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What Went Into sqldba.blog
587 posts, 195 scripts and a traffic dip. How sqldba.blog got built, between me and Claude, and how the work splits.
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The Hardest Problems Might Not Stay Unsolved
A video on P vs NP that stuck in my mind, PHP on the mainstream news, and supermarket freezers hacked to 50°C. The hardest problems might…
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Hyrox Glasgow Is Booked. Time to Lock In.
Hyrox Glasgow is booked for March 2027. After more than a year of weekly NuRox classes, the consistency is there, now it is about locking in…
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Twenty Seconds
I’ve never entered a fitness event before. Not a 5K, not a 10K, nothing. If you’d asked me ten years ago whether I’d ever voluntarily wake…
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When Nothing Is Broken but Performance Is Bad
Systems are up, checks are green, and something still feels off. On the problems that never cross a line, and acting before things break.
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A Day in the Life of a Remote SRE / DBA (Working from Edinburgh)
What a typical fully remote day looks like for a Senior SQL Server DBA / SRE in Edinburgh: the 9am checks, on-call, the tools, and fitting…
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When Automation Stops Helping
Automation is usually presented as progress. After years of working with systems that actually have consequences, I’ve learned that this isn’t always true. If something can…
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Things That Quietly Improved My Life
Most of the things that improved my life didn’t arrive as big decisions or turning points. They showed up slowly. Quietly. Almost unnoticed at the time.…
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Richard Feynman’s Letter to His Wife
(This’ll make a real man cry) Chris Williamson reads Richard Feynman‘s love letter out loud on this YouTube Short video. I’ve listened to it a dozen…
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Oleksandr Usyk on His Ultimate Dream: “This is life. Life is great.”
Oleksandr Usyk is one of the greatest boxers of our time. Olympic gold medallist. Former Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion, now Unified Heavyweight World Champion. Undefeated with 21…