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Technical Debt

Posted on May 8, 2023 by way0utwest

We all experience technical debt when building software, especially software that has been around for years. Most of us have likely encountered code that we are loathe to touch and modify. At least, we don’t touch it twice. We might … Continue reading →

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Slides and Code for SQL Saturday Jacksonville – Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments

Posted on May 6, 2023 by way0utwest

The code from my talk today at SQL Saturday Jacksonville is available in GitHub in a repo: Zero Downtime There is a description in the readme, but you can open the DBClient folder and the VS solution for ZeroDowntime in … Continue reading →

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Traveling to SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2023

Posted on May 5, 2023 by way0utwest

I’m heading to SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2023 today, speaking tomorrow. After not making any of their events, I went in 2022 and am back for their 15th event this year. I’m excited to go, though this will be quick trip. … Continue reading →

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Startup Advice

Posted on May 5, 2023 by way0utwest

Many technical people dream of starting a company and having it grow to an IPO. The history of computing is littered with the successes and failures of companies that attempted this. As a young man in high school, I saw … Continue reading →

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