I'm a DBA, what do I need those tools for! Oh, yeah... for that... and that... and that... and...

Merrill Aldrich - Top Tools I Didn’t Know I Needed as a DBA

"Today’s post is an unabashedly subjective plug for a bunch of unrelated tools I have come to rely on and love. I’m not really a “tools guy,” so there are no doubt better and worse tools for these tasks out there. I’m not affiliated with any of the vendors or authors. There’s no scientific method here - I just like these, and use them daily, and you might too. Sole criteria for inclusion: if I lost one of these, I would be both sad and less productive.

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I thought this an interesting list of tools and utilities from a different POV...