Tag Archives: Database Weekly

Changing Hardware

Posted on July 20, 2019 by way0utwest

I’ve been an Intel user for most of my life. While I have owned Mac machines, and I did once have an AMD desktop for the kids, I have pretty much stuck with Intel as my CPU of choice. Certainly … Continue reading →

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More Linux than Windows

Posted on July 6, 2019 by way0utwest

Not for me. I definitely have more Windows running than Linux. Well, at least if you count minutes. If we’re counting instances of kernels, there might be times I have more running with Linux kernels in containers. However, on most … Continue reading →

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Microsoft, Think DevOps First

Posted on June 22, 2019 by way0utwest

This post from Melissa Coates is a good example of not thinking through your product architecture early on. The short version of the post is that Power Bi Desktop is a better place, perhaps really the only place, to author … Continue reading →

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Building or Buying Analytics

Posted on June 8, 2019 by way0utwest

One of the decisions that I’ve been involved with at the beginning of every software project is whether to buy software to solve the problem or build our own. This might be a quick “is there software anyone knows about … Continue reading →

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