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Traditional alerting systems often force a compromise: you can either alert immediately on simple, noisy log events, or monitor rigid, pre-configured metrics that fail when faced with data with many u
In the Medium blog post, 'From MARS to SETOF REFCURSOR: Migrating Multi-Result Stored Procedures to PostgreSQL,' we explored the fundamental architectural differences between SQL Server and PostgreSQL
As part of the Agentic Data Cloud launch at Google Cloud Next ‘26, we announced two AI-powered database agents to simplify database management. These include the Database Onboarding Agent for Day 0 op
QueryData launches in preview today. It is a tool for translating natural language into database queries with near-100% accuracy. With QueryData, you can build agentic experiences across AlloyDB, Clou
Agentic workflows are already used for initiating action. To be successful, agents typically need to combine multiple steps and execute business logic reflective of real-life decisions. But, as develo
In the enterprise landscape, data is often highly fragmented across multiple source systems. Data curation is the process of organizing, cleaning, and enriching raw data to transform it into high-qual
More organizations are using natural language to query data instead of writing manual SQL. But moving an AI agent from a prototype to a production-ready tool requires rigorous, repeatable testing. Pri
Vector search is a critical component of generative AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and data agent architectures, but sometimes vector search alone isn't enough. While vector embeddings are
At Google I/O 2026, we announced updates to the integration between Google AI Studio and Google Cloud: New users can deploy up to two full-stack applications to the Google Cloud Starter Tier, no billi
Release: datasette-agent 0.1a3 'View SQL query' buttons for both visible tables and collapsed SQL result tool calls. Don't display empty reasoning chunks Improved handling of truncated responses - tab
This Databricks blog post discusses modern approaches to SQL-based Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes designed for contemporary data platforms, likely covering how SQL ETL tools and practices ar
To effectively operate and troubleshoot applications, developers and site reliability engineers (SREs) need to understand the full context of their system's behavior, typically as part of their loggin
Research: Using DSPy to evaluate and improve Datasette Agent's SQL system prompts One of this morning's AIE keynotes covered dspy, which reminded me I've been meaning to see if it could help me improv
SQL Data Insights Pro is an IBM tool that applies semantic AI capabilities to IBM DB2 databases, enhancing data analysis and insights generation. The solution leverages advanced AI techniques to help
In clinical informatics, every second counts. For Alcidion, a global leader in smart health solutions, the mission is simple but critical: use technology to reduce cognitive load for clinicians and pr
This Databricks resource explains how to use SQL alerts to automate the monitoring of data quality and key performance indicators (KPIs), enabling automated detection and notification of anomalies or
TIL: SQL functions in Google Sheets to fetch data from Datasette I put together some notes on patterns for fetching data from a Datasette instance directly into Google Sheets - using the importdata()
Cloud data management and data security company Rubrik Inc. today announced a deepening of its partnership with Google Cloud with two new integrations that extend its reach into managed database prote
Succeeding in the agentic era requires a transformation in your data strategy: moving from human-scale to agent-first workloads, evolving from reactive intelligence to proactive action, and shifting f
Traditional data catalogs were built as manual inventories for technical users, focusing on table structures rather than the deep context that AI agents need. When agents lack business semantics and d
Imagine this scenario: Your team decides to migrate a core application from an existing commercial database like Oracle or SQL Server to open source PostgreSQL or a fully managed service such as Alloy
AlloyDB powers enterprise-grade search for some of the largest organizations, providing robust hybrid search capabilities that combine text, vector, and keyword searches into a simple ranked SQL query
I wrote about the sqlite-utils 4.0rc1 release a couple of weeks ago. Since we only have Claude Fable on our Max subscriptions for a few more days, I decided to see if it could help me get to a 4.0 sta
Tool: SQLite Query Result Formatter Demo See my notes on SQLite 3.53.0. This playground provides a UI for trying out the various rendering options for SQL result tables from the new Query Result Forma
SQLite 3.53.0 SQLite 3.52.0 was withdrawn so this is a pretty big release with a whole lot of accumulated user-facing and internal improvements. Some that stood out to me: ALTER TABLE can now add and
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Enterprises rely on mission-critical operational databases where performance slowdowns simply aren’t an option. Yet when even a few agents execute dense reasoning loops, the unpredictable surge in que
This morning I released sqlite-utils 4.0, the 124th release of that project and the first major version bump since 3.0 in November 2020. In addition to some small but significant breaking changes (des
sqlite-utils is my combined Python library and CLI tool for working with SQLite databases. It provides an extensive set of higher-level operations on top of Python's default sqlite3 package, including
Accessing enterprise data is shifting from static reports to dynamic use by autonomous systems. To keep up, organizations must route fragmented data from SaaS, IoT, and legacy sources into secure, sca
For modern AI and RAG applications, achieving high search relevance requires that you combine at least two techniques: vector search for semantic context, and full-text search (FTS) for keyword precis
Google Cloud Next ‘26 took place this week in Las Vegas, and the energy was incredible as we welcomed over 32,000 leaders, developers, and partners to explore the Agentic Era with us. Across three key
russellromney/honker 'Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN semantics' for SQLite, implemented as a Rust SQLite extension and various language bindings to help make use of it. The design of this looks very solid. It
Imagine your director sends you a chat message Monday morning: Our average order value dropped 7% in January, but total revenue stayed flat. Why? If you’re a data practitioner, you know why these type
April 13 - April 17 We announced we are reintroducing Data Studio to play a significant role in the AI era, expanding from data visualizations and reports to host BigQuery conversational agents and da
For many data professionals, the most daunting part of a new project isn't the complexity of the data or the sophistication of the model, it’s the 'blank slate.' Staring at an empty notebook while cre
Enterprise AI agents need persistent memory to execute complex, multi-day workflows and long-horizon tasks. In this blog, we examine how a 2-tier memory architecture using Memorystore for Valkey for s
AI agents don't just answer queries — they can autonomously issue refunds, manage inventory, execute multi-step handoffs, and orchestrate sub-agents, to name but a few complex agentic workflows. That
When enterprises transition from using simple chat assistants to autonomous, agentic workloads, they quickly run into a hard truth: Agents are prone to inaccurate insights when working with directly r
SQL is the industry standard for high-performance structured data analysis. However, expressing complex procedural logic, scientific computations, advanced string manipulations, or machine learning wo
You've got a working prototype in Google AI Studio. A React frontend, a Node.js backend, maybe a database. Now you want a live URL to share with your team, your users, or a friend who wants to try it.
The reality for most organizations is that data lives everywhere. As engineering teams expand and adopt specialized platforms for their workloads, enterprise data naturally disperses across multiple c
Today, Google Cloud Data Agent Kit is generally available. Data Agent Kit is a free set of Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools and agent skills that lets the coding agent you already use work directly
We recently announced the preview of the BigQuery AI.AGG() function. With AI.AGG(), you can use natural-language instructions within a single line of SQL to summarize or synthesize information over mi
Based in the UK, Curve are building a financial super-app, a smart wallet that consolidates all your debit and credit cards into a single app and card, simplifying how millions of users spend, send an
Databases have introduced new AI-powered SQL functions which take natural language instructions as input and are evaluated using LLMs. They leverage the power of LLMs to answer new kinds of queries: W
Overview Since introducing zero-shot time-series forecasting in BigQuery with AI.FORECAST — initially powered by TimesFM 2.0 and later upgraded to TimesFM 2.5 — you have been able to generate forecast
Agents are only as capable as the context they can reach. An agent with reliable access to the right information makes decisions grounded in fact; one without it guesses. And the work agents produce i
Tuesday was Stateless MCP day - the rollout of MCP 2.0, or the 2026-07-28 Model Context Protocol specification to use the more formal but less memorable name. This is the most significant change to th
Anthropic's agentic coding tool Claude Code has worked with Google Cloud for a while now. An individual developer could easily point CLAUDE_CODE_USE_VERTEX=1 at a Google Cloud (GCP) project, grant the
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Today, we're thrilled to announce that BigQuery Graph is now available in preview. With BigQuery Graph, we’ve built an easy-to-use, highly scalable graph analytics solution for data engineers, data an
Understanding the relationships within your data is crucial for uncovering hidden insights and building intelligent applications. However, managing operational (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) graph workl
Historically, enterprise predictive analytics tasks such as predicting churn, purchase intent, or fraud scoring have meant building custom models using libraries like XGBoost, Random Forest, or Deep N
Many of the questions that matter in enterprise data aren't just about individual rows — they're about how things connect: how two accounts are linked, what path a payment took, what context grounds a
We continue to iterate on the Open Knowledge Format (OKF), an open specification that formalizes the LLM-wiki pattern into a portable, interoperable format. But a big question remains: How can you sha
Increasing the adoption of generative AI across the enterprise requires you to do more than deploy a generic chatbot with a custom wrapper. Interacting with business-critical databases demands absolut
When we introduced the Open Knowledge Format (OKF) in June 2026, we asserted that the context that agents need (table schemas, metric definitions, runbooks) should live in a format, not in a proprieta
DOOMQL Peter Gostev built this using GPT-5.6 Sol. This is a lot of fun: DOOMQL started with a deliberately unreasonable question: what if SQLite were the game engine, not merely the place where a game
The Databricks JDBC driver is an open-source tool that enables Java applications to connect to Databricks SQL warehouses and clusters with improved query performance and enhanced capabilities. The dri