logo
episode-header-image
Jul 2020
28m 12s

3 Things That Shouldn't Be Normal in Dat...

Kendra Little
About this episode

Many people use entrenched processes for database development that have been in place so long that it's hard to imagine doing it any other way. In this episode, I share three things that should NOT be normal for database development-- but which are incredibly common. This episode is inspired by the book, "The Unicorn Project", by Gene Kim.

Up next
May 2024
Erik Darling and Kendra Little Rate SQL Server Perf Tuning Techniques
Erik Darling joins Kendra Little to rate different SQL Server Performance Tuning Techniques in episode 81 of the Dear SQL DBA podcast. We share our opinions of... (deep breath)   Recompile hints, Query Store hints and plan forcing, CTEs, Resource Governor, the legacy cardinality ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 2024
Power BI Performance Tuning with Eugene Meidinger
Eugene Meidinger stops by to chat about Power BI Performance Tuning with Kendra. We talk about the various engines and languages used in Power BI and big-picture strategies for getting performance from the start. Eugene then talks about the community of tools and techniques that ... Show More
53m 54s
Sep 2023
Automated Deployments and the Art of the Database with Database Michael J Swart
<p>In this episode, Michael J Swart joins the Dear SQL DBA podcast to talk about databases, automation, and how he's come to illustrate some of the coolest blog posts ever to be written about data.</p> <p>Check out Michael's art and blog posts at <a href= "https://michaeljswart.c ... Show More
1h 5m
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2021
Which DBMS will Implement QUIC First? Can the QUIC Protocol improve Database Performance in Web Applications?
<p>In this video, I discuss why QUIC will make a great communication protocol for databases and how it solves a critical problem with stateless web applications. Web applications use database connection pooling to establish database connections on the backend. But that creates ot ... Show More
13m 4s
Jun 2023
Ariga is helping developers define database schema as code
As companies look to update their databases, especially in a cloud native context, with so many different databases out there, it’s a huge challenge for developers when migrating from one environment to another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 
4m 6s
Mar 2020
Episode 13 - Binary Heaps
Today we're going to discuss the binary heap data structure. In this episode, you'll learn where to use heaps in practice, how they can come handy to you during a coding interview, and how to implement them! Along the way, we'll cover heap sort, priority queues, load balancing, a ... Show More
12m 31s
Feb 2020
Episode 7 - Tries
In the episode today, we'll talk about the trie data structure. You'll learn what tries are, how you can use them in practice, and how to implement them in your favorite programming language! 
11m 5s
Sep 2021
S17:E9 - What are some database architectures and their use cases (Kyle Bernhardy)
In this episode, we talk about database architectures and some of their use cases, with Kyle Bernhardy, CTO of HarperDB. Kyle talks about what a database is, different types of databases, and when you might want to use one type of database over another. Show Links DevDiscuss (spo ... Show More
48m 31s
May 2022
#366: Optimizing PostgreSQL DB Queries with pgMustard
See the full show notes for this episode on the website at <a href="https://talkpython.fm/366">talkpython.fm/366</a> 
1h 14m
Apr 2022
Part 3: The Source Code
Every human being shares a 99.9% identical DNA code. It's that .1% that makes us unique. We could see the influence of genetics before we unlocked it, but now that we've learned how to measure those differences, the knowledge could be dangerous. This is Part 3 of a re-release of ... Show More
35m 23s