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How C# Strings Silently Kill Your SQL Server Indexes in Dapper

How C# Strings Silently Kill Your SQL Server Indexes in Dapper

đź’Ą Discover this insightful post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: I recently spent time digging into a production performance issue. The application was running hot — CPU averaging over 50% and spiking into the 90s. We pulled a diagnostic snapshot and started working through the top queries by CPU time. The number one offender? A straightforward Dapper query. Simple WHERE clause on an indexed column. Should have been lightning fast. Instead, it was averaging thousands of milliseconds of CPU per execution across hundreds of thousands of executions per day. A two-character type mismatch that was…
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Fred Curley: Former American 100-meter world champion was banned for two years

Fred Curley: Former American 100-meter world champion was banned for two years

🚀 Discover this insightful post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Curley won gold in the 100 meters at the 2022 World Championships, in addition to the men's 4x100 meters titles in 2019 and 2023.He also stood on the podium in the 100-meter dash at the previous two Olympics, winning a silver medal in Tokyo 2020 and a bronze medal in Paris 2024.“Given this level of experience and having been a member of the testing group since 2017, the court said Curley should have exercised more caution,” an IU statement said."Unfortunately, complex doping substances may only…
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I had a front row seat at Blur v Oasis – here’s what a new play and a baffling mistake brought about | stage

I had a front row seat at Blur v Oasis – here’s what a new play and a baffling mistake brought about | stage

🔥 Read this trending post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Theatre,Britpop,Oasis,Blur,Music,Pop and rock,UK charts,Stage,Culture,Birmingham Rep,Damon Albarn,Liam Gallagher,Noel Gallagher đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: "At this point, it's Israel/Palestine. Rangers/Celtic. Nobody remembers how it started. All they know is, 'I like this team and I don't like that team.' The whole country is going crazy. That's what happens in a civil war – everyone starts thinking about blood."IIn a new play titled The Battle, these words are spoken by the fictional Damon Albarn, as he leads his band Blur into a contest with Oasis for summer No. 1 and…
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Pasqal plans quantitative expansion of $2 billion SPAC listing, promises to ‘stay French’

Pasqal plans quantitative expansion of $2 billion SPAC listing, promises to ‘stay French’

🚀 Check out this trending post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Hardware,IQM,PASQAL,quantum computing,SPACs âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Amid investors' continued appetite for all things quantum, another European company in this space is exiting the private markets. Just two weeks after Finnish quantum unicorn IQM announced it would go public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), its French rival Pasqal is doing the same. Accompanied by a separate $200 million private financing round, Pasqal's SPAC deal will see it merge with Bleichroeder Acquisition Corp II and subsequently list on the Nasdaq. The merger values ​​Pascal at $2…
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Winter Paralympics 2026: Russian and Belarusian athletes parade behind national flags at the opening ceremony

Winter Paralympics 2026: Russian and Belarusian athletes parade behind national flags at the opening ceremony

🚀 Discover this must-read post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: The opening ceremony was held at the Arena di Verona, a 2,000-year-old amphitheater and UNESCO World Heritage Site, although no competitions were held in the city.More than 660 athletes from 56 countries in six sports will take part in the games, which run until March 15, with Great Britain sending a 25-strong team to compete.No Great Britain athlete attended Friday's ceremony, for logistical rather than political reasons, as several members of the team competed across the Dolomites on Saturday morning.In all, only 28 of the…
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Tell HN: I’m 60 years old. Claude Code has ignited a passion again

Tell HN: I’m 60 years old. Claude Code has ignited a passion again

🚀 Check out this trending post from Hacker News đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has ignited a passion again134 points by shannoncc 2 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 73 commentsI’m ready to retire. In my younger days, I remember a few pivotal moments for me as a young nerd. Active Server Pages. COM components. VB6. I know these are laughable today but back then it was the greatest thing in the world to be able to call server-side commands. It kept me up nights trying to absorb…
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Watch: Obama calls on Americans to “step up” like Jesse Jackson for a better future

Watch: Obama calls on Americans to “step up” like Jesse Jackson for a better future

✨ Read this trending post from PBS NewsHour - Politics đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Barack Obama,in memoriam,Jesse Jackson 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump, without mentioning him by name, at a recent public tribute to the late civil rights leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Watch Obama's remarks in the video player above. Obama said Jackson's run for president in the 1980s paved the way for other black leaders, including his successful presidency and re-election in 2009. He watches: Full eulogy for Barack Obama at Rev. Jesse Jackson's memorial service in Chicago “We live in…
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Premiership: York 30-38 Warrington: Wolves hold off lively Knights in 12-try thriller

Premiership: York 30-38 Warrington: Wolves hold off lively Knights in 12-try thriller

🔥 Read this awesome post from BBC Sport đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: âś… **What You’ll Learn**: As the quarter-hour mark passed, it looked as if the first Premier League meeting between these two teams would be very one-sided.Stone, Thewlis and the impressive Kai Taylor and Ray gave the visitors the perfect start with three quick goals, with Wolves twice breaking down the home side's defense either side of Taylor and Ray collecting a brilliant pass to go beyond the corner.Fifteen minutes later, Warrington found themselves incredibly behind after a strong comeback from the home side.Ben Jones-Bishop got the Knights on the…
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Hockney passes through Bayeux, Brideshead is revisited, Stubbs leads the field – The Week in Art | Art and design

Hockney passes through Bayeux, Brideshead is revisited, Stubbs leads the field – The Week in Art | Art and design

🚀 Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Art and design,Culture,Painting,Photography,Art,Exhibitions đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Exhibition of the weekStubbs: Picture of a HorseGeorge Stubbs' sentimental and mesmerizing Whistlejacket is truly one of the best-loved paintings in the National Gallery. This exhibition takes a closer look at what makes his paintings of horses so memorable. National Gallery, London, from 12 March to 31 Mayalso appearDavid HockneyImages from his time in Normandy, reflected in the Bayeux Tapestry and more. Serpentine North Gallery, London, from 12 March to 23 AugustSir John Vanbrugh A look at the stunning imagination…
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Robinhood’s startup fund stumbled in its New York Stock Exchange debut

Robinhood’s startup fund stumbled in its New York Stock Exchange debut

✨ Discover this awesome post from TechCrunch đź“– đź“‚ **Category**: Startups,Venture,IPO,Robinhood đź’ˇ **What You’ll Learn**: Retail investors are notoriously locked out of the startup world. Robinhood is trying to change that by allowing the general public to invest in a portfolio of what it calls "some of the most exciting private companies operating today." To do this, the company that pioneered the commission-free brokerage model secured access to eight startups — including Databricks, Stripe, Mercor and Ora — and pooled them into a vehicle called Robinhood Ventures Fund I. The fund, which also includes Ramp, Airwallex, Revolut and Boom, launched…
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