Category Archives: Editorial

Republish: Looking Back

Posted on August 24, 2022 by way0utwest

Aloha! First day in Hawaii for me, so I’m re-running Looking Back.

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When Is Technology Good Enough?

Posted on August 22, 2022 by way0utwest

I just paid off my mobile phone. In my case, this is a phone from Google Fi, which provides fantastic service for me. The phone works well in any country I travel to, without any extra roaming costs outside the … Continue reading →

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The Case for Patching

Posted on August 20, 2022 by way0utwest

Recently I was testing a feature in SQL Server on 2017 and 2019. There was supposed to be an improvement across versions, but I didn’t see it. Then I realized that I was on SQL Server 2019 CU 2 on … Continue reading →

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How Hard is Kubernetes?

Posted on August 19, 2022 by way0utwest

We’ve run Kubernetes inside Redgate for some research projects (like Spawn) and we are building some skills running this orchestrator. At the same time, we’ve had no shortage of challenges in keeping the clusters up at times, patching, fixing issues, … Continue reading →

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