Category Archives: Editorial

The Craziness of Code

Posted on April 25, 2022 by way0utwest

Every once in a while I find a fun post that makes fun of programming. I think because the author is struggling with some piece of code, they write about the craziness of software development, often with an analogy that … Continue reading →

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Scripting Makes Mistakes Easier Than Ever

Posted on April 22, 2022 by way0utwest

A number of you likely use Atlassian products like Jira, Confluence, Opsgenie, or something else. You might have been affected by a large outage they had (post incident blog, Company Q&A, TechRepublic report) recently which lasted at least 9 days. … Continue reading →

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Using T-SQL over PoSh

Posted on April 20, 2022 by way0utwest

Why would you use SSMS/T-SQL over PowerShell (PoSh)? When is T-SQL directly a better option than PoSh? That’s a question I ask myself regularly as I see articles and blogs that discuss how to accomplish a particular task using one … Continue reading →

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A Third Space

Posted on April 18, 2022 by way0utwest

It’s 2022, two years into a pandemic, and it finally seems that many things are returning to the way they were in 2019. Life outside of work is fairly normal for me, and I have a number of trips. Work … Continue reading →

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