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A Day in the Life of a Remote SRE / DBA (Working from Edinburgh)
Working remotely as an SRE or MSSQL DBA can look deceptively quiet from the outside, until it isn’t! I work fully remote from Edinburgh as a Senior SQL Server DBA / SRE, supporting production systems used by internal engineering teams across multiple time zones. This post walks through a typical day: how I start my
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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 be done faster, more consistently, or without a human involved, the assumption is that it should be. Most of the time, that’s right. Automation removes friction and reduces obvious
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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. Looking back, the real changes weren’t dramatic at all. They were small adjustments that reduced noise, increased margin, and made life easier to live day after day. Walking more
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West Highland Way – Day 3: Beyond Inverarnan to Bridge of Orchy
If you’re dropping into this series here, go back and read Day 2 first. It sets up everything that happens next. Leaving my wild camp beyond Inverarnan on the morning of Day 3 felt like a reset. I actually sleep well in the wild, sometimes better than at home, but camping close to the A82
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West Highland Way – Day 2: Rowchoish to Beyond Inverarnan
My WHW Day 1 ended late. Really late. I’d pushed on past Rowardennan to get out of the Camping Management Zone and eventually pitched near Rowchoish sometime around midnight. It was a big first day, 28 miles, over 75,000 steps, and a proper introduction to what a five day West Highland Way actually feels like.
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West Highland Way – Day 1: Milngavie to Rowardennan
On Monday 29th July 2024, I set off from Edinburgh to walk the West Highland Way, all 96 miles of it, aiming to finish by Friday 2nd August. I completed the route over five days, quicker than the more common seven or eight day itinerary, which meant longer days on the trail and fewer extended
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An exhibition about the different representations of the ocean throughout time, between the sixteenth and the twentieth century. Taking place in our Open Room in Floor 2.