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.
I have absolutely zero interest in winter sports, but I would totally tune in to see the booing of the clowns.
February 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I have absolutely zero interest in winter sports, but I would totally tune in to see the booing of the clowns.
Me: "Just give me the essentials, don't wrap it in unnecessary preambles."
Copilot:
Copilot:
February 5, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Me: "Just give me the essentials, don't wrap it in unnecessary preambles."
Copilot:
Copilot:
I'm dying here
I Trapped a Scammer in Customer Service Hell
YouTube video by Kitboga
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 11:57 AM
I'm dying here
Lol, chess.com. I’m flattered, but my game might (generously) be 500 Elo. At 2150, I’d be going around winning local chess tournaments. :)
February 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Lol, chess.com. I’m flattered, but my game might (generously) be 500 Elo. At 2150, I’d be going around winning local chess tournaments. :)
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
As of this morning, I am on the job market, #OpenToWork, or however that is designated here. 🙂 I’m immediately looking for a new position, and my DMs are open. Thanks network!
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
As of this morning, I am on the job market, #OpenToWork, or however that is designated here. 🙂 I’m immediately looking for a new position, and my DMs are open. Thanks network!
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
I built an online practice app for M (Power Query) 🚀
✅ 150 levels across topics
✅ Multiple solutions per level
✅ No account, progress saved locally
✅ Most of the M functions are implemented
Try it: mgame.datameerkat.com
#PowerQuery #MLanguage #PowerBI
✅ 150 levels across topics
✅ Multiple solutions per level
✅ No account, progress saved locally
✅ Most of the M functions are implemented
Try it: mgame.datameerkat.com
#PowerQuery #MLanguage #PowerBI
January 30, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I built an online practice app for M (Power Query) 🚀
✅ 150 levels across topics
✅ Multiple solutions per level
✅ No account, progress saved locally
✅ Most of the M functions are implemented
Try it: mgame.datameerkat.com
#PowerQuery #MLanguage #PowerBI
✅ 150 levels across topics
✅ Multiple solutions per level
✅ No account, progress saved locally
✅ Most of the M functions are implemented
Try it: mgame.datameerkat.com
#PowerQuery #MLanguage #PowerBI
I can't think of a single nice person who has reason to "fear cancellation" on social media.
Post without fear of cancellation.
Not from your audience, that's fair. From platforms deciding your content shouldn't be seen. Algorithms suppressing reach. Shadowbans.
That's control.
UpScrolled: Your followers see ALL your posts. No suppression. Your audience decides.
#UpScrolled
Not from your audience, that's fair. From platforms deciding your content shouldn't be seen. Algorithms suppressing reach. Shadowbans.
That's control.
UpScrolled: Your followers see ALL your posts. No suppression. Your audience decides.
#UpScrolled
January 30, 2026 at 8:37 AM
I can't think of a single nice person who has reason to "fear cancellation" on social media.
Visiting the quaint little countryside village of Enköping to see @transmokopter.bsky.social for his office housewarming party.
January 29, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Visiting the quaint little countryside village of Enköping to see @transmokopter.bsky.social for his office housewarming party.
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
3 days to go until the CfP for Data Ceili closes!
Fancy speaking at the amazing Trinity College in Dublin?
sessionize.com/data-ceili-2...
#sqlserver #fabric #sql2025 #powerbi
Fancy speaking at the amazing Trinity College in Dublin?
sessionize.com/data-ceili-2...
#sqlserver #fabric #sql2025 #powerbi
January 28, 2026 at 11:26 AM
3 days to go until the CfP for Data Ceili closes!
Fancy speaking at the amazing Trinity College in Dublin?
sessionize.com/data-ceili-2...
#sqlserver #fabric #sql2025 #powerbi
Fancy speaking at the amazing Trinity College in Dublin?
sessionize.com/data-ceili-2...
#sqlserver #fabric #sql2025 #powerbi
If you're an ISV, here's a fun pattern if you want to mess with BI consultants:
Use one datetime column for the date part and another for the time part.
The "date" of the time column is usually 2000-01-01, but just for yucks, you can put the actual date in there (or even the day before).
Use one datetime column for the date part and another for the time part.
The "date" of the time column is usually 2000-01-01, but just for yucks, you can put the actual date in there (or even the day before).
January 25, 2026 at 2:13 PM
If you're an ISV, here's a fun pattern if you want to mess with BI consultants:
Use one datetime column for the date part and another for the time part.
The "date" of the time column is usually 2000-01-01, but just for yucks, you can put the actual date in there (or even the day before).
Use one datetime column for the date part and another for the time part.
The "date" of the time column is usually 2000-01-01, but just for yucks, you can put the actual date in there (or even the day before).
Brilliant and interesting presentation about the giant security vulnerability that is children’s smartwatches.
39C3 - Watch Your Kids: Inside a Children's Smartwatch
YouTube video by media.ccc.de
youtu.be
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Brilliant and interesting presentation about the giant security vulnerability that is children’s smartwatches.
In other news, I have a new-found desire for a Jaguar XK150 Roadster.
All I need first is an English castle to park it in front of, and *checks notes* €115k.
All I need first is an English castle to park it in front of, and *checks notes* €115k.
Jaguar for € 114,950
Find your Jaguar € 114,950 – At AutoScout24: a European automotive classifieds leader.
www.autoscout24.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:54 PM
In other news, I have a new-found desire for a Jaguar XK150 Roadster.
All I need first is an English castle to park it in front of, and *checks notes* €115k.
All I need first is an English castle to park it in front of, and *checks notes* €115k.
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
Blink and you'll miss it: Today, callfordataspeakers.com celebrates 500 email campaigns in the almost exactly five years since its inception.
Big thanks to all the organizers and speakers who make the site useful by, well, using it. ❤️
Big thanks to all the organizers and speakers who make the site useful by, well, using it. ❤️
January 21, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Blink and you'll miss it: Today, callfordataspeakers.com celebrates 500 email campaigns in the almost exactly five years since its inception.
Big thanks to all the organizers and speakers who make the site useful by, well, using it. ❤️
Big thanks to all the organizers and speakers who make the site useful by, well, using it. ❤️
A client computer uses Windows Hello facial recognition. For whatever reason (crappy laptop, probably) it struggles to correctly identify me, so logging on can take a couple of tries.
But if I make a tired/impatient expression, the facial recognition works much better.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But if I make a tired/impatient expression, the facial recognition works much better.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
January 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A client computer uses Windows Hello facial recognition. For whatever reason (crappy laptop, probably) it struggles to correctly identify me, so logging on can take a couple of tries.
But if I make a tired/impatient expression, the facial recognition works much better.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But if I make a tired/impatient expression, the facial recognition works much better.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
If you use Database Mail in SQL Server, you should not install SQL Server 2022 CU23 (which breaks Database Mail).
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubl...
#SQLServer #SQLServer2022
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubl...
#SQLServer #SQLServer2022
January 20, 2026 at 7:34 PM
If you use Database Mail in SQL Server, you should not install SQL Server 2022 CU23 (which breaks Database Mail).
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubl...
#SQLServer #SQLServer2022
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubl...
#SQLServer #SQLServer2022
"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
a man with long hair and a beard is holding a cup of coffee in his hand .
Alt: Gif: The Dude, stirring his drink, looking incredulously towards the camera
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 AM
"Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
SQL Server 2025 CU1 adds four new DMVs for monitoring Linux performance: sys.dm_os_linux_cpu_stats, sys.dm_os_linux_disk_stats, sys.dm_os_linux_net_stats, sys.dm_os_linux_vm_stats. That last one isn't documented (yet?) but the rest are: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/re...
January 17, 2026 at 8:44 PM
SQL Server 2025 CU1 adds four new DMVs for monitoring Linux performance: sys.dm_os_linux_cpu_stats, sys.dm_os_linux_disk_stats, sys.dm_os_linux_net_stats, sys.dm_os_linux_vm_stats. That last one isn't documented (yet?) but the rest are: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/re...
Interviewer: ”where do you see yourself in five years?”
AD1
YouTube video by equalitystreet
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Interviewer: ”where do you see yourself in five years?”
36 hours left.
Tick, tock, my fellow procrastinators.
Tick, tock, my fellow procrastinators.
You have about one week left to submit your abstracts to @datasatsto.se. Beautiful early-summer Stockholm awaits!
sessionize.com/data-saturda...
sessionize.com/data-saturda...
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 AM
36 hours left.
Tick, tock, my fellow procrastinators.
Tick, tock, my fellow procrastinators.
”He particularly took issue with [people] asking for regulation and mandatory safeguards. “You have to ask yourself, you know, what is the purpose of that narrative and what are their intentions, […] Why are they talking to governments about these things to create regulations to suffocate startups?”
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:10 PM
”He particularly took issue with [people] asking for regulation and mandatory safeguards. “You have to ask yourself, you know, what is the purpose of that narrative and what are their intentions, […] Why are they talking to governments about these things to create regulations to suffocate startups?”
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
Boycott Twitter. Right now. Stop hiding behind the excuse "That's where my customers/followers are". Tell them you're leaving Twitter. Tell them why. And if they won't follow you, you don't need them. Stand up for something.
January 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Boycott Twitter. Right now. Stop hiding behind the excuse "That's where my customers/followers are". Tell them you're leaving Twitter. Tell them why. And if they won't follow you, you don't need them. Stand up for something.
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
I’ve just updated the production site with a couple of long overdue bug fixes and a few new features.
Oh, and I finally migrated the service away from Mailchimp.
Oh, and I finally migrated the service away from Mailchimp.
a man is walking down the sidewalk carrying a bag of trash .
Alt: Gif: taking out the trash
media.tenor.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:54 AM
I’ve just updated the production site with a couple of long overdue bug fixes and a few new features.
Oh, and I finally migrated the service away from Mailchimp.
Oh, and I finally migrated the service away from Mailchimp.
If you want more SQL Server content and less AI slop, please upvote some of my SQL Bits sessions.
And if you need a little bribery to persuade you, I'll bring chocolates to my session if I get selected to speak.
The good stuff, not the kind you get in the UK. 🇨🇭
sqlbits.com/sessions/
Thanks ❤️
And if you need a little bribery to persuade you, I'll bring chocolates to my session if I get selected to speak.
The good stuff, not the kind you get in the UK. 🇨🇭
sqlbits.com/sessions/
Thanks ❤️
January 8, 2026 at 10:49 PM
If you want more SQL Server content and less AI slop, please upvote some of my SQL Bits sessions.
And if you need a little bribery to persuade you, I'll bring chocolates to my session if I get selected to speak.
The good stuff, not the kind you get in the UK. 🇨🇭
sqlbits.com/sessions/
Thanks ❤️
And if you need a little bribery to persuade you, I'll bring chocolates to my session if I get selected to speak.
The good stuff, not the kind you get in the UK. 🇨🇭
sqlbits.com/sessions/
Thanks ❤️
You have about one week left to submit your abstracts to @datasatsto.se. Beautiful early-summer Stockholm awaits!
sessionize.com/data-saturda...
sessionize.com/data-saturda...
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
You have about one week left to submit your abstracts to @datasatsto.se. Beautiful early-summer Stockholm awaits!
sessionize.com/data-saturda...
sessionize.com/data-saturda...
If you can’t get users to adopt AI, just rename Office, and *voilà* - you instantly have hundreds of millions of AI subscribers. So much shareholder value.
Chess, not checkers. Mind blown.
Chess, not checkers. Mind blown.
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
If you can’t get users to adopt AI, just rename Office, and *voilà* - you instantly have hundreds of millions of AI subscribers. So much shareholder value.
Chess, not checkers. Mind blown.
Chess, not checkers. Mind blown.