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All things #databases | Developer Advocate @ #GoogleCloud (views are my own) | #RemoteWork enthusiast developing future #DatabaseGuardians |

Knoxville, TN
Joined February 2011
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#GoogleCloud #Spanner just released table operation statistics to help you identify abnormal behavior on your #database tables. ProTip: Because indexes are implemented as tables under-the-hood, you can use these statistics to identify unused indexes! cloud.google.com/spanner/doc…
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really don't like the new @Slack interface for multiple Slack accounts. Am I the only one?
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One highlight at #GoogleCloudNext23 for was #CloudSpanner Data Boost. Now run analytic workloads w/o impacting operational workloads on your Spanner instance. Watch to learn more (blog linked in video for folks that don't want to watch videos): youtube.com/watch?v=S7AXi28G…
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ok that's real obnoxious.
FYI Your DM's are only open to Twitter blue subscribers. There was a mass update last week to make that the default.
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I’ve basically lost all of my travel experience since COVID. So many hiccups on this trip. Glad to be out again though
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Fireside chat #PerconaLive they’ve mentioned #AI for #databases 2 of the promised 3 times.
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Up and to the right is not always good. Rather than politicizing raising the #DebtCeiling I'd love to see headlines where we reduced it. If we can we get politicians to reduce US debt, then unicorns exist. Chart data generated by #Google #Bard
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Looking forward to #PerconaLive 2023 next week! Are you going?
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Fixing that expensive #SQL query be like...
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Being able to control fine-grained access for #CloudSpanner is really great for security. For #Terraform users, you can managed fine-grained access in your setup. To find out how, check out this blog: lnkd.in/g4YkvfR8
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Are you using #CloudSQL (#PostgreSQL or #MySQL) and wondering why your queries are slow? Why aren't you using Query Insights? In the wise words of Stinger from Top Gun .... Get on it! lnkd.in/gVCr8eVS
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