Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out with them. The slides with links embedded is below:
Slides: Running a Local LLM.PPTX
I’ll blog next week on a few of the questions people asked, so if you have anything you want answered, please reach out.
I forgot to do this Saturday, and was traveling all day yesterday, but I’m finally getting this done. Thanks to everyone that attended my talk on building an API with the Data API Builder.
Slides: BuildingAPI.pptx
Demo code repo: https://github.com/way0utwest/DAB-Experiments
Note, the repo is a little unorganized, but I’ve tried to add some stuff in the Getting Started as READMEs. If you have questions, let me know.
After missing last year, SQL Saturday New York City is back in 2025. I’m excited to go to the event and honored to speak there. I love visiting New York and I’m looking forward to the trip, as is Mrs Way0utwest, who is coming along for a little vacation. Hopefully we’ll find a fun show to see Saturday night.
There is a precon this year from Andreas Wolter, longtime SQL Server Program Manager at Microsoft. It’s on practical performance tuning and troubleshooting, and you can register and attend on Friday.
Saturday has a great schedule the includes a wide variety of topics. Data virtualization, Power BI, development in a 24/7 environment, Cost optimization, and of course, a lot of Fabric. I’ll be talking about the Data API Builder, which is a cool piece of tech to quickly get those CRUD apps going.
Pass the word, and come into the city on May 11 for a fun event. Register today and I’ll see you later this week.
SQL Saturday Austin 2025 is in just a few days. I am honored to be speaking there, and glad to be going back. I’ve missed a number of the Austin events with schedule conflicts, but things worked out well this year, and I’ll be at the event.
The schedule is out and it’s packed with some great sessions. I’ll be talking about zero downtime deployments, but there are some other nice ones:
and plenty more. I’m sad to miss Conor Cunningham’s talk, but we’re at the same time.
There’s also a Pre-con on Friday about Fabric if you want to attend. It’s a great chance to get very reasonable training at a low cost.
If you’re anywhere near Austin, some out this Saturday and join us for a great day of learning.
Now I’m off to pack as I leave tomorrow to head to the Redgate office in Austin for the rest of the week before the big event.
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