Tag Archives: software development

It Isn’t Worth Automating

Posted on January 17, 2022 by way0utwest

Every year I’m responsible for a portion of the Database Weekly newsletters. I used to do half, but right now Kathi, Grant, and I are on a rotation. Our boss puts out a schedule each year, which tells me the … Continue reading →

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A New Language

Posted on January 14, 2022 by way0utwest

In my life, I’ve mostly dealt with people that speak English. I tried Latin in high school and Japanese in university, but I wouldn’t say I learned a lot. This past year I’ve been working on Japanese (konichi wa) and … Continue reading →

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Coding for the Future

Posted on January 12, 2022 by way0utwest

I posted a note on Twitter about some code. In this case, it was the start of a for loop, but with two things in it that I didn’t like. The code is shown here: for ($i = 2011; $i … Continue reading →

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No-so-smart Contracts

Posted on December 15, 2021 by way0utwest

Perhaps the best quote I’ve seen in a long time: “These kinds of attacks are common in smart contracts because many developers do not put in the legwork to define security properties for their code…” I’m sure that this would … Continue reading →

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