As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...

Abstract: Efficient SQL Query Optimization (QO) is a fundamental aspect of database management systems, aimed at enhancing query performance and reducing resource consumption typically involves ...

I am not a runner. And yet, somehow, on a recent rainy Saturday morning, I found myself literally chasing men around the marshy parkland in my East London neighborhood. They were all much faster than ...

TIOBE Index for December 2025: R Joins the Top 10 as SQL Climbs Your email has been sent December’s TIOBE Index closes the year with a steady upper tier and a few late surprises in the lower ranks.

At a defining moment in the history of Iraq’s women’s movement, a group of Iraqi women activists—technically supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)—came together to strengthen ...

Tom Crean analyzed Anthony Edwards’ performances for a season as the guard’s head coach at Georgia during the 2019-20 NCAA campaign. Now he’ll do so from a different perspective. Crean will join ...

Jimmy Kimmel’s tenure as a late-night host on ABC is hanging by a thread after a 22-year run at the Disney-owned network, but the involuntary hiatus isn’t the first time the House of Mouse ...

While his days as an NFL quarterback are behind him, Tom Brady will once again throw passes in a competitive setting. The seven-time Super Bowl champion will join several current and former NFL stars ...