Category Archives: Editorial

Evaluting a DBA

Posted on June 18, 2021 by way0utwest

Interviewing is difficult for many organizations. Often they don’t have a consistent process, and very often the people that do initial screening don’t know much about what a DBA does. Many of the somewhat trivial questions I see on Internet … Continue reading →

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Tracking, Privacy, and Lots of Data

Posted on June 16, 2021 by way0utwest

Half of all advertising dollars are wasted. We just don’t know which half. That’s a common view from people purchasing advertising, and it’s why I expect that this saying is what has led to complaints from Google, Facebook, and other … Continue reading →

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Useless Hackathons

Posted on June 14, 2021 by way0utwest

I participated in a few coding competitions in high school, where we got together for a day with a team and tried to build software to solve a problem. They were challenging and exciting, but exhausting. Not something I’d want … Continue reading →

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Beer Mode

Posted on June 11, 2021 by way0utwest

David Perell has an essay on the different ways that creative people work. He calls these “beer mode” and “coffee mode”. When you are in coffee mode, you are getting things done. You have a list, and you work towards … Continue reading →

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