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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"Seems like AI slop" option on LinkedIn is real

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Kind of wild that “tokenmaxing” still isn’t in the Claude Code spinner vocabulary :D #claudecode

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Friendly reminder: if your Claude Instructions setting is empty, 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲. Prompt Claude: "Ask me 10 questions about how I want you to respond, then turn my answers into an instructions block." 5min today -> every future chat improves. Don't let this one stay empty!

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

set your default search engine to “duck duck go”. name may be odd, search engine is great though.

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

After a great weekend and attending Data Saturday Slovenia conference (details in previous posts), I’m back in the office and excited to continue building the best open health data platform - Better Platform! 😊 BTW, did you know Better was named a leader in the IDC...

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Dejan Sarka talks about optimizing by rewriting queries, the performance benefits of using cursors *when suitable, algorithms, statistics, and shares some philosophical gems like, “Other forevers are slightly longer.” #DataSatSlo #DataSatSlo2025

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

@andrekamman.com showing some super interesting stuff - creating DBA bots with SQL Server MCP and LLM. #DataSatSlo #DataSatSlo2025

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Uwe Ricken debunking #SQLServer CTE myths. And we have here the official #DataSatSlo paparazzi @tomaztsql.bsky.social :)

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

@spaghettidba.bsky.social talking about the future of #SQLServer. And to understand the future you need to know the history 💡 #DataSatSlo #DataSatSlo2025

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Milos Radivojevic talking about solving perf problems with #QueryStore available on #SQLServer and #AzureSQL and forcing good execution plans🔧 in some cool demos :) #DataSatSlo #DataSatSlo2025

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

It’s #DataSatSlo time of the year! After a great and looong keynote :) Joey D’Antoni is talking about cloud strategies in this turbulent world.

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

What's new ✨ in #AzureSQL #ManagedInstance? GA of Zone Redundancy for GP tier! Also, flexible memory, faster management operations, support for vectors and more! Presented and demoed in #SQLBits keynote today 🙌 #SQLMI #SQL #database #Azure #SQLBits2025

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

#AzureSQL #ManagedInstance Demo Party session at #SQLBits! Nikola Zagorac, Djordje Jeremic and Uros Milanovic demoing the new capabilities of #SQLMI! Where you there? :) #SQL #SQLBits2025 #Demo #Database

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Bob Ward and Muazma Zahid presenting and demoing Change event streaming, a new capability of #SQLServer2025 at #MSBuild! Learn more at 👉 aka.ms/sql-ces build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio...

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

You can register and watch online #MSBuild keynote and sessions for free. The conference starts today! aka.ms/msbuild

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Looking forward to SQL Day 2025 in Poland. Strahinja Rodic and I will deliver a session called: "SQL database in Microsoft Fabric head-to-head with Azure SQL" Hope to see you in Wroclaw! #sqlday #sqlday2025 tinyurl.com/23pe8vb3

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SQLDay 2025

SQLDay is the largest CEE conference focused on Microsoft Data Platform – databases, Big Data, Business Intelligence and advanced data analysis

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Elena Drakul @elenadrakul.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Precon alert @ #SQLKonferenz 2025 😍 Learn how to create reports that matter with @valeriejunk.bsky.social, Lonneke and me! 📊 🎟️ Code: SP25PR for 50/100/150 discount on precon/maincon/fullcon See you there! 🙌 #DataViz #DataStorytelling #accessibility

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Polishing our materials for #SQLKonferenz2025 #PreCon #Workshop “Become an AzureSQL Datamonster” See you soon in Hanau! #AzureSQL #SQLKonferenz P.S. I love my popup standing desk :)

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Interesting explanations and interpretations on recent DeepSeek related events from IBM youtu.be/jC0MGFDawWg

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DeepSeek facts vs hype, model distillation, and open source competition

YouTube video by IBM Technology

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If you're interested in #AzureSQL and #FabricMirroring, several #SQLKonferenz2025 sessions will be covering these topics, including 2 that I will be (co-)delivering. You can use discount code SP25PR for Precon/Maincon/Fullcon at shop.sqlkonferenz.de See you in Hanau!

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Pieter Vanhove @pietervanhove.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Excited to share that I'll be speaking at SQL Konferenz 2025 in Hanau! Join me on February 25th for a session on "Confidential computing with Always Encrypted using enclaves." Use discount code SP25PR for a special reduction on your registration. See you there! sqlkonferenz.de

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SQL Konferenz

SQL Konferenz 2025: Feb 24–26 in Hanau. Join expert sessions, PreCon workshops, and network with top SQL professionals.

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Daniel Hutmacher @dhma.ch · 21/01/2025

Some absolute genius has put 3D printed tounges on a couple of the lion statues in Stockholm. I’m loving it.

Classic concrete Stockholm lion statue, with a pink tounge.

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

At #SQLKonferenz, Des FitzGerald, @Pieter_Vanhove, @SasaPopovicMSFT & me are delivering a workshop & several conference sessions covering various aspects of #AzureSQL & #SQLServer. Join us at #SQLKonferenz, with a discount "SP25PR" you can use at shop.sqlkonferenz.de !

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SQL Konferenz 2025

Feb. 24th – 26th, 2025

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Legend was discontinued, but but all hope is not lost. www.wired.com/gallery/ces-...

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Hello! Des, Niko, Pieter and I will be delivering a pre-con workshop and several sessions covering various aspects of #AzureSQL. If you're considering #SQLKonferenz, there's a discount code SP25PR you can use at shop.sqlkonferenz.de. See you in Hanau! #SQLKonferenz2025

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Tomaz Kastrun @tomaztsql.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Data Saturday Slovenia 2024 was a blast. Great time, great speakers and finally amazing to be back in person. datasaturdays.com/Event/202412... Thanks to all the speakers (tag more people who are on Bluesky): @spaghettidba.bsky.social @prathy.bsky.social @robsewell.com @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social

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Data Saturday Slovenia 2024

Data Saturdays website

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The presentation we've used for our #DataSatSlo session on #AzureSQL, #SQLServer, #MicrosoftFabric, #FabricMirroring, #FabricDatabases is available for download 👇 api.runevents.net/api/assets/d...

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It was great to finally attend Data Saturday Slovenia conference in-person🎉 and meet and talk to people interested in #Data, #SQL and #MicrosoftFabric. Thanks to the attendees, organizers, speakers, and my partner in crime, Strahinja Rodic for making this event great 🙌 #DataSatSlo

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

@SQLMissSunshine and Devang Shah talking about Fabric Real-Time Intelligence for Power BI Pros. Btw, Real-Time Intelligence in #MicrosoftFabric is GA. #DataSatSlo

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Strahinja Rodić and I talked about #AzureSQL and #FabricMirroring at Data Satuday Slovenia. #DataSatSlo

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Data Saturday Slovenia is live in-person for the first time after 5 years 🙌 #DataSatSlo

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buckwoodymsft.bsky.social @buckwoodymsft.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

We have multiple resources to help you, and your teams swiftly ramp up on Fabric Databases: - aka.ms/fabric-sql-g... - aka.ms/fabrice2etut... - aka.ms/fabricsqldocs - aka.ms/learnfabrics... - aka.ms/azuresqlyt - aka.ms/fabricblog?o... - aka.ms/SQLonFabric/... - www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftM...

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Connect to your SQL database - Microsoft Fabric

Learn about options to connect to your SQL database in Microsoft Fabric.

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

See you soon in Ljubljana on Data Saturday Slovenia. Strahinja Rodic and I will be talking about #AzureSQL and #MicrosoftFabric. #DataSatSlo Agenda: datasaturdays.com/Event/202412...

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Data Saturday Slovenia 2024

Data Saturdays website

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

It's free! Test your workloads in the cloud using Azure SQL Managed Instance for free with of many subscription types including: Pay-As-You-Go, Enterprise Agreement, Azure Plan etc. When you are ready, convert your instance to production in two clicks..." techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/azuresq...

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Free SQL MI Public Preview Refresh | Microsoft Community Hub

Azure SQL Managed Instance is a scalable cloud database service that's always running on the latest stable version of the Microsoft SQL Server database...

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Sasa Popovic @sasapopovicsql.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Learn about the flexibility of Azure SQL Managed Instance pools and when to use them in this explainer video by Djordje Marinkovic. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHlF...

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GA of Azure SQL Managed Instance Pools (Generally Available)

YouTube video by Azure SQL

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