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Patching the Patch

Posted on June 16, 2025 by way0utwest

I had to make a few changes to a SQL Saturday event recently. The repo is public, and some of the organizers submit PRs for their changes, and others send me an email/message/text/etc. for a change. In this case, an … Continue reading →

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Shorten the Debate

Posted on June 9, 2025 by way0utwest

Many of us are faced with choices and decisions constantly in our jobs. How do we approach a problem? What should we do as a team to get the work done? How do we code or manage or test or … Continue reading →

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The Pervasive Nature of Open Source

Posted on December 7, 2024 by way0utwest

This week there was a headline that said “Open Source Software Powers 96% of Modern Applications, New Study Finds” and if you stopped reading there, you might think, hey, it’s not in the apps I work on. Or you might … Continue reading →

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Distributed Monoliths

Posted on December 6, 2024 by way0utwest

I was watching a video called Microservices are Technical Debt. In it, the person being interviewed said that a lot of people really have a distributed monolith. That caught my eye since I’ve worked with a number of customers who … Continue reading →

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