Monthly Archives: April 2023

Coming Out of the Cloud

Google has launched a version of their AlloyDB that can be installed on-premises. AlloyDB is a PostgreSQL compatible cloud database, a full-managed PaaS service. However, they are giving away a free developer edition and a paid for commercial license that … Continue reading

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Tesla One Year Review at Nineteen Months

Well, not one year. More like 18 months, but close enough. I’m writing this at just over 17 months of ownership, from Sept 2021 to Mar 2023. This is part of a series that covers my experience with a Tesla … Continue reading

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The Loss of Knowledge

This article has a great opening quote. It says: “We are drowning in information but starved for knowledge”. It’s from John Naisbitt, who wrote the book, Megatrends in 1988. I think this quote can be very apropo in organizations as … Continue reading

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Flyway Desktop PoC–Adding a Shadow and Baseline Script

In the last post, I created a baseline marker for Flyway in each database. This set the version in the dev and QA databases to v1. However, I also need a baseline script, at least the tool asks for one, … Continue reading

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