** This week's tips and tricks blog from YugabyteDB recap some distributed SQL questions from around the Internet, review upcoming events, new documentation, blogs that have been published since the last post, and provide answers to frequently asked questions. The blog covers various topics such as getting JSON output of distinct columns, issuing a query that ranks items based on total sales, using TRUNCATE and DELETE statements, updating records with selective character replacement, and more. Additionally, it highlights new documentation, blogs, tutorials, and videos, upcoming meetups and conferences, and job openings at YugabyteDB. The blog aims to provide helpful information and resources for developers working with distributed SQL databases like YugabyteDB.