The LobsterPot Blog

The smart money is on SQL Server 2025 being released to General Availability this month. Next week there are two major conferences in the Microsoft

Steve Jones asks how we parse strings. As Steve writes, there are a bunch of ways to parse strings in SQL. And (which Steve doesn’t

Todd Kleinhans asks us to write about “Mastering A New or Existing Technical Skill”. Todd is one of my favourite people in the data community

Taiob Ali is asking how AI is changing our careers. It’s a good question – one question worth reflecting on, even if the general perception

John Sterrett asks us where the next generation is. Well, not quite. He asks us what we’re doing, or could be, to encourage younger people

This month, my good friend and fellow Dune-fan Joe Fleming (@muaddba.bsky.social) from SQL Tailor Consulting asks us about weird problems, and in particular, how we