Brent Ozar 2/10/2026

Building My Dev/Prod Demon Hunters Session, Part 1: The Strategy

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The article outlines the author's planning process for a SQLBits conference session focused on diagnosing why queries perform differently in development versus production environments. It covers session design challenges, the goal of creating interactive and varied content tied to the conference theme, and the plan to use standalone stories to demonstrate issues like parameter sniffing, differing statistics, and server settings.

Building My Dev/Prod Demon Hunters Session, Part 1: The Strategy

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