Database Questions from a Black Pebble Beach in Iceland

Brent Ozar records this episode from a stunning black pebble beach in Iceland — not black sand, but smooth black pebbles that chime together as waves wash in and out. He works through your top-voted questions covering everything from database consolidation strategies and index maintenance deadlocks to caching, query plans, and whether you can build a great database career without a public online presence. He also weighs in on why conversations about data governance and medallion architecture can feel oddly cult-like.