Monthly Archives: January 2016

Laptop Build Quality

Posted on January 29, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve been looking around at various laptops, in preparation for getting a new one. I wrote about considering the Surface Book, which is still on the list, but has dropped a bit. The hardware quality is great, but when I … Continue reading →

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Training at the Top

Posted on January 28, 2016 by way0utwest

Many of us see flaws and problems in the way that we code securely as we build software, as well as the way in which our infrastructure security is configured. There have been no shortage of times in my career … Continue reading →

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DeveloperBall

Posted on January 26, 2016 by way0utwest

I’ve been fascinated by Moneyball and the efforts made in sports to assemble good teams using data more than opinions. I used to think about baseball more, but lately I’ve been intrigued by American football. There are challenges in assembling a team, … Continue reading →

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Creating a Database Snapshot

Posted on January 25, 2016 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I’ve rarely dealt with database snapshots, outside of lab experimentation. They didn’t exist when I did most of my … Continue reading →

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