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Daniel Hutmacher
@dhma.ch
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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.
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Let's. Go!
Screenshot of SSMS 22 installning
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Firearms may be legal where you live, but I spotted some fermented death on sale right there, in my local supermarket.
Surströmming, Swedish fermented herring. If you know, you know. If you don’t know, stay well clear.
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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For it is a human number
Screenshot: The Zoom Workplace client wants me to upgrade from version 6.5.12 to 6.6.6.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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If you feel like a ton of Microsoft-hosted sites are down right now, you're not going crazy, and you don't need to restart your router.

azure.status.microsoft/en-gb/status...
Screenshot of Azure Status page. Description (not pictured) of the incident: "Azure Front Door - Connectivity issues Starting at approximately 16:00 UTC, customers and Microsoft services that leverage Azure Front Door (AFD) may have experienced issues resulting in latencies, timeouts and errors. We have confirmed that an inadvertent configuration change as the trigger event for this issue."
October 29, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Serendipitous timeline
Gianluca’s gif asking ”what year is it”, and literally the next post in the feed asks ”what day is it even”
October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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So long, Summer! See you again in a few months.
Trees without leaves, trees with green, yellow, orange and red leaves. Bush with a few reddish leaves remaining. Scattered clouds behind. A mix of leaves on the ground, bright green, mostly orange, some red, with the pale sun in the background, shot from very close to the ground.
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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WHOOP! I'm very proud to announce that I'm a Redgate Community Ambassador!
Redgate Community Ambassador 2025 badge
October 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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You can tell that AI adoption is going great when companies send marketing emails to your accounting inbox.
A screenshot of a Copilot 5 marketing email going to my invoicing/accounting email box.
October 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Copilot: Hmm...it looks like I can't chat about this. Let's try a different topic.
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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CPH
The A pier of Copenhagen Airport, almost like a cathedral in its design.
October 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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@andrekamman.com talks about lifelong learning to an absolutely ram packed room.
André presenting. There’s a dinosaur on the screen.
October 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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@2meterdba.bsky.social’s Copilot has a particular set of skills.
Reitse presenting
October 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Next up, taking in the blinding lights of @hugokornelis.bsky.social’s execution plans!
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Getting some Data Culture with Elin Hellström at dataminds.be Connect 2025.

The day is off to a strong start.
Elin presenting
October 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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How's your Friday morning going?
Me: I still can't seem to reproduce the U+FFFD character. Anything else I could try? Copilot: Thanks for sticking with this — you're clearly digging into the edge cases of DB2 for iSeries Unicode handling, and you're right to be skeptical. Here's a summary of what we know and a few last-resort options to try [...]
October 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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In an unexpected turn of events, my digital scales suddenly think my weight is too low.
Digital scales reading ”Lo”
September 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Didn't go to the DMZ, but spent a couple of days in Seoul last year. Got this little gem of a public safety altert on my phone:
Public safety alert (machine translated from Korean) "North Korea's [filth] balloons are confirmed to enter the air above Seoul. Citizens, please be careful of the falling load, do not approach if you find it, and report it to the military base (1338) or the police.[ Seoul]"
September 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Same, my man. I'm not a morning person either.
"This video isn't available anymore"
September 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Unexpected squirrel made a surprise inspection of my local bakery. Did not appear to find any deficiencies, and promptly left the premises.
A blurred small brown Nordic squirrel running across the floor of a bakery shop.
September 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Had a great time preaching the gospel of T-SQL window functions to a great crowd of data professionals at #DATAScotland today.

The crowning finish of my day was a wonderful dinner with @arcticdba.se, @valeriejunk.bsky.social and @sqlclause.no.
The Tolbooth Steeple in Glasgow, obviously in the rain. Because of course it was raining.
September 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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”What kind of weather is it there?”
”Aye.”
University of Strathclyde. Cumulus clouds, some blue sky. Not visible in the photo: drizzle.
September 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Nighttime was just as spectacular, though the camera did not do it any real justice.
Light from the lighthouse at night The lighthouse Full moon at night, surrounded by clouds.
September 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Speaker dinner for Data Saturday Gothenburg happening on a rock, way, way out in the ocean.

In glorious sunset light.
A classic red-timbered house and flagpole flying the Swedish flag in a stunning purple sunset. The lighthouse at Vinga at sunset Sunset light reflecting in some water on the barren rocks of Vinga Flowers on Vinga
September 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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For the memes
Train carriage with the name Trainy McTrainface.
September 5, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Ah, yes, the reason I moderate event submissions to @callfordataspeakers.com is that there's always that one person who will check the "IMPORTANT" checkbox without reading a single word of it.
IMPORTANT [Checkbox] I certify that the above is a data platform event. I confirm that I am an authorized organizer of this event, and I understand that I am only allowed a single email on this platform for this event. The moderator can refuse requests at their sole discression.
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM