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Moving On After a Technology Fail

Posted on February 21, 2025 by way0utwest

Recently my smartwatch broke. I was coaching volleyball and demonstrating something to a few kids when a ball hit the case of my watch just right and broke a corner there the watch band attaches. I’ve been playing and coaching … Continue reading →

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A New Word: Tangency

Posted on February 21, 2025 by way0utwest

tangency– n.  a fleeting glimpse of what might have been. I tend to live in the real world as it is, not too dreamy or wishful that things were different. I tend to accept things as they are. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Making a PostgreSQL Backup in a Container

Posted on February 19, 2025 by way0utwest

I needed to back up a PostgreSQL database as a part of the repro for an issue I had. I hadn’t ever made a backup of PostgreSQL, so this was a learning exercise for me. Plus, a container made it … Continue reading →

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Is Ransomware Fading?

Posted on February 19, 2025 by way0utwest

There were less ransomware payments in the second half of 2024, according to research from cryptocurrency tracing firms. There were certainly some high profile attacks, but this matches with my impressions from talking with lots of fellow data professionals around … Continue reading →

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