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Performance is getting harder to ignore, and Tomás argues that AI is making the problem urgent in ways most teams are not ready for. He explains why AI-generated code, exploding system surface area, and rising infrastructure costs are creating a perfect storm, and why Perfloop exists to turn performance engineering into a rigorous, automated science.Tomás, the creator of Perfloop, breaks down how the product maps your codebase and telemetry into a living model of your system, then hunts for performance anti-patterns with a verification harness that puts every hypothesis through measured, repeatable experiments. Instead of relying on a freestyle coding agent, Perfloop uses structured discovery, deterministic checks, and adversarial verification to produce results you can actually trust.Chapters:00:00 The performance problem behind Perfloop00:39 Why performance work is a battle03:59 How AI agents raise the stakes08:55 Quality control at the scale of agentic development10:34 How Perfloop maps systems and finds opportunities14:32 Using telemetry to prioritize hot paths18:13 Perfloop's open-source performance wins22:18 How Perfloop measures and verifies improvements25:11 Common performance patterns and bottlenecks28:47 The “apex hunt” for bigger architectural gains30:58 Initiatives and setting high-level performance goals35:21 Connecting code optimizations to customer impact39:59 Why independent verification matters44:36 Choosing the right AI models for each task49:45 What a harness does in Perfloop53:59 The possibility of pre-merge performance reviews57:24 How AI may change the role of performance engineers63:54 Why performance requires measurementImportant links:Patterns: https://app.perfloop.ai/t/oss/patternsPerfloop: https://app.perfloop.ai/t/oss/startFor memberships: join this channel as a member here:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_mGuY4g0mggeUGM6V1osdA/joinDon't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more insights!=============================================================================Like building stuff? Try out CodeCrafters and build amazing real world systems like Redis, Kafka, Sqlite. Use the link below to signup and get 40% off on paid subscription.https://app.codecrafters.io/join?via=geeknarrator=============================================================================Database internals series: https://youtu.be/yV_Zp0Mi3xsPopular playlists:Realtime streaming systems: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4se-mAKKoVOs3VcaP71X_LA-Software Engineering: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4sf6By03bot5BhKoMgxDUU17Distributed systems and databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4sfLDUnjBJXJGFhhz94jDd_dModern databases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL7QpTxsA4scSeZAsCUXijtnfW5ARlrsNStay Curios! Keep Learning!

In this episode, we cover UpGuard's alarming revelation about 16,000 databases leaking personal data online. The discussion focuses on the importance of data security audits and proactive measures for developers. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, we detail UpGuard's finding of 16,000 databases leaking personal data on the web, highlighting the need for security audits in database management. We also touch on the innovative AI application America.gov launching for government services. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The US government warns Americans to be cautious in the UK – after officials thwart a suspected terror attack near an air force base. Trump notches a win on voter rolls with the Supreme Court, while he prepares for aggressive campaigning in dozens of states. And, are ICE agents being told to pull back ahead of the midterms? We have the exclusive – and Homeland Security's response. Reporting from Megan Basham, Tim Rice and Jennie Taer. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.- - -Ep. 3113- - -Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3- - -Today's Sponsors:Balance of Nature - Cozy season is here... but pumpkin spice doesn't exactly count as a vegetable.

Marc Cox and Kim St. Onge host senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky of The Heritage Foundation to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's emergency order in People Not Politicians v. Onder. Von Spakovsky evaluates the high court's decision staying the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's mandate, confirming that Missouri will conduct its elections under the 2022 congressional map layout. The interview covers federal election administration principles, emergency docket procedures under Supreme Court precedent, and primary ballot certifications executed under Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins. Von Spakovsky reviews constitutional challenges surrounding mid-decade redistricting legislation, state supreme court authority over legislative maps, and voter reliance interests under federal equal protection standards. The segment also examines a concurrent Supreme Court order dissolving a federal district court injunction regarding state access to the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database. Von Spakovsky discusses voter roll maintenance protocols under the National Voter Registration Act and federal legislative proposals under the SAVE Act. LISTEN TO 97.1 FM TALK LIVE IN ST LOUIS OR STREAM WORLDWIDE AT 971TALK.COM Hashtags: #971FMTalk #StLouis #STLNews #HansvonSpakovsky #SCOTUS #Redistricting

Hour 3 opens with Marc Cox and Kim St. Onge reviewing national media commentary from HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher regarding border security enforcement, law enforcement metrics, and international drug interdiction operations. Senior legal fellow Hans von Spakovsky of The Heritage Foundation joins the broadcast to analyze the U.S. Supreme Court's September 25, 2026 emergency stay order in People Not Politicians v. Onder, confirming that Missouri will conduct its November 2026 elections under the 2022 congressional map layout. Von Spakovsky also evaluates a concurrent Supreme Court order granting state access to the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to maintain voter rolls. The hour continues with an analysis of interview excerpts broadcast on KSDK's Today in St. Louis featuring Democratic candidate Fred Wellman discussing healthcare funding policies, congressional oversight, and campaign positions in Missouri's 2nd Congressional District against incumbent U.S. Representative Ann Wagner. The segment closes on Kim on a Whim, sponsored by Missouri Brush Control, reviewing post-trial legal developments following the September 2026 mistrial declaration in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts. For official voter registration resources, election district lookup tools, and sample ballots, consult the Missouri Secretary of State Elections Division. LISTEN TO 97.1 FM TALK LIVE IN ST LOUIS OR STREAM WORLDWIDE AT 971TALK.COM Hashtags: #971FMTalk #StLouis #STLNews #HansvonSpakovsky #FredWellman #AnnWagner

The September 28, 2026 broadcast of The Marc Cox Morning Show hosted by Marc Cox and Kim St. Onge opens with comprehensive reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's September 25, 2026 emergency stay order in People Not Politicians v. Onder. The hosts analyze the decision staying the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit's mandate, establishing that Missouri's November 2026 congressional elections will proceed under the 2022 map boundaries. The discussion evaluates political campaign dynamics in Missouri's 2nd Congressional District between incumbent U.S. Representative Ann Wagner and Democratic challenger Fred Wellman. Throughout the four-hour broadcast, key guests deliver expert analysis across legal, financial, and athletic disciplines: Hans von Spakovsky: Senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation evaluates federal election administration, emergency docket procedures, state supreme court authority, and a concurrent Supreme Court order granting state access to the Department of Homeland Security's Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to maintain voter rolls. Byron Keelin: President of Freedom Principle MO outlines judicial retention efforts on the November 3, 2026 ballot regarding Missouri Supreme Court Justice Paul C. Wilson. Scott Fitzpatrick: Missouri State Auditor details findings from the annual Single Audit of federal expenditures, addressing 10,000 duplicate Medicaid enrollments and oversight standards for pandemic food programs. Tom Ackerman: KMOX sports director presents a St. Louis sports update covering Alec Burleson's RBI benchmarks for the St. Louis Cardinals, roster extensions for top prospects, and Mizzou football conference scheduling. Recurring features include the Marc Cox Shortlist (sponsored by RhinoShield), reviewing broadcast exchanges featuring Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on ABC News' This Week and economic analysis by Larry Kudlow on third-quarter 2026 GDP metrics from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Financial reporter Nicole Murray presents market briefings on downtown St. Louis real estate projects like Cordovan on the Park, while In Other News (sponsored by Zerorez St. Louis) covers the passing of professional wrestler Benjamin Satterley (PAC). On Kim on a Whim, sponsored by Missouri Brush Control, the hosts cover AI image manipulation ethics at Stanford University and post-trial legal proceedings following the September 2026 mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. The broadcast closes with a statewide ballot guide review, advising a "No" vote on Amendment 6 alongside positions on Proposition A, Amendment 3, Amendment 7, and Amendment 8. For official voter guidelines, election district lookup tools, and sample ballots, consult the Missouri Secretary of State Elections Division. LISTEN TO 97.1 FM TALK LIVE IN ST LOUIS OR STREAM WORLDWIDE AT 971TALK.COM Hashtags: #971FMTalk #StLouis #STLNews #HansvonSpakovsky #ScottFitzpatrick #Redistricting

TERROR PLOT TARGETS U.S. BOMBER BASE IN BRITAIN! Were Iran or Islamists behind it? Why Iran is the likely motivation. And why the UK didn’t stop it earlier. SCOTUS HANDS TRUMP A MAJOR ELECTION-INTEGRITY VICTORY! Could this change how states clean their voter rolls? What can states now do with their voter rolls? And what can they do before the midterms? What’s the catch? SOCIALISM IS GAINING SUPPORT—BUT DO AMERICANS UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD CHANGE? What happens to individual liberty when government power expands? What’s really at stake in America’s political shift? CALIFORNIA CREATES NEW STATE-FUNDED BENEFITS FOR TRANSGENDER AMERICANS! And for troops discharged under Trump’s trans military policy. Why should taxpayers pick up the tab? WITH FORMER CONGRESSMAN KEN BUCK & JENNIFER KELLY, GOP STRATEGIST.Support Our Mission: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ZMGRBFGDJKRS8See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

September 28, 2026 ~ Dennis Darnoi, Founder of Densar Consulting. SCOTUS rules in favor of Trump's voter data base. President Trump airs tax payer funded ad during football. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A President Who Has Always Been Out of His Depth Is Now Losing His Mind |Trump's White House Press Ban Backfires With Xi Annoyed the Western Media Did Not See All the Pomp and Ceremony Trump Laid On For the Chinese Dictator |The Impact of Friday's Supreme Court Ruling Allowing DHS to Build a Database to Purge Voters Based on Trump's Obsessive Lies backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia bsky.app/profile/ianmastersmedia.bsky.social linktr.ee/backgroundbriefing

Trump wants to federalize elections. A Supreme Court ruling allowing him to create a national voter database brings it closer to reality.

The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Sept. 28, 2026U.S. Supreme Court's Majority Allows Use of Social Security Data for SAVE Database, But Limits Through the Election; Case Sent Back to DC CircuitThere's been a decision in a U.S. Supreme Court voting rights & data privacy case we've been following.  Sept. 25th, the high court's majority allowed Social Security data to be used in the Trump administration's SAVE database, over the strenuous objection of pro-voter and civil rights groups and several states.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today's report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday's LinksArticles & ResourcesU.S. Supreme Court - DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, ET AL. v. LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, ET AL.ON APPLICATION FOR STAY  SCOTUSBlog - Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to use modified voter verification databaseNevada Indpendent - 185 noncitizen voters flagged by Trump admin in Nevada are likely citizens, state saysThe statement from election officials comes after the Trump administration first claimed up to 16,000 noncitizens could be registered to vote in Nevada. Legal Defense Fund - LDF Strongly Condemns the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision to Restore Trump Administration's SAVE Databasehttps://www.naacpldf.org/news/ldf-strongly-condemns-the-u-s-supreme-courts-decision-to-restore-trump-administrations-save-database/Related ADM Reports:American Democracy Minute - Federal District Court Rules Use of Social Security and Other Federal Data for SAVE Database Violates Multiple Federal Privacy StatutesAmerican Democracy Minute - Class Action Suit by Voters Claims Personal Data Shared to the Trump Administration's SAVE Database Violates the Privacy Act of 1974Groups Taking Action:League of Women Voters US, Electronic Privacy Information CenterFind all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgSubscribe for FREE at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and most podcasting platforms.#News #Democracy  #DemocracyNews #LWV #SAVEDatabase #USSupremeCourt #TrumpExecutiveOrder #NoncitizenVoting #FreedomtoVote

P.M. Edition for Sept. 25. The Supreme Court said today that Trump administration officials could use an expanded federal immigration database to check whether voters are citizens, which some states want to use to scrub voter rolls. Plus, the Ukraine war is stopping grain exports from getting out of the Black Sea, sending U.S. wheat futures to three-year highs. We hear from Journal reporter Alexander Osipovich about what the disruptions could mean for food prices and the global food supply. And a debut novel by Canadian-Haitian writer Thélyson Orélien was nominated for some of the top literary prizes in France… until accusations that the author used AI sparked controversy. Reporter Anna Silman discusses how the publishing world is handling the rise of AI. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Chinese President Xi Jinping finishes a state visit hosted by President Donald Trump with tea at the White House and a trip to the National Archives; this time it is all on network TV, as the White House TV pool is back in operation now that the President has allowed CNN to return to the pool rotation, after a federal judge ordered it; Supreme Court lifts restrictions on the Trump administration use a federal database to identify voters suspected of being non-citizens; North Carolina Senate race is a top one to watch this year. We will hear from Republican nominee Michael Whatley & Democratic nominee Roy Cooper; Pope Leo XIV warns about the dangers of artificial intelligence, in his words, 'losing our humanity amid a paradise of machines invading and conditioning our daily lives'; Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) speaks at the Symposium of Young American Men; former Housing & Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is at the Family Research Council's Pray Vote Stand Summit; former first Lady Jill Biden and former President Joe Biden speak at a Delaware Planned Parenthood fundraiser. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nik and Michael are joined by Salma El-Sayed and Kirk Wolak to discuss their in-progress and very ambitious Google Summer of Code project around adding Btree Merge support to Postgres. Here are some links to things they mentioned:  Salma El-Sayed https://postgres.fm/people/salma-el-sayedKirk Wolak https://postgres.fm/people/kirk-wolakGoogle Summer of Code https://summerofcode.withgoogle.comPostgreSQL GSoC 2026 project ideas https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/GSoC_2026CMU Intro to Database Systems https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSE8ODhjZXjYMAgsGH-GtY5rJYZ6zjsd5Kirk, NIK, and Andrey's Hacking Postgres sessions on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH8y1BNPAKjKDdJA7sDmFWUkbbYux3TRzB-tree Index Bloat Reduction - Approach & Questions (Hackers thread, with patches) https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CANBEAPFq3YAOydjUS3xwcUG9L6e3WE5Z4nGPk_Q3RsjSFWTJNA%40mail.gmail.comB-tree merge visualizer https://kirkw.github.io/explainers/btree-merge-explainer.html~~~What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!~~~Postgres FM is produced by:Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustardNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiWith credit to:Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork

For years, Sgt. Robert Semenchuk, a Regina police officer, preyed on hundreds of vulnerable women using information from police databases. He often posed as a contractor named Jay or Steve and sent seemingly wrong-number texts to women. Some of these texts led to intimate relationships. The women had no idea he was deceiving them, until one woman became suspicious.This case is the focus of the new season of In her Defence: Breach of Trust. Globe feature writer Jana Pruden is the host of the podcast. She's on the show to talk about the women that came forward to hold Semenchuk accountable, and what it tells us about how law enforcement agencies in Canada are policing themselves.Questions? Comments? Ideas? Email us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

AP's Lisa Dwyer reports on a Supreme Court decision allowing the use of a revamped database for voter eligibility.

The regional rollout of the new landlord database, to be introduced under phase two of the Renters' Rights Act, will begin in December this year. Following the announcement, we look at what you will need to do to comply with the rules, as well as the costs involved and financial penalties for getting things wrong. Later in the show we look ahead to the Autumn Budget, which will be announced on October 28th, examining the challenges faced by chancellor John Healey and outlining our calls to Government - positive changes that will encourage landlords to stay in the market and continue to invest. We also talk to our advice team about the calls coming in to the landlord support line this month. Meet the guests Ben and Richard are joined by James Wood, our head of compliance and resident expert on all things renters' rights. He gives us a deep dive into the new database, including what details you will need to provide and who will have access to them. Elsewhere in the show we talk to Maya Wilson Autzen, senior money writer for The Telegraph, and our chief policy officer Chris Norris about what the budget might hold for landlords, with the NRLA's Hannah Keyon joining us to talk about your queries on the database, as well issues with new notice periods introduced under the Renters' Rights Act. How to watch You can listen and watch the podcast via the NRLA website, or your preferred streaming service. To watch the video, you will need to tune in on Spotify or watch on YouTube. If you enjoy the show, please spread the word on your social media channels using the hashtag #listenuplandlords. For all podcast enquiries email press@nrla.org.uk     ACCREDITATION: You can now pick up a CPD point to be used towards NRLA accreditation by listening to the podcast. To log your point, visit the accreditation dashboard in the 'Your Account' section of the NRLA website. Select 'Other' then 'NRLA Podcast' from the dropdown menu. More information For more details on the landlord database here. You can also use our exclusive checker service to find out when you will be affected here. We offer comprehensive training on the Renters' Rights Act, which has been updated to reflect the new rules regarding the database. For more details and to book click here. For more on our calls ahead of the budget – and to read our full submission – click here. Listen Up Landlords is brought to you by the NRLA.     Hosted by: Ben Beadle & Richard Blanco     Produced by: Sally Walmsley     Video Production: Alexandra Southerington       

Episode: 2642 The Importance of Structuring Data.  Today, putting it all together.

What happens when open source, AI, and decades of database technology collide?Corey Quinn sits down with German Eichberger, Principal AI Engineering Manager at Microsoft, to dig into DocumentDB, why it's built on PostgreSQL, and the realities of MongoDB compatibility. They explore how Kubernetes and databases have evolved to better support stateful workloads, why MCP servers could give AI agents safer database access, and how AI may dramatically increase the number of databases organizations need to manage.Show Highlights: (0:00) Databases in Volatile Environments(00:12) Welcome and Introductions(01:20) AI Titles and Pay Signals(02:53) Why DocumentDB Exists(05:04) Mongo API on Postgres(07:15) No Forking Postgres(08:09) Compatibility and Standards(12:12) Governance and Roadmap(15:15) Kubernetes and MCP AgentsSponsored by: duckbillhq.com

An OpenAI agent hacked into an Australian government national healthcare database earlier this year, the country's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday, in what appears to be the first known incident of an artificial intelligence agent breaching a major government database. Albanese addressed the incident on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, noting that the OpenAI agent accessed a public-facing Australian Medicare statistics portal. The breach occurred in June, and the Australian Prime Minister said the agent accessed both “both public and non-public files,” but it didn't appear anyone's personal Medicare details were affected. Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2026/09/24/openai-agent-hacked-into-australias-medicare-database-prime-minister-says/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ABC News Crime & Terrorism Analyst Brad Garrett is a former FBI agent and joins Megan Lynch with a look at a recent 'hack' of FBI files. 'They confirm they've been hacked,' says Garrett, buy says the FBI hasn't offered many specifics.

Hackers were able to break in to an FBI database containing information of employees, former employees, and even people who have applied for jobs with the agency. Crime and Terrorism analyst Brad Garrett tells us more.

CRMs are moving beyond contact management, with automation, data ownership, and AI giving agents new ways to nurture leads and win listings. On REB Discover, deputy editor Emilie Lauer is joined by Luke Newton and Iain French, co-founders and directors of LockedOn, to explore how CRM technology is changing the way agents run their businesses. The pair discuss why speed, simplicity, and data ownership are becoming increasingly important, particularly for smaller teams looking to take control of their databases and build stronger client relationships. Automation is also transforming lead nurturing, with digital CMAs, proposals, and regular client touchpoints helping agents stay connected while reducing the manual work involved in prospecting. The conversation also looks at where CRM technology is heading, from responsible AI development to LockedOn Go, a new mobile app designed to help agents manage inquiries, inspections, and appraisals while on the move.

Nik and Michael are joined by Sai Srirampur to discuss ClickHouse's new managed Postgres service. Here are some links to things they mentioned: Sai Srirampur https://postgres.fm/people/sai-srirampurClickHouse Managed Postgres https://clickhouse.com/cloud/postgresClickPipes https://clickhouse.com/cloud/clickpipeswalshadow https://github.com/ClickHouse/walshadowpg_clickhouse https://github.com/clickHouse/pg_clickhouseClickHouse PostgreSQL powered by Ubicloud https://www.ubicloud.com/blog/clickhouse-postgresql-powered-by-ubicloudHacking Postgres logical decoding sessions https://hacking.postgres.tv/topics/logical-decoding/ wal-rus https://github.com/ClickHouse/wal-ruspg_createsubscriber https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/app-pgcreatesubscriber.html~~~What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!~~~Postgres FM is produced by:Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustardNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiWith credit to:Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork

How does a fix for psql tab completion turn into 25 years of contributing to Postgres? In Episode 43 of Talking Postgres, Peter Eisentraut—PostgreSQL committer, core team member, SQL standards contributor, and Chief Architect of Database Servers at EDB—joins Claire to trace that journey. We dig into how scratch-your-own-itch development drew him in, why “the things you do, people welcome them” kept him coming back, and how Postgres changed as it grew from a small database community into a massive ecosystem where, from the Postgres mailing list perspective, “most of the user base is silent.” Plus: what it feels like when code you commit goes straight to everybody who uses Postgres, and the implications of the EU Cyber Resilience Act.Previously on Talking Postgres:Talking Postgres podcast Ep24: Why mentor Postgres developers with Robert HaasTalking Postgres podcast Ep26: Open Source Leadership with Bruce MomjianTalking Postgres podcast Ep32: The Fundamental Interconnectedness of All Things with Boriss MejíasLinks mentioned in this episode:Conference: FOSDEM 2027LinkedIn: FOSDEM PGDay 2027 announcementConference: Prague PostgreSQL Developers Day (P2D2)Conference: PGDay Lowlands 2026 (the “friendliest” conference)Conference: PGConf EU 2026 in Valencia on 20-23 OctPGConfEU Conference talk: What does the EU Cyber Resilience Act mean for PostgreSQL and its communityWikipedia: EU Cyber Resilience ActPGConf.dev on LinkedIn: PGConf.dev accountPGConf.dev conference talk: Committer Review: An Exercise in Paranoia, by Robert HaasPostgreSQL.org: CommittersPostgreSQL mailing list: Postgres 19 release management teamBlog: Peter Eisentraut BlogBlog post: Where are all the PostgreSQL users, by Peter Eisentraut PGCA non-profit: PostgreSQL Community AssociationBrett Cannon at PyCon 2014: I came for the language but I stayed for the community Planet PostgreSQL: Blog aggregation feedIn this episode, we covered:00:00 Intro & music02:14 Tinkering with the Commodore 64 07:57 The itch that became psql tab completion15:43 Had to make opportunities23:05 From posting at night to posting during the day24:40 Why he stopped committing in the afternoon28:04 On the ground floor of something that grew30:34 What the Postgres core team actually does31:47 Borrowing ideas from other OSS projects36:51 Bringing Postgres into the SQL standards process38:40 Getting to hang out with database nerds42:01 Mentoring Postgres contributors50:56 Making time for Postgres conferences53:35 What the Cyber Resilience Act means for Postgres57:36 Where are all the Postgres users?1:07:00 Becoming a committer early on in Postgres1:16:22 Contributing to Postgres isn't just writing code1:19:40 Why FOSDEM is still his favorite1:22:15 Finding familiar problems in a compiler devroom1:26:14 Shout-out to the Planet Postgres feed

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Historically, databases were responsible for storing data and returning exact results in response to queries. However, AI is now bending that contract in a new direction. Applications increasingly expect structured and unstructured data to come together. This is pushing databases into territory that looks more like search, where relevance and ranking matter and results are no longer strictly exact. Agents are also beginning to write their own queries and even propose their own schemas, which raises new questions about how data should be structured, governed, and trusted. Sailesh Krishnamurthy is a VP of Engineering at Google, and in this episode he joins Matt Merrill to discuss his background, how databases have evolved over the past fifty years, and where the field is heading as AI reshapes how data is queried, structured, and trusted.Sponsorship inquiries:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

“I'm only as insecure as the parts of myself I leave in the shadows.” - Marisa G. Franco, PhDWelcome to A Mind of Her Own! I'm Jennifer Reid, MD, a psychiatrist and the author of Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life from Unreasonable Expectations. Today I'm joined by Dr. Marisa G Franco, psychologist, professor at the University of Maryland and author of the New York Times bestselling book, Platonic. Her latest book, Worth: The New Science of Self-Esteem and Secure Attachment, arrives September 15th, 2026.Key Ideas1. Self-Worth vs. Self-Esteem. Self-worth means treating your internal world, especially your feelings, as if it matters. It has two parts: sensitivity (noticing how you feel) and responsiveness (doing something about it).2. Two Kinds of “High Self-Esteem”. Research shows people who report high self-esteem split into two very different groups: one is defensive, hostile, and takes feelings out on others; the other is compassionate, accountable, and has smooth relationships. The difference isn't whether they feel insecure; it's whether they can acknowledge it.3. “Secure-ish,” not Secure. Franco pushes back on treating “secure attachment” as a fixed, all-or-nothing identity to perform. True security is being honest about when you're anxious, avoidant, or want to withdraw, not hiding those parts.4. Memories are the Database of Self-Esteem. Because memories don't just record the past but predict the future, people with a history of neglect or harm may unconsciously expect rejection, so they resist fully internalizing love or praise, since believing in it now would make the eventual “fall” feel worse.“Tenderly tell the truth of your insecurities first to yourself and then to those who love you.” —Marisa G. Franco, PhDThanks for reading and listening to A Mind of Her Own! Subscribe (always free) to receive new posts and share my work.***Want to build community while lessening your guilt? Start your own Guilt Free Group here. (jenniferremd.com/guilt-free)Connect with your host, Jennifer Reid, MDDr. Jennifer Reid is a physician, the host of A Mind of Her Own, and the author of Guilt Free: Reclaiming Your Life from Unreasonable Expectations — available at major retailers.

Historically, databases were responsible for storing data and returning exact results in response to queries. However, AI is now bending that contract in a new direction. Applications increasingly expect structured and unstructured data to come together. This is pushing databases into territory that looks more like search, where relevance and ranking matter and results are no longer strictly exact. Agents are also beginning to write their own queries and even propose their own schemas, which raises new questions about how data should be structured, governed, and trusted. Sailesh Krishnamurthy is a VP of Engineering at Google, and in this episode he joins Matt Merrill to discuss his background, how databases have evolved over the past fifty years, and where the field is heading as AI reshapes how data is queried, structured, and trusted.Sponsorship inquiries:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Historically, databases were responsible for storing data and returning exact results in response to queries. However, AI is now bending that contract in a new direction. Applications increasingly expect structured and unstructured data to come together. This is pushing databases into territory that looks more like search, where relevance and ranking matter and results are no longer strictly exact. Agents are also beginning to write their own queries and even propose their own schemas, which raises new questions about how data should be structured, governed, and trusted. Sailesh Krishnamurthy is a VP of Engineering at Google, and in this episode he joins Matt Merrill to discuss his background, how databases have evolved over the past fifty years, and where the field is heading as AI reshapes how data is queried, structured, and trusted.Sponsorship inquiries:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

In this essential update on the Renters' Rights Act,Simon breaks down the UK government's newly announced rollout of the Register Your Rental Property database, which will be introduced on a region-by-region basis across England starting December 2026.  From the £65-per-property fee and strict three-month compliance windows to the exhaustive list of safety records and tenancy details you must supply, this episode reveals what every property investor must know before they can legally market their homes. With local councils holding the power to issue civil penalties reaching up to £40,000 for non-compliance, you'll learn why letting agents cannot take full control of the process, how to prepare early across multiple regions, and how to protect your portfolio from severe enforcement action. KEY TAKEAWAYS Landlords in England must register themselves and their rental properties on a region-by-region timeline, kicking off in the West Midlands in December 2026 and wrapping up across the country by November 2027. Registration costs £65 per property, and active entries must be updated yearly or whenever tenancy, property, or safety certification details change. Failure to register or keep records up to date can trigger civil penalties from local councils starting at £7,000 and escalating to £40,000 for false statements or ongoing breaches. You cannot delegate the full process to a letting agent; property owners must initiate and complete the registration themselves before they can legally market any property. BEST MOMENTS "Once the database is in force, landlords and letting agents will not be able to market or advertise a residential property unless there's a valid landlord registration number and a property registration number." "I know of a landlord who just yesterday decided, 'Right, that's it, this is the final straw, I'm selling my properties because of this.' So this will be another thing that will push a lot of landlords over the edge." "Civil penalties can increase up to £40,000 where a landlord gives database false or misleading information, or for continuing breach of the obligations..." "Don't leave it to the end, because there might be certain bits of information you need to collect and gather; you don't want to be doing it on the last day." VALUABLE RESOURCES To find your local pin meeting visit: ⁠www.PinMeeting.co.uk⁠ and use voucher code PODCAST to attend you first meeting as Simon's guest (instead of paying the normal £20). Contact and follow Simon here: Facebook: ⁠http://www.facebook.com/OfficialSimonZutshi⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonzutshi/⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/SimonZutshiOfficial⁠ Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/simonzutshi⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/simonzutshi/⁠ Simon Zutshi, experienced investor, successful entrepreneur and best-selling author, is widely recognised as one of the top wealth creation strategists in the UK. Having started to invest in property in 1995 and went on to become financially independent by the age of 32. Passionate about sharing his experience, Simon founded the property investor's network (pin) in 2003 ⁠www.pinmeeting.co.uk⁠   pin has since grown to become the largest property networking organisation in the UK, with monthly meetings in 50 cities, designed specifically to provide a supportive, educational and inspirational environment for people like you to network with and learn from other successful investors. Since 2003, Simon has taught thousands of entrepreneurs and business owners how to successfully invest in a tax-efficient way.  How to create additional streams of income, give them more time to do the things they want to do and build their long-term wealth. Simon's book “Property Magic” which is now in its sixth edition, became an instant hit when first released in 2008 and remains an Amazon No 1 best-selling property book. Simon launched his latest business, ⁠www.CrowdProperty.com⁠, in 2014, which is an FCA Regulated peer to peer lending platform to facilitate loans between private individuals and property professionals. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

Historically, databases were responsible for storing data and returning exact results in response to queries. However, AI is now bending that contract in a new direction. Applications increasingly expect structured and unstructured data to come together. This is pushing databases into territory that looks more like search, where relevance and ranking matter and results are no longer strictly exact. Agents are also beginning to write their own queries and even propose their own schemas, which raises new questions about how data should be structured, governed, and trusted. Sailesh Krishnamurthy is a VP of Engineering at Google, and in this episode he joins Matt Merrill to discuss his background, how databases have evolved over the past fifty years, and where the field is heading as AI reshapes how data is queried, structured, and trusted.Sponsorship inquiries:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

Historically, databases were responsible for storing data and returning exact results in response to queries. However, AI is now bending that contract in a new direction. Applications increasingly expect structured and unstructured data to come together. This is pushing databases into territory that looks more like search, where relevance and ranking matter and results are no longer strictly exact. Agents are also beginning to write their own queries and even propose their own schemas, which raises new questions about how data should be structured, governed, and trusted. Sailesh Krishnamurthy is a VP of Engineering at Google, and in this episode he joins Matt Merrill to discuss his background, how databases have evolved over the past fifty years, and where the field is heading as AI reshapes how data is queried, structured, and trusted.Sponsorship inquiries:sponsor@softwareengineeringdaily.com The post Inside Google’s Database Infrastructure for the AI Era appeared first on Software Engineering Daily.

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Nik and Michael discuss hot_standby_feedback — what it controls, whether and when read replicas should be changed to on, and other settings you can change to help too. Here are some links to things they mentioned: hot_standby_feedback https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-HOT-STANDBY-FEEDBACKhot_standby_feedback: experiments on PostgreSQL 17 (by Nik) https://console.postgres.ai/shared/brief/6018f69d-8975-48e3-8259-a72c77105572Best practices for Amazon RDS PostgreSQL replication (blog post) https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/best-practices-for-amazon-rds-postgresql-replication/log_autovacuum_min_duration https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-logging.html#GUC-LOG-AUTOVACUUM-MIN-DURATIONmax_standby_streaming_delay https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-replication.html#GUC-MAX-STANDBY-STREAMING-DELAYWAIT FOR LSN https://www.postgresql.org/docs/19/sql-wait-for.htmltransaction_timeout https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-client.html#GUC-TRANSACTION-TIMEOUTHot Standby Feedback should default to on in 9.3+ https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/20121130190227.GJ3957%40awork2.anarazel.de~~~What did you like or not like? What should we discuss next time? Let us know via a YouTube comment, on social media, or by commenting on our Google doc!~~~Postgres FM is produced by:Michael Christofides, founder of pgMustardNikolay Samokhvalov, founder of Postgres.aiWith credit to:Jessie Draws for the elephant artwork

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Databases sit behind more of your building automation work than you might realize. Every time you pull trend data, investigate an alarm, restore a system, review an audit trail, or move information between platforms, a database is part of the process. For building automation professionals, understanding database fundamentals can help you troubleshoot more effectively, plan systems more confidently, and have better conversations with IT teams. In Episode 561 of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, we break down databases from a building automation perspective. You'll learn what's happening behind the scenes when your systems store and retrieve data, why certain database decisions matter in the field, and where common problems can surface over the life of a system. Topics Covered • How databases support modern building automation systems • The database concepts and terminology BAS professionals should recognize • Why trends, storage, timestamps, and retention deserve attention • What backups, restores, accounts, and audit trails mean for system reliability • How clearer ownership boundaries can improve collaboration between BAS and IT teams You don't need to become a database administrator. You do need enough understanding to recognize what your systems depend on and ask the right questions before a database issue becomes a building automation issue.

We've launched Minimum Competence CLE, and our first course is now available completely free. Researching Federal Tax Issues After Loper Bright looks at how the Supreme Court's decision ending Chevron deference changes the way lawyers should research and evaluate Treasury regulations, IRS guidance, and other federal tax authorities.Take the course and earn CLE credit at cle.minimumcomp.com.This Day in Legal History: Ford Pardons NixonOn September 8, 1974, exactly one month after Richard Nixon resigned the presidency, his successor, Gerald Ford, granted him “a full, free, and absolute pardon” for all federal crimes he “committed or may have committed” while in office. In a single stroke, Ford ended the possibility that a former president would be criminally prosecuted for Watergate—and he did it before Nixon had even been charged with anything.The pardon was, and remains, one of the most controversial exercises of presidential power in American history. Ford defended it as an act of national healing, arguing that a prolonged prosecution of Nixon would keep the country trapped in the trauma of Watergate—that, as he put it, “our long national nightmare” needed to end. Critics were furious, many suspecting a corrupt bargain in which Ford had traded the pardon for the presidency. The decision almost certainly contributed to Ford's narrow loss in the 1976 election. Ford himself later carried in his wallet a passage from the Supreme Court's decision in Burdick v. United States, which held that accepting a pardon carries an imputation of guilt—his answer to those who said Nixon got off scot-free.The significance of September 8, 1974 is that it defined, in the most dramatic possible way, the breadth of the constitutional pardon power. The Constitution gives the president near-total authority to pardon federal offenses, and the Nixon pardon showed just how sweeping that is: it can be granted before charges are filed, for unspecified crimes, over enormous public objection, with no one able to override it. That power—its scope, its potential for abuse, its use to shield allies from accountability—has been very much in our headlines this year, from the January 6 pardons onward. Ford's decision is the towering precedent behind all of it, and the enduring, unresolved question it poses is the one we still argue about: is the pardon power an instrument of mercy and healing, or a tool for placing the powerful beyond the reach of the law?A federal appeals court has upheld the ban on the administration's bid to use a federal immigration database to scrub state voter rolls—another significant ruling in the long-running fight over federal control of elections. In a 2-1 decision, the D.C. Circuit declined to lift a lower court's block on the government using the Department of Homeland Security's SAVE system—that's the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements database—to check the citizenship of registered voters. The legal grounds are worth noting because they're a bit unusual. Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan and Judge Robert Wilkins, both Obama appointees, upheld the finding that using SAVE this way likely violates the Social Security Act, because the system exposes millions of Americans' private information, including Social Security data. The court also flagged the accuracy problem we've discussed before: SAVE is error-prone, and relying on it risks flagging actual citizens, forcing them to prove their citizenship or even face cancellation of their registration. Judge Gregory Katsas, a Trump appointee, dissented. The ruling keeps the database off-limits for voter checks ahead of the November 3 midterms. This is a direct continuation of the SAVE fight we covered back in July, and it fits the summer-long pattern—courts repeatedly rebuffing federal efforts to centralize control over voter rolls, and here doing so on a privacy statute rather than the Constitution. The significance is that, once again, and now at the appellate level, the judiciary has said the federal government cannot repurpose a benefits-verification database into an election-policing tool—especially not weeks before an election, and not at the cost of exposing private data and risking the disenfranchisement of eligible citizens. Federal appeals court upholds ban on Trump's bid to use citizenship data for voter checks | ReutersNow for the first half of a double dose of my own work this week—and this one let me put on my data-analyst hat. I did the statistical analysis behind a Bloomberg Tax deep dive into the “Montana license plate” loophole, and the numbers are genuinely startling. Here's the scheme: instead of registering your car—or truck, boat, or private plane—in your home state and paying sales tax and fees, you set up a shell LLC in Montana, which has no sales tax, cheap registration, no emissions testing, and lets you hide behind the company. A registered agent will do it all for you, for around a thousand dollars, and you never have to set foot in Montana. The result is a lot of very expensive vehicles wearing Montana plates in states where their owners actually live. My job was to measure how big this has gotten, and I did it by comparing Montana to its genuinely car-heavy rural neighbors—Idaho, the Dakotas, Wyoming. The headline figure: in 2024, Montana had over 2.4 million registered vehicles but only 879,000 licensed drivers—a ratio of 2.81 vehicles per driver, the highest in the nation and more than double the U.S. average. That implies nearly a million vehicles that can't be explained by geography or economics—and measured against the national average rather than Montana's rural peers, the “excess” balloons to about 1.4 million. Crucially, the pattern tracked the national average until about 2010, and then registrations exploded, up 175% as the registered-agent LLC industry took its pitch online. My simulations put the lost sales-and-use-tax revenue somewhere between $2 billion and $5.1 billion. And states are now fighting back hard: Utah, using its insurance database to cross-check, has flagged as many as 80,000 suspect vehicles and is sending demand letters in waves; California has brought criminal charges; Tennessee indicted a YouTuber who filmed himself torching a Montana-plated Ferrari. The significance is that this sits right on the line between lawful tax avoidance and unlawful tax evasion—and the data suggests an awful lot of people have wandered across it. Utah Takes Montana License Plate Fight to 80,000 Vehicle Owners | Bloomberg TaxAnd for the second half of the double dose—my column for Bloomberg Tax this week—I look at a smaller but wonderfully fixable problem: New York's charitable-giving program is letting donations pile up, undistributed, inside state government. Here's the setup. When New Yorkers file their state income taxes, they can donate part of their refund to various charitable causes through tax “checkoffs.” The giving side actually works—New Yorkers gave $3.8 million this way in fiscal 2025, up from $2.6 million the year before, and I think the moment of a refund is psychologically a great time to give; that $50 feels more like found money than it does weeks later. The problem is what happens next. The state comptroller found $17.5 million sitting undistributed in these funds—the Gifts for Food Banks Fund sitting on more than a million dollars, a volunteer-firefighter and EMS recruitment fund holding more than two million, neither having disbursed a cent since 2023 or 2024. The money is being collected and then stranded inside a state grantmaking bureaucracy. My argument is that the fix is easy: stop routing charitable intent back through the government. Instead of parking donations in state-administered funds, New York should let taxpayers direct their contributions straight to eligible nonprofits—the state maintains a registry of qualifying charities, the taxpayer picks one at filing, and the state's role ends at verifying eligibility and remitting the payment. That turns a grantmaking problem, which needs appropriations and agencies and rules, into a payment-processing problem, which the state already knows how to solve. If lawmakers want to juice giving further, offer a small match on the first $50 or $100. The deeper point is philosophical: the whole justification for favoring charities is that they do public-serving work outside of government—so when you route the giving back through Albany, and the money just sits there, you've defeated the entire purpose. A hungry person doesn't get less hungry waiting for an agency to figure out how to disburse a food-bank fund. New York's Bureaucratic Charitable Giving Program Has an Easy Fix | Bloomberg Tax This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.minimumcomp.com/subscribe

402: Today we're going inside the USDA Organic database to uncover which popular wellness and food brands are actually certified organic and which ones raised some red flags. I'll walk you through the companies that showed up, the brands that didn't, the responses I received when I reached out for proof, and what I found might change the way you look at those organic labels the next time you're at the grocery store. → USDA Certification Database: https://organic.ams.usda.gov/integrity/Home  Topics Discussed: → USDA Organic Certification → Organic Brand Transparency → USDA Organic Database → How to Verify Organic Brands As always, if you have any questions for the show please email us at digestthispod@gmail.com. And if you like this show, please share it, rate it, review it and subscribe to it on your favorite podcast app.  Sponsored By:  → Fatty15 | For 15% off the starter kit go to https://fatty15.com/digest → Our Place | Go to https://fromourplace.com/ and use code DIGEST for 10% Timestamps: → 00:00:00 - Introduction  → 00:05:14 - How to Use the USDA Organic Database → 00:06:40 - How Organic Certification Works → 00:09:28 - Questioning Organic Certifications → 00:12:22 - When Brands Don't Show Up in the Database → 00:15:28 - Organic Certification and Brand Transparency → 00:18:26 - Understanding Organic Certifications → 00:20:00 - Brands That Passed the Organic Check → 00:22:56 - Organic Dairy Products → 00:24:36 - Organic Cereals → 00:25:08 - Organic Produce → 00:26:28 - Brands That Didn't Respond → 00:27:08 - Brands That Provided Certification → 00:29:54 - Why Some Brands Don't Show Up → 00:32:42 - How to Research Organic Brands → 00:34:14 - Final Thoughts  Further Listening: → 4 “Forbidden” Foods That Burn Fat | BOK Check Out Bethany: → Bethany's Instagram: @lilsipper → YouTube → Bethany's Website → Discounts & My Favorite Products → My Digestive Support Protein Powder → Gut Reset Book  → Get my Newsletters (Friday Finds) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Headlines: Today's episode is dedicated to Gloria Steinem, who passed away at 92 years old. In what can only be described as a fitting tribute, ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok all went down simultaneously shortly after, forcing people to use their actual brains for a few hours. On the Immigration beat, ICE is spending $5 million to build a national voter database on behalf of DHS, acquiring voter registration and history files from specific states. A 17-year ICE veteran whistleblower also came forward accusing the Trump administration of fast-tracking unqualified candidates as agents before background checks were complete, calling it an "unprecedented lowering of standards" and a national security risk. In a rare moment of accountability, Trump's own DOJ charged an ICE officer with lying about shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis — the same officer Texas's governor previously refused to extradite to face state charges. In Epstein files news, Leon Black skipped his congressional testimony on his Epstein ties and instead sued the House Oversight Committee to block his subpoena, arguing they can't force him to hand over NDAs signed with women Epstein trafficked to him, and the committee responded by threatening contempt charges. We'll see if that actually happens though. Meanwhile, Nvidia announced a $13 billion acquisition of Hugging Face — the AI platform OpenAI's model previously hacked — betting on an open-source AI future similar to China's approach, which is either brilliant or deeply ironic. And finally, for the first time in recorded human history, people over 65 now outnumber children under 5 globally, per a new US Census report — a milestone driven by declining birth rates and longer life expectancy.  Resources/Articles mentioned: WIRED: ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database NYT: ICE Skipped Basic Checks in Rush for Recruits, Whistle-Blower Says AP News: Live updates: ICE officer federally charged with lying about shooting of Venezuelan man, AP source says AP News: Billionaire Leon Black skips Epstein deposition and sues House panel over subpoenas Politico: House Oversight chair still wants attorney general to testify on handling of the Epstein files - Live Updates The Verge: ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude all went down at the same time Wired: Nvidia's Hugging Face Acquisition Is a $12.9 Billion Bet on Open-Source AI Axios: Historic first: Older adults now outnumber the youngest children worldwide Subscribe to the Betches News Room and join the Morning Announcements group chat. Go to: betchesnews.substack.com Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage and edited by Grace Hernandez-Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever drive on Highway 401, switch lanes because the one beside you looks faster... and somehow end up beside the exact same beige Corolla fifteen minutes later?Welcome to Toronto.And come to think of it... welcome to running a business.In Episode 401 of The MindShare Podcast, David Greenspan uses one of Toronto's favourite sources of frustration - Highway 401 - to talk about what happens when business slows down, we start watching everybody else's lane, changing direction, getting distracted and wondering whether somebody else knows something we don't. September is here, and Realtors everywhere are talking about the Fall Market. But September showing up on the calendar doesn't automatically mean you're mentally or operationally ready to take advantage of it.David walks through how to get yourself back into rhythm after summer, identify what slipped, reconnect your daily activities to the goals that actually matter, and protect the revenue-producing work that keeps getting buried underneath email, administration, social media and everything else competing for your attention. He also digs into what to do when the market feels slow, why you shouldn't abandon a strategy because of a few bad conversations, how to use your own numbers to decide when to adjust, and why September should be about creating movement rather than expecting every conversation to immediately turn into a transaction. The road is in front of you.Figure out where you're going, stop changing lanes every time somebody beside you moves a little faster, and get yourself moving.What You'll LearnWhy the Highway 401 traffic analogy is a lot like running a businessHow watching what everyone else is doing can interrupt your own momentumWhy September arriving doesn't automatically mean you're ready for the Fall MarketHow to identify what slipped during the summer and decide what actually needs to come backWhy trying to restart seventeen habits at once usually makes things worseHow to reconnect prospecting, follow-up and other business activities to goals you actually care aboutWhy your destination should determine your business decisions instead of whatever lane looks fastest todayHow to identify the one thing you're avoiding even though you know it needs to get doneWhy you can work ten hours and still avoid the activities that create businessWhich revenue-producing activities deserve protection in your scheduleHow to evaluate activity based on numbers and conversations rather than how the market feelsWhy life events continue creating real estate opportunities even in difficult marketsHow to define a successful September using things you can actually influenceWhy getting your rhythm back may be more valuable than expecting immediate transactionsHow to “recalculate” when your original plan, market or goals changeWhy there is still plenty of year left to create meaningful business momentum00:00 – Welcome to Highway 401The traffic story, the beige Corolla, switching lanes and why running a business can feel exactly the same. 04:00 – The Fall Market Is Here. Are You Actually Ready?September has arrived, but the calendar changing doesn't mean your habits, routines and business are automatically ready to go. 06:30 – What Slipped During the Summer?Database cleanup, follow-up, prospecting, content, planning and the routines that may have loosened up while you enjoyed summer. 09:15 – Stop Changing LanesWhy constantly copying what other Realtors are doing can disrupt your own momentum, and why your destination should determine your strategy. 10:55 – Commercial Break13:05 – What Are You Avoiding?The one thing you already know you should be doing over the next couple of weeks - and the real reasons you keep putting it off. 15:05 – Protect the Activities That Create BusinessWhy email, admin and social media will happily consume your entire day unless you deliberately protect conversations, follow-up, appointments and relationships. 18:10 – What Would a Good September Actually Look Like?Moving away from unrealistic transaction goals and focusing instead on reconnecting with people, building pipeline, booking appointments and getting your rhythm back. 20:50 – RecalculateWhat your GPS can teach you about adjusting when the market, your goals or your original plan changes - without having an existential crisis about it. 22:25 – Stop Preparing to PrepareWhy you don't need the perfect Fall Market plan before making the call, cleaning up the pipeline or creating something useful today. 24:45 – Your September Action PlanFive questions to identify what slipped, what matters, what's stealing your attention and where you want your business to be by September 30.The Fall Market isn't going to magically fix your business because the calendar says September.Your job is to get yourself moving again.Figure out what slipped over the summer, reconnect your daily activities to something you actually care about, protect the work that creates revenue and stop changing direction every time somebody else's lane looks faster.And when something genuinely isn't working?Recalculate.You don't need to spend September staring in the rear-view mirror at what you should have done earlier this year. There are still almost four months left, and that's a lot of time to create movement when you're focused on the right things.Related Episodes:Ep400 | Too Much Shit to Do? Here's How to Get the Right Shit DoneEp397 | Why We Quit Before We Even BeginEp393 | Why People Don't Get Shit Done

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Itamar Syn-Hershko has been a tech guy since he was a wee lad - IE he was teaching his kindergarten teachers how to use their computers. He learned how to "do stuff" tech wise through playing games back in the day. Back in the day he was one of the original developers on a document based database, as well as building a consulting company. Outside of tech, he is the father of 5 kids, all of them 7 and under... so his hands are quite full. That said, he does enjoy learning new things and traveling, when he has the time. Itamar founded a boutique consulting agency, helping businesses succeed in data related projects. Like most smart agencies, they built tools to help them to do their jobs better. One of these tools became highly popular, and after 1.5 years of selling this tool to customers, they hit a $1m in annual recurring revenue. This is the creation story of NeverBlink AI. Linkshttps://neverblink.ai/https://bigdataboutique.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/itamar-syn-hershko Current Sponsors: Tiger Data Protected Harbor Render Fitnexa Perplexity Entelligence Checkout our Stacklist! https://stacks.codestory.co/ Hosted by Noah Labhart | Technical Founder & Startup Mentor. Our Sponsors:* Check out Perplexity and use my code CODESTORY for a great deal: https://www.perplexity.aiAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Fearless Agent Coach & Founder Bob Loeffler shares his insights on Building Your Database the Fearless Agent Way and how it's making his Students rich! Fearless Agent Coaching is the Highest Results Producing Real Estate Sales Training and Coaching Program in the Industry and we can prove it will work for you if it's a good fit! Call us today at 480-385-8810 to see if it may be  good fit for you! Telephone Prospecting for Realtors means Cold Calling, Door knocking, Calling for Sale By Owners, Calling Expired Listings, Calling your Sphere of Influence, Farming, Holding Open Houses, but Fearless Agent Coaching Students di all of these completely differently and get massively better results! Find out how! Listen in each week as Bob gives an overview and explains the big ideas behind making big money as a Fearless Agent! If you are earning less selling real estate than you wish you were, and you're open to the idea of having some help, We are here for you! You will never again be in a money making situation with a Buyer, Seller or Investor and not have the right words! You will be very confident! You will be a Fearless Agent! Call Bob anytime for more information about Fearless Agent Coaching for Agents, Fearless Agent Recruiting Training for Broker/Owners, or hiring Bob as a Speaker for your next Event! Call today 480-385-8810 - or go to https://fearlessagent.com Telephone Prospecting for Realtors means Cold Calling, Door knocking, Calling for Sale By Owners, Calling Expired Listings, Calling your Sphere of Influence, Farming, Holding Open Houses, Spin Selling, but Fearless Agent Coaching Students do all of these completely differently and get massively better results! Find out how! Are You an Owner of a Real Estate Company - need help Recruiting Producing Agents - Call today! 480-385-8810 and go to FearlessAgentRecruiting.com and watch our Recruiting Video Real Estate Realtor training Real estate training real estate coaching real estate speaker real estate coach real estate sales sales training realtor realtor training realtor coach realtor coaching realtor sales coaching realtor recruiting real estate agent real estate broker realtor prospecting real estate prospecting prospecting for listings calling expired listings calling for sale by owners realtor success Best Realtor Coach Best Real Estate Coach Spin SellingSupport the show: https://fearlessagent.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This week we're joined by Michael Cochren, the soul-and-blues frontman of Cochren & Co. He talks about the eight years he spent waiting on an answer from God and why he refuses to say God is good just because things finally worked out. We spotlight the band's new album, 'Runs in the Blood.'In RELEVANT Buzz, Cory Asbury posted and deleted a shirtless workout photo, apologized for it and then got roasted by every friend he has in Christian music. Also, survivors launched the first national database of Protestant leaders accused of abuse, years after the SBC voted to build one and then let it die. And The Promised Land, the Moses workplace mockumentary that started as a YouTube pilot, just signed Lionsgate and got a second season.In Slices, Columbia House is finally shutting down, which mostly raises the question of how it was still open, and one of us confesses to running a stack of accounts under slightly different names to get free CDs as a teenager. And a woman in New Zealand went into cardiac arrest in a supermarket parking lot, got revived by a stranger and then got a parking ticket for it. Also in here: a follow-up on the resting heart rate situation, a public service announcement about energy drinks, and the actual reason last week's episode showed up five days late.One Has to Go closes it out. And we're still taking answers to last week's question: What's something you wish you'd known going into your freshman year of college? Drop it in the comments or @ us. We're running your answers in a piece this week.Highlights:01:21 — Marty's new house and the California no-AC problem 04:07 — Is the house haunted 06:15 — The resting heart rate follow-up and a Celsius warning 07:48 — C4, Sour Patch Kids flavor and two hours of pins and needles 11:35 — David Blaine, stunt magic and the four kinds of magician 19:15 — Emily is podcasting from what appears to be a TJ Maxx dressing room 21:04 — Kohl's cash 22:13 — RELEVANT Buzz: Cory Asbury takes down the shirtless photo and apologizes 28:08 — Survivors launch the first national database of accused Protestant abusers 30:09 — The Promised Land gets a second season and Lionsgate 31:33 — Michael Cochren of Cochren & Co. 39:12 — Slices: Columbia House is shutting down after 71 years 43:34 — She died in a parking lot and still got a ticket 48:34 — Why last week's episode was late 50:05 — One Has to GoAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

If your business has felt a little quiet this summer, resist the urge to panic, buy more leads, or completely reinvent your marketing. Start by reconnecting with the people you already know. In this episode of Empowering Women in Real Estate® – The Podcast, Karen shares practical, relationship-focused ways to re-engage your database as summer winds down and routines begin again. From simple text messages and handwritten notes to showing up on social media, asking better questions, and completing a full database refresh, these ideas will help you rebuild momentum without making every interaction about real estate. Karen also shares why reconnecting should never be a disguised sales pitch, how small and consistent touches can keep relationships alive for decades, and the story of a client she had not heard from in more than 20 years who still remembered her when it was time to make a referral. Your database doesn't need constant attention or perfect marketing. They simply need to know that you are still here, still in business, and still ready to help. Listen in for simple ways to reconnect, create momentum, and begin preparing your business now for the spring market ahead.   This is also the topic of our September Empowering Women in Real Estate® Meet Ups. Check out the Local Leader Directory here if you are looking for in-person: https://empoweringwomeninrealestate.com/local-leader-directory/ ,or register here for the Virtual Monthly Meet Up on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 1 pm EST https://bit.ly/vmuregistration    Click subscribe to be notified every Wednesday when our latest episode is released, and be sure to check out our group on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/empoweringwomeninrealestate We are 41,000 members strong and we want you to join us! And if you want to follow me on Instagram, that's where I'm having the most fun right now. https://www.instagram.com/karen.w.cooper/ Tickets are now available for our 6th Annual Empowering Women in Real Estate® Conference! The conference is on September 29-30 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dulles, Virginia. You can get all the details and get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/EWREConference

To find the most prolific and violent serial rapist and killer the state of California had ever seen, took over fifty years, and some ethically questionable methods. Public DNA databases were trawled without their users consent, samples were entered under false pretences, and hundreds if not thousands of people had their rights violated. But, they did eventually catch their man, and walk him up the garden path, leaving a roast to overcook in the oven. Join us in part 3 of our now 4 part series on the Golden State Killer as we discuss how Joseph James DeAngelo was finally caught.--Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus EpisodesYouTube - Full-length Video EpisodesTikTok / Instagram