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.
A month ago, I spent two hours building a production-grade solution for a client (a fringe requirement, not my core competency).
Their team wants to build/understand/maintain the code from scratch themselves, which is perfectly understandable, but they are still discussing the design/architecture.
Their team wants to build/understand/maintain the code from scratch themselves, which is perfectly understandable, but they are still discussing the design/architecture.
I will never forget my old lead designer at Turbine, Chris Clay, who had a rule:
Never spend more time talking about a design in a meeting than it would take to prototype it and see.
I was in plenty of meetings where he suddenly slapped the table and invoked Clay's Law
Never spend more time talking about a design in a meeting than it would take to prototype it and see.
I was in plenty of meetings where he suddenly slapped the table and invoked Clay's Law
I had an hour long meeting today about doing a thing, a thing I would have been doing if I didn’t have an hour long meeting.
December 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A month ago, I spent two hours building a production-grade solution for a client (a fringe requirement, not my core competency).
Their team wants to build/understand/maintain the code from scratch themselves, which is perfectly understandable, but they are still discussing the design/architecture.
Their team wants to build/understand/maintain the code from scratch themselves, which is perfectly understandable, but they are still discussing the design/architecture.
⚠️ I'm decommissioning dataplatform.social on March 31. ⚠️
Migrating your handle to another server (and bringing all your followers/followed handles) is relatively simple, but you have to do it while the server is still up.
Information & migration instructions:
dataplatform.social/@dhmacher/11...
Migrating your handle to another server (and bringing all your followers/followed handles) is relatively simple, but you have to do it while the server is still up.
Information & migration instructions:
dataplatform.social/@dhmacher/11...
Daniel Hutmacher (@dhmacher@dataplatform.social)
SHUTDOWN NOTICE: I'm planning on decommissioning the dataplatform.social server on March 31.
The server currently has less than 30 active users (with activity in the last month) and even though I've ...
dataplatform.social
December 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
⚠️ I'm decommissioning dataplatform.social on March 31. ⚠️
Migrating your handle to another server (and bringing all your followers/followed handles) is relatively simple, but you have to do it while the server is still up.
Information & migration instructions:
dataplatform.social/@dhmacher/11...
Migrating your handle to another server (and bringing all your followers/followed handles) is relatively simple, but you have to do it while the server is still up.
Information & migration instructions:
dataplatform.social/@dhmacher/11...
Swedish Christmas tradition. If you know, you know.
December 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Swedish Christmas tradition. If you know, you know.
All I want for Christmas is your session abstracts for @datasatsto.se
I mean, technically before January 17th, but it would also make a really, really nice Christmas present. Just saying.
🎄
I mean, technically before January 17th, but it would also make a really, really nice Christmas present. Just saying.
🎄
Data Saturday Stockholm 2026: Call for Speakers
Data Saturday Stockholm is a free, community-led one-day conference on the Microsoft Data Platform. We'll bring local and international speakers to a ...
sessionize.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
All I want for Christmas is your session abstracts for @datasatsto.se
I mean, technically before January 17th, but it would also make a really, really nice Christmas present. Just saying.
🎄
I mean, technically before January 17th, but it would also make a really, really nice Christmas present. Just saying.
🎄
Enjoying the Christmas movie.
December 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Enjoying the Christmas movie.
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
When I start to watch a Youtube video, but my neighbour decides to drill holes in their wall at 7 p.m. on a Sunday.
December 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
When I start to watch a Youtube video, but my neighbour decides to drill holes in their wall at 7 p.m. on a Sunday.
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
I finally made it as a tech entrepreneur! What's a reasonable valuation, chat?
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I finally made it as a tech entrepreneur! What's a reasonable valuation, chat?
Some day, when I grow up, I'm going to stop submitting talks to overseas conferences that publish their schedule without sending out rejection/waitlist emails first.
December 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Some day, when I grow up, I'm going to stop submitting talks to overseas conferences that publish their schedule without sending out rejection/waitlist emails first.
You want to learn about #SQLServer #partitioning, but don't have the attention span for an entire conference talk. Join me tomorrow, December 18, 19:00 CET (1 p.m. ET) for a retro-themed speedrun.
Bring coffee, there won't be time to wait for stragglers.
www.meetup.com/groningen-mi...
Bring coffee, there won't be time to wait for stragglers.
www.meetup.com/groningen-mi...
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
You want to learn about #SQLServer #partitioning, but don't have the attention span for an entire conference talk. Join me tomorrow, December 18, 19:00 CET (1 p.m. ET) for a retro-themed speedrun.
Bring coffee, there won't be time to wait for stragglers.
www.meetup.com/groningen-mi...
Bring coffee, there won't be time to wait for stragglers.
www.meetup.com/groningen-mi...
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
BLOG ALERT!
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Four months of LLM use = measurable brain decline. Like GPS destroyed spatial navigation, AI atrophies thinking. Let's talk about the research, warning signs, workplace implications, and practical solutions.
#AI #Literacy #Cognition
arcticdba.se/posts/turbo-...
Four months of LLM use = measurable brain decline. Like GPS destroyed spatial navigation, AI atrophies thinking. Let's talk about the research, warning signs, workplace implications, and practical solutions.
#AI #Literacy #Cognition
December 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
BLOG ALERT!
arcticdba.se/posts/turbo-...
Four months of LLM use = measurable brain decline. Like GPS destroyed spatial navigation, AI atrophies thinking. Let's talk about the research, warning signs, workplace implications, and practical solutions.
#AI #Literacy #Cognition
arcticdba.se/posts/turbo-...
Four months of LLM use = measurable brain decline. Like GPS destroyed spatial navigation, AI atrophies thinking. Let's talk about the research, warning signs, workplace implications, and practical solutions.
#AI #Literacy #Cognition
Here's some #SSMS magic to lighten up your Monday.
Maybe you already know about "block selection", where you hold down the Alt key while making a selection.
But did you know that you can also remove line breaks using block selections?
Maybe you already know about "block selection", where you hold down the Alt key while making a selection.
But did you know that you can also remove line breaks using block selections?
December 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here's some #SSMS magic to lighten up your Monday.
Maybe you already know about "block selection", where you hold down the Alt key while making a selection.
But did you know that you can also remove line breaks using block selections?
Maybe you already know about "block selection", where you hold down the Alt key while making a selection.
But did you know that you can also remove line breaks using block selections?
I was just saved by the @callfordataspeakers.com procrastinator's digest, a weekly email that reminds you of calls for speakers that are about to close in the next few days.
Including SQL Bits, in my case.
Including SQL Bits, in my case.
December 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was just saved by the @callfordataspeakers.com procrastinator's digest, a weekly email that reminds you of calls for speakers that are about to close in the next few days.
Including SQL Bits, in my case.
Including SQL Bits, in my case.
When you click that test button more than once
December 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
When you click that test button more than once
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
DATE CHANGE for Data Saturday Stockholm 2026!
Because of the Stockholm Marathon, which happens on the original date, not only were hotels exorbitantly expensive, but the venue was actually not even bookable.
New date: May 9th.
Of all the problems, it's never the stuff you'd expect. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Because of the Stockholm Marathon, which happens on the original date, not only were hotels exorbitantly expensive, but the venue was actually not even bookable.
New date: May 9th.
Of all the problems, it's never the stuff you'd expect. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The call for speakers for Data Saturday Stockholm 2026 is open, and we'd love to see your session abstracts!
NOTE: The date has changed to May 9th.
NOTE: The date has changed to May 9th.
Data Saturday Stockholm 2026: Call for Speakers
Data Saturday Stockholm is a free, community-led one-day conference on the Microsoft Data Platform. We'll bring local and international speakers to a ...
sessionize.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
DATE CHANGE for Data Saturday Stockholm 2026!
Because of the Stockholm Marathon, which happens on the original date, not only were hotels exorbitantly expensive, but the venue was actually not even bookable.
New date: May 9th.
Of all the problems, it's never the stuff you'd expect. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Because of the Stockholm Marathon, which happens on the original date, not only were hotels exorbitantly expensive, but the venue was actually not even bookable.
New date: May 9th.
Of all the problems, it's never the stuff you'd expect. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
comma and period
moves through youtube videos frame by frame
💞
moves through youtube videos frame by frame
💞
December 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
comma and period
moves through youtube videos frame by frame
💞
moves through youtube videos frame by frame
💞
Submit your crazy ideas for Data Saturday Stockholm on May 30th.
it's the most beautiful time of year to go to the capital of Scandinavia, and It'll be worth your while.
it's the most beautiful time of year to go to the capital of Scandinavia, and It'll be worth your while.
December 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Submit your crazy ideas for Data Saturday Stockholm on May 30th.
it's the most beautiful time of year to go to the capital of Scandinavia, and It'll be worth your while.
it's the most beautiful time of year to go to the capital of Scandinavia, and It'll be worth your while.
Reposted by Daniel Hutmacher
BLOG ALERT!
arcticdba.se/posts/turbo-...
LLMs are pattern-matching engines, not thinking machines. But anthropomorphization plus dopamine-driven addiction pathways trick us into trusting them. Learn what they actually are and why understanding this matters.
#AI #Literacy #Learning
arcticdba.se/posts/turbo-...
LLMs are pattern-matching engines, not thinking machines. But anthropomorphization plus dopamine-driven addiction pathways trick us into trusting them. Learn what they actually are and why understanding this matters.
#AI #Literacy #Learning
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
BLOG ALERT!
arcticdba.se/posts/turbo-...
LLMs are pattern-matching engines, not thinking machines. But anthropomorphization plus dopamine-driven addiction pathways trick us into trusting them. Learn what they actually are and why understanding this matters.
#AI #Literacy #Learning
arcticdba.se/posts/turbo-...
LLMs are pattern-matching engines, not thinking machines. But anthropomorphization plus dopamine-driven addiction pathways trick us into trusting them. Learn what they actually are and why understanding this matters.
#AI #Literacy #Learning
Today I discovered to my great joy that Serverless Azure SQL Database instances now resume so quickly that you may not even notice it happening. Not even a timed-out connection attempt.
Genuinely impressed and happy.
Genuinely impressed and happy.
a man with a mustache is wearing a turtleneck sweater and says i 'm not even mad .
Alt: "That's amazing. I'm not even mad" meme
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Today I discovered to my great joy that Serverless Azure SQL Database instances now resume so quickly that you may not even notice it happening. Not even a timed-out connection attempt.
Genuinely impressed and happy.
Genuinely impressed and happy.
Want to guess how much time I spent trying to bulk insert a file from a blob store into Azure SQL using a managed identity before realizing that you _do_ need a database scoped credential?
Spoiler, its:
CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL [💩]
WITH IDENTITY = 'Managed Identity';
Spoiler, its:
CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL [💩]
WITH IDENTITY = 'Managed Identity';
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Want to guess how much time I spent trying to bulk insert a file from a blob store into Azure SQL using a managed identity before realizing that you _do_ need a database scoped credential?
Spoiler, its:
CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL [💩]
WITH IDENTITY = 'Managed Identity';
Spoiler, its:
CREATE DATABASE SCOPED CREDENTIAL [💩]
WITH IDENTITY = 'Managed Identity';
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