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Anthony DeBarros

@anthonydb.bsky.social

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Data journalist at The Wall Street Journal and author of the book "Practical SQL" from No Starch Press. nostarch.com/practical-sql-2nd-edit…

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Chart of the day via @wsj.com in www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Newest versions of pgAdmin now let us customize the font in the Query Tool. Nice upgrade. Set here to MesloLGL Nerd Font:

Image of the pgAdmin Query Tool showing the custom font.

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

U.S. total fertility rate in 2024 only slightly above 2023's low. www.wsj.com/us-news/u-s-...

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Yep, that's me.

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I'm always humbled and grateful when this happens, which it has done a couple times (often coinciding with the start of college semesters). Thank you to all my readers! practicalsql.com

Screengrab of the Amazon.com website's "Best Sellers in SQL" page, showing "Practical SQL" by Anthony DeBarros in the No. 1 position.

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

pgAdmin version 8.13, out today, jazzes up the results grid with alternating row colors and paginated output.

The pgAdmin results grid showing output from a query. Row background colors alternate between light gray and dark gray. The results grid includes buttons to page forward or backward.

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Not first but not last either, I guess.

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

pgAdmin 4 v8.11, out today, adds a handy "Home" button to its Geometry Viewer, allowing for a quick return to the original zoom level. Nice time saver. www.pgadmin.org/docs/pgadmin...

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Humbled to see Practical SQL atop Amazon's list of best-selling SQL books this morning. practicalsql.com

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Anthony DeBarros @anthonydb.bsky.social · 26/12/2023

This is going to be annoying.

Image of a spreadsheet showing Census data for Connecticut with former county names and new "planning region" geographies.

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