Tag Archives: AI

Writing as an Art and a Job

Posted on March 6, 2026 by way0utwest

I remember listening to an interview with Rick Reilly in the mid 2000s. He was the back page columnist for Sports Illustrated for years as well as a writer in various pieces. He talked about how he would lay on … Continue reading →

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Testing is Becoming More Important

Posted on February 25, 2026 by way0utwest

Many of us know that testing our code is important. The adoption of unit testing by many software application developers as a normal course of business has dramatically improved the quality of applications. Mobile software, especially, has benefited from the … Continue reading →

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Can You Let Go of Determinism

Posted on February 23, 2026 by way0utwest

Why do we reboot machines when something goes wrong? I’m sure all have done it, and I would guess quite a few of you have found situations where this seems to fix issues, but there isn’t an underlying root cause … Continue reading →

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RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger

Posted on February 18, 2026 by way0utwest

I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently about this and decided to explain it to myself, but in a slightly different way. You’ll see how I checked on RANK() vs DENSE_RANK() below. Another … Continue reading →

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