Category Archives: Editorial

Moving Away From MySQL

Posted on April 11, 2022 by way0utwest

I like SQL Server as a database. I think it’s very complete, solves most of my problems, and is easy to use in work. It costs money, but less than some others. It’s also more complete to me than some … Continue reading →

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The Backlog

Posted on April 8, 2022 by way0utwest

Software development is complex these days. Maybe it’s always been complex, but the shorter timelines and greater vision of what is currently happening in development teams mean that we can see a lot is going on at any particular time. … Continue reading →

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Advanced Incident Response

Posted on April 6, 2022 by way0utwest

Early in my career, I worked at a few smaller companies where a problem with the computer systems meant I went into the office and stayed until things were working. As I went to a few larger companies, I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Executing Notebooks in a Stored Procedure

Posted on April 1, 2022 by way0utwest

Jupyter Notebooks are a popular way of consolidating a number of code batches together and them executing them as separate batches or all together. These are essentially a document with notes and code, all of which are stored together. Databricks … Continue reading →

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