd hate to see this "financially ruin" the AI industry. That would be just terrible.
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
SQL Server 2025 Is Out, and Standard Goes Up to 256GB RAM, 32 Cores!
Today marks the official birthday of Microsoft SQL Server 2025. Here's where to download the evaluation version. Here are the top things you wanna consider as you talk to your managers, developers, and end users. The feature…
Today marks the official birthday of Microsoft SQL Server 2025. Here's where to download the evaluation version. Here are the top things you wanna consider as you talk to your managers, developers, and end users. The feature…
SQL Server 2025 Is Out, and Standard Goes Up to 256GB RAM, 32 Cores!
Today marks the official birthday of Microsoft SQL Server 2025. Here's where to download the evaluation version. Here are the top things you wanna consider as you talk to your managers, developers, and end users. The feature differences between 2025 Enterprise and Standard have been revealed, and the news for Standard Edition folks is spectacular: it now supports up to 32 CPU cores and 256GB RAM!
www.brentozar.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
SQL Server 2025 Is Out, and Standard Goes Up to 256GB RAM, 32 Cores!
Today marks the official birthday of Microsoft SQL Server 2025. Here's where to download the evaluation version. Here are the top things you wanna consider as you talk to your managers, developers, and end users. The feature…
Today marks the official birthday of Microsoft SQL Server 2025. Here's where to download the evaluation version. Here are the top things you wanna consider as you talk to your managers, developers, and end users. The feature…
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
For everyone going to Seattle, enjoy your PASS Summit! I hope to see some of you at the MVP Summit and, hopefully, SQLCon in Atlanta.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
For everyone going to Seattle, enjoy your PASS Summit! I hope to see some of you at the MVP Summit and, hopefully, SQLCon in Atlanta.
Achievement unlocked: I had Copilot write a *rolls eyes*-type response that looks really professional, almost friendly, yet it communicates that I am so over this conversation.
I guess there are some things that could benefit from an LLM after all.
I guess there are some things that could benefit from an LLM after all.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Achievement unlocked: I had Copilot write a *rolls eyes*-type response that looks really professional, almost friendly, yet it communicates that I am so over this conversation.
I guess there are some things that could benefit from an LLM after all.
I guess there are some things that could benefit from an LLM after all.
YEAH, SCIENCE
What if ALL the sun’s power was focused in one place?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
YEAH, SCIENCE
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
Firearms may be legal where you live, but I spotted some fermented death on sale right there, in my local supermarket.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Firearms may be legal where you live, but I spotted some fermented death on sale right there, in my local supermarket.
Cool. They used to measure people’s foreheads back in the 1930s.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Cool. They used to measure people’s foreheads back in the 1930s.
For it is a human number
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
For it is a human number
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
clearly it's time for layoffs
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
clearly it's time for layoffs
One of my clients has me working in an RDP session, inside another RDP session, using multiple monitors.
Probably the coolest benefit of this is how easy it is to accidentally post my password in a Teams group, when all I wanted to do was unlock my remote desktop.
Or so I've been told.
Probably the coolest benefit of this is how easy it is to accidentally post my password in a Teams group, when all I wanted to do was unlock my remote desktop.
Or so I've been told.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
One of my clients has me working in an RDP session, inside another RDP session, using multiple monitors.
Probably the coolest benefit of this is how easy it is to accidentally post my password in a Teams group, when all I wanted to do was unlock my remote desktop.
Or so I've been told.
Probably the coolest benefit of this is how easy it is to accidentally post my password in a Teams group, when all I wanted to do was unlock my remote desktop.
Or so I've been told.