Monthly Archives: January 2018

Is This Data Science?

Posted on January 9, 2018 by way0utwest

In looking at the preliminary results of his salary survey, Brent Ozar noticed that female salaries seemed to be lower than males. The post focused on a simple analysis of data, the kind that many of us have done in our … Continue reading →

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It’s the Engineers

Posted on January 8, 2018 by way0utwest

There are all sorts of articles and blogs on the Internet that try and teach you how to use a particular technique or technology to solve a problem. Plenty of this information is well written, and showcases the knowledge of … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Patch and Upgrade

Posted on January 5, 2018 by way0utwest

I don’t want to be chicken little here, but the Meltdown/Spectre bugs have me concerned. I don’t know the scope of the vulnerabilities, as far as exploits go, but I do know the lax ways in which humans interact with … Continue reading →

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Advent of Code 2017 Day 1–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on January 4, 2018 by way0utwest

Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I like the Advent of Code. I stumbled on the site a few years ago and enjoyed working through … Continue reading →

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