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A New Word: Ecstatic Shock

Posted on October 3, 2025 by way0utwest

ecstatic shock – n. a surge of energy upon catching a glimpse from someone you like, which scrambles your ungrounded circuits and tempts you to chase after that feeling with a kite and a key. What a great image. You … Continue reading →

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PRs Are Like Trouble Tickets

Posted on October 1, 2025 by way0utwest

I’ve spent quite a bit of my career as a DBA/sysadmin/Operations person. However, I’ve had my share of development positions as well. As I work with customers who look to mature their database development to be more like other software … Continue reading →

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AI Model Size, Parameters and Download

Posted on October 1, 2025 by way0utwest

At SQL Saturday Boston 2025, I gave a presentation on local LLMs and there was a great question that I wasn’t sure about. Someone asked about the download size vs the model size as listed on Hugging Face (or elsewhere). … Continue reading →

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Back in the EU

Posted on September 29, 2025 by way0utwest

I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll be at my hotel, catching up on messages and prepping for another Simple Talk Podcast recording. This is my fourth trip across the water this year, … Continue reading →

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