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Reusing Tools for New Purposes

One of the things you learn early on in programming is that you ought to reuse code whenever possible. This often means refactoring code into functions or methods. This ensures that the code is more easily maintained and that the … Continue reading

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Maybe It Is DNS

There are jokes about how often DNS is a problem. There are stickers, shirts, and mugs you can buy. There’s a classic haiku, which leads into a rant about the struggles of sysadmins. I will admit that I know a … Continue reading

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What Do You Want to Know Before Negotiating Salary?

Many of us are employed, and while we might have a salary review each year, we often don’t get to negotiate much about the amount. We might periodically ask for a raise of some sort, but what should we ask … Continue reading

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The State of Data Growth

About a decade ago I did some presentations on Filestream and Filetable in SQL Server.  These were technologies that Microsoft added with the idea that lots of data would need to be linked to data in a database, but wasn’t … Continue reading

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