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Caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies to realize their full self, much in the same way CONVERT() changes binary into beautiful hexadecimal strings. Since I started at Stack Overflow, I’ve had the chance to see some of the interesting challenges …
Continue readingOnly one thing can spark more joy than cleaning up old data. Doggos. Yesterday, I talked about batching deletes, and the day before I talked about how much I like to delete data, and why it's necessary to do it, despite being a data packrat. Today, let’s look …
Continue readingThis person understands that batching deletes can be helpful. Yesterday, I wrote about the importance of planning your data purges. Today, let's look at the simplest requirement for purging data: Keep data for X days after it's created. There are tons of …
Continue readingI get a thrill from roller coasters, but for some people it just makes them purge their lunch. DBAs & Data professionals tend to be digital pack rats. My personal Google Drive is filled with random files that I refused to part with–even though it’s of …
Continue readingI hate RSS readers I love my new bot For some reason, about once a year, I go hunting for a new RSS reader so I can keep track of blogs that I like to read. It’s always the same process: Dig through reviews to find an app that I think I will love. Come up with …
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