Fergus Reed The hidden costs of AI (and who ends up paying them) Revealing (and discussing) the real cost of AI: runaway token bills, the hunt for ROI, deterministic alternatives to LLMs, and... 01 October 2026 4 min read
Fergus Reed Fabric, agents, and a security gap nobody’s aware of (with Heidi Hasting) Heidi joins us for a chat about Fabric, real-time intelligence, a permissions trap that hands your data to a coworker's... 15 September 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed Building India’s PostgreSQL scene – a chat with Hari Kiran PG Day Hyderabad co-organizer Hari Kiran on building the PostgreSQL community in India - and how a coffee chat with... 03 September 2026 3 min read
Fergus Reed Zero downtime: Franck Pachot’s ‘migration’ from Oracle to PostgreSQL Franck Pachot on his journey from Oracle to Microsoft's PostgreSQL team, PostgreSQL vs Oracle internals, and what's next for the... 20 August 2026 4 min read
Fergus Reed Live SQL Server quiz! How well do the Redgate Advocates know SQL Server? Find out in this quick-fire quiz, recorded live with an audience at SQL Saturday Day of Data Baton Rouge... 06 August 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed The art of SQL Server query tuning and execution plans – with Hugo Kornelis Grant is joined by SQL Server veteran and long-time Microsoft MVP, Hugo Kornelis, to talk all things SQL Server query tuning,... 23 July 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed Is SQL Server really “too legacy to love”? SQL Server is “too lucrative to ditch, but too legacy to love”, according to a recent article. But is that... 09 July 2026 5 min read
Fergus Reed “SQL Server isn’t slow – it’s doing exactly what you told it to do” – a chat with David Klee Kellyn Gorman is joined by veteran Data Platform Architect, David Klee, to talk all things SQL Server performance tuning. Learn... 02 July 2026 5 min read
Fergus Reed Wrapping up PG Dev Conference 2026 and PG DATA 2026 Two major PostgreSQL community events took place recently: PostgreSQL Development Conference 2026 (Vancouver, BC, Canada), and PG DATA 2026 (Chicago,... 18 June 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed Turning down grad school, self-learning Power BI, and Lego! – with Kristyna Ferris Kristyna Ferris turned down grad school, learned Power BI, moved into the data world - and never looked back. In this... 11 June 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed “You are the CEO of your own brand” – the importance of taking the initiative, with Chris Yates Chris Yates reveals how he to rose from developer, to DBA, to Senior Vice President. Also discussed: AI, community, what... 28 May 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed Security vs speed in databases Steve, Grant, Kellyn and Pat discuss a key finding from the 2026 State of the Database Landscape report - engineering... 13 May 2026 4 min read
Fergus Reed Making stuff go faster, from databases to the race track (with Matt Gordon) Steve chats with Matt Gordon about making databases go faster, AI, data quality, car racing, and much more.… 07 April 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed Why SSIS will never die – with Tim Mitchell Steve is joined by Tim Mitchell to discuss why SSIS will never die, and much more.… 12 March 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed The benefits of leadership coaching in the tech industry – with Cindy Gross Steve is joined by Cindy Gross to discuss leadership coaching in the technology industry – what it is, how it... 26 February 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed What to Expect in the Database World in 2026 What are the Redgate Advocates looking forward to in 2026? AI, community events, and more...… 29 January 2026 1 min read
Fergus Reed Biggest Surprises of 2025, The Good, Bad & Ugly of AI, and Looking Ahead Steve Jones, Kellyn Gorman and Grant Fritchey discuss what surprised them most in the database world in 2025, ruminate on... 29 December 2025 1 min read
Fergus Reed Data Modeling, SQL Server 2025, Community, Running & More – with Ed Pollack Ed Pollack joins Steve Jones to discuss data modeling, SQL Server 2025, community, running, baking, and much more.… 11 December 2025 1 min read
Fergus Reed Simon Sabin (Founder of SQLBits) Steve Jones is joined by SQLBits founder Simon Sabin to discuss his early days in the data world (and how the industry has... 27 November 2025 1 min read
Fergus Reed Coffee chat with John Sterrett Steve chats with John Sterrett about his true love for data from a young age, how SQL Saturday and community... 06 November 2025 1 min read
