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Declining Work for Mental Health

Posted on October 20, 2023 by way0utwest

This year has been a busy one for me. I had 30 trips on airplanes away from home and around 100 nights not in my own bed. It’s been quite a year, and a little overloaded. There have been a … Continue reading →

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A New Word: Gobo

Posted on October 20, 2023 by way0utwest

gobo – n.  the delerium of having spent all day in an aesthetic frame of mind, taking photos across the city, getting lost in an art museum – which infuses the world with an aura of meaning, until every crack … Continue reading →

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Practicing (Annoying) Better Security

Posted on October 18, 2023 by way0utwest

At Redgate Software, we’ve been looking to “level up” our internal security game. While we have had very good security during the 16 years I’ve been there, there have been a few security issues with our products. The speed at … Continue reading →

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Creating a SQL Clone Image from a SQL Clone Database

Posted on October 16, 2023 by way0utwest

A customer asked if a new image could be created from a database that was itself a SQL Clone. It can, and I’ll show that in this post. This is part of a series of posts on SQL Clone, which … Continue reading →

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