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Breaking Biometrics

Posted on December 11, 2023 by way0utwest

In the movies, when someone needs to bypass some sort of fingerprint biometric system, they use tape to lift a fingerprint, or in the more gory films, cut off a body part. In any case, there have been a lot … Continue reading →

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Executing One Line in VSCode–#SQLNewBlogger

Posted on December 11, 2023 by way0utwest

I wrote about arrays in PowerShell last week, but I realized one of the things I did while experimenting was look up how to run code a line at a time. I’m sure you can Google for that, but I … Continue reading →

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Focus on Growth in Your Career

Posted on December 8, 2023 by way0utwest

I find there to be a lot of value in actively managing your career. This is part of a series of editorials based on advice I’ve read from Raylene Yung (Facebook and Stripe) on your engineering career. I write a … Continue reading →

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Friday Flyway Tips–Comparison Options

Posted on December 8, 2023 by way0utwest

Recently a customer asked how they could get index changes to be captured in Flyway Desktop. In their case, they wanted a different fill factor, but I decided to investigate a bit more how things work. This post looks at … Continue reading →

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