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Yesterday, I showed the stuff you read the most, but enough data – now, let’s talk about feelings. These were the 11 posts I remember with the most fondness, in date order. I did indeed like some of the ones from yesterday’s list a lot, but I’m going to set those aside. Erik and Tara…

Here are the 2019 posts you visited the most this year: 10. The Silent Bug I Find in Most Triggers – Once you know how to recognize this bug, you’ll see it everywhere. I wrote the post as an interactive Azure Data Studio notebook, something I thought I’d be doing a lot in 2019, but…

I notice that a lot of you are springing for my Black Friday deals with your own money rather than the company’s money. That got me wondering – if you’re paying for it out of pocket, maybe your company isn’t going to give you free time at work to attend the class either. So, should…

The time is finally here, the moment you’ve been waiting for all year: your chance to save 73-82% on my training classes and online services: Level 1: Fundamentals$295Recorded Class Season PassSQL ConstantCare®The Consultant ToolkitNormal price: $1,385Save $1,090 (79%)Buy NowLevel 2: Live Classes, No VM$995Live Class Season Pass(does not include lab VM)Recorded Class Season PassSQL ConstantCare®The…

The time is almost here – the moment you’ve been waiting for all year. I’ve sharpened my pencils to take the prices as low as I can possibly take ’em: Level 1: Fundamentals$295Recorded Class Season PassSQL ConstantCare®The Consultant ToolkitNormal price: $1,385Save $1,090 (79%)Buy NowLevel 2: Live Classes, No VM$995Live Class Season Pass(does not include lab…

I don’t usually post product reviews here on the blog, but Vadim Kulikov (aka BlondeDBA in Slack) recently finished all of the Mastering classes, and he took the time to write a really detailed review. Here it is, unedited: I heard some folks refer to Brent’s training as “Brent Ozar’s Full Experience”. I really like…

I’m constantly looking for ways to raise my game, so I made some investments this month to take my video class audio & video to the next level. I’m now doing green screen effects on the recordings. I picked up an Elgato retractable green screen that mounts to the wall so that I can pull…

I teach my Mastering classes in a regular rotation: Mastering Index Tuning, then Mastering Query Tuning, then Mastering Server Tuning. I go 1-2-3 like that because they build on each other, and I repeat ’em over and over through the year so people can gradually make progress. I just finished another rotation, so it’s time…

I registered it before then, and it used to be a static HTML site, but I consider the birthday to be the first published blog post from May 7, 2002. A few fun stats: 2002 Brent: at home with a Thinkpad with a webcam module on top, reading HAL-PC Magazine 2,546 blog posts 38,614 comments…

Mastering Index Tuning has a fresh set of reviews from the latest students. Levente Kalotai wrote: Absolutely loving it. The class, Brent style, everything. I have to admit, I had my reservations before the class, but boy I was wrong about it. Less than 5 minutes in the first lab anyone can see the insane…