Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Embarcadero – SQL in the City San Francisco

Posted on August 27, 2012 by way0utwest

I love San Francisco. It was one of the cities that I thought I might live in someday. My kids have all been there multiple times, exploring museums, crossing the amazing Golden Gate Bridge, visting Muir Woods and more. When … Continue reading →

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Ten Million Lines of Code

Posted on August 27, 2012 by way0utwest

How many lines of code are in the applications you code on? I think that the largest applications I’ve been heavily involved in contained tens of thousands of lines of code. This was code that I actually had to search … Continue reading →

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Fix v. Create

Posted on August 24, 2012 by way0utwest

Whether you write code, or administer server instances, chances are that you have a decent amount of maintenance to do. This might be fixing a bug in code, whether yours or someone else’s. It might be reindexing tables or even … Continue reading →

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Amazing Margaritas in Austin – SQL in the City US Tour

Posted on August 23, 2012 by way0utwest

The last time I was in Austin was last year, for a weekend trip with my wife to see Stevie Wonder and Kanye West (on separate days) at the Austin Music Festival. My wife and I have been trying to … Continue reading →

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