• Ending the Season Together
    Dec 19 2024

    Today, all the hosts (Louis Davidson, Ryan Booz, Kellyn Gorman, Steve Jones, and Grant Fritchey) get together for a festive adjacent discussion about AI, content, books, community, vector, PIVOTing, observability, and we end up with a brief discussion on gluten-free gingerbread men (because we did!) All this, though absolutely none of us broke into song like a Hope/Crosby musical!

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    58 mins
  • Coffee chat with Mala Mahadevan
    Dec 5 2024
    In this coffee chat episode of Simple Talks, Louis spends nearly an hour chatting with SQL Server community champion Mala Mahadevan. Learn how Mala got into computing despite her passion for horticulture, her favorite thing about working in technology, and a love for national parks. And stick around to the end where Mala and Louis share their frustrations about a SQL Server feature they both love but really want to see enhanced, so it will be a great feature worthy of use by everyone, everywhere. You can find Mala online on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mamahadevan/ Website: https://curiousaboutdata.com/ For more episodes of Simple Talks, visit www.simple-talk.com/podcasts Check out Simple Talk at www.simple-talk.com
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    42 mins
  • How is Oracle different from other data platforms?
    Nov 21 2024

    In this Advochats episode of Simple Talks, we welcome a new Advocate to the podcast - Kellyn Gorman! And since Kellyn is the Oracle Advocate, this week's show focuses on how Oracle differs from other data platforms that the advocates have used.

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    20 mins
  • Coffee chat with Aaron Bertrand
    Nov 7 2024

    On this episode of Simple Talks, Louis hangs out with Aaron Bertrand and talks hockey, curling, football, hybrid cars and even some technology. One of the big (non-sports) themes of the episode is that Aaron is a problem-solver and is interested in how issues can be overcome with technology - even if his focus now and in the conceivable future is being a top-level expert with some of the aspects of SQL Server.

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    50 mins
  • Data masking and subsetting
    Oct 22 2024

    What’s data masking? What’s subsetting? Get past the jargon as Redgate advocates Grant, Steve & Ryan break down these processes, explain why they’re important, how they work, and their personal experiences of both.

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    18 mins
  • Coffee chat with Kevin Feasel
    Oct 10 2024

    On this episode of Simple Talks, Louis sits down with Kevin Feasel and talks database design, conferences, battle tech games, and a lot more. Kevin has one of the most interesting origin stories so far in this series. He is a Data Platform Microsoft MVP and is the model of a great member of the data community. Also on the podcast, Louis learns a few new words and phrases, and for those of you watching on video, you can see him accidentally take himself out of the video a few times as well.

    Where to find Kevin:

    CuratedSQL.com

    LinkedIn: kevin-feasel-5047167

    Twitter/X: @feaselkl

    Blog: https://36chambers.wordpress.com/

    User Group: https://www.meetup.com/tripass

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    40 mins
  • AI today and in the future
    Sep 26 2024

    Ryan, Grant & Steve discuss all things AI, from driverless taxis in San Francisco and Redgate’s PromptAI software, to the current concerns around AI and the potential impact on the future workforce.

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    28 mins
  • Coffee chat with Tonie Huizer
    Sep 12 2024

    Louis is joined by Redgate author, business owner and conference speaker Tonie Huizer for coffee and a chat. Tonie discusses how he got into technology, why he loves automation, and how speaking about whiskey has more in common with conference speaking than you may think. He also gives a taster of his upcoming PASS Data Community Summit sessions and teases an exciting new Simple Talk series for 2025.

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    34 mins