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This article explores how performance-focused code review works, what reviewers should look for, and how teams can prevent slowdowns long before users complain.

Single-file T-SQL script that snapshots a SQL Server database's performance signals and schema into one Markdown report, designed to be read by humans and analysed by LLMs such as ChatGPT or Claude.

Abstract: The goal of the Cross-domain Text-to-SQL task is to accurately translate natural language questions into executable SQL queries, even when applied to previously unseen databases. Recently, ...

In a modern enterprise data environment, the increasing volume of data, distributed architecture, and complex application dependencies challenge traditional query-tuning methods. Observability ...

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Constructing the truly modern data application, capable of driving data-informed decisions across the organization, requires a lot of effort. To dramatically improve productivity, operational ...

At Microsoft Build 2025, we announced the public preview of SQL Server 2025. Built on a foundation of best-in-class security, performance, and availability, SQL Server 2025 empowers customers to ...

What is the default strategy for planning and optimizing queries with joins: How does the engine decide the physical join type (e.g., sort-merge join vs. hash join)? How is the join order determined?