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[Review] PostgreSQL Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
If you are running PostgreSQL in production at any sort of scale, then you need this book on your shelf, as it will lift the lid on some of the things that will make your database sing.
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Five Nights of Vibe Coding: A Game Experiment
I built a game with Claude using vibe coding. The game works and is fun, but I feel no pride of ownership. Is the game my creation, Claude’s, or the millions of developers to which Opus learned to code from? The whole experience has left me feeling rather flat.
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“Well pick it back up”
Monitoring systems for failure is more art than science, with many systems firing off way too many false positives. Getting your arms around this is not easy, but we all need our “fall detection necklace”
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Week’s Top Tech 8; 8th – 15th Jan 2017
The second week of the year comes with a number of interesting stories that caught my attention.
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The problem with Amazon’s Alexa
My woes with Amazon’s Alexa as I try to coax into doing things she claims she can do!
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Week’s Top Tech 8; 2nd – 7th Jan 2017
The clocks have turned, and we are now well and truly riding into 2017. However, that wasn’t before we wrung out an extra second of 2016, as one second was added to the universal clock to fix a rounding error.
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Weekend’s Top 8 roundup – 19th Dec
The week before Christmas and we have lots of self-driving stories making the headlines, Apple finally releases the AirPods in time for Santa’s stockings, Uber makes a massive loss, lasers help kill cancer and we are finally shown how to eat chicken wings properly.
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Chromebook Pixel – Battery Replacement
Replacing a battery in the Google Chromebook Pixel is a very simple affair.
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Weekend’s Top 8 roundup – 12th Dec
Second week of December and we see Yahoo in more security problems, malware that tests our morality, Cisco bails on their cloud, Verizon puts out the Samsung fire, Slack gains video calling, virtual assistant gets a hologram to keep us company and Henry Heimlich dies.
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Weekend’s Top 8 roundup – 5th Dec
First week of the last month, we see BMW locking bad people up, Apple Watch sales fall dead, Amazon legalizes shoplifting, Bluetooth gets faster, Canada gets a data center, Java 9 may slip, clues to how Samsung built a fire starter and a true legion is no longer in this world.
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Weekend’s Top 8 roundup – 28th Nov
Last week of November, we see hackers giving the residents of San Francisco a day of free rides, an anchor takes out the internet of an island, Netflix allows viewing of content in the air, FitBit rescues Pebble, Amazon beats its chest in Las Vegas, Russian bank loses a lot of shekels and once more the nation’s favorite banned executive toy, is back on the shelves.
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Chromebook Adventure
Working with a Chromebook takes a leap of faith when it comes to working exclusively through a browser. But it can work.
the legend that is, Alan Williamson
For over 24 years, I’ve shared my thoughts here on this blog whenever the muse strikes.
It’s unpredictable, honest, unedited, and occasionally witty. I’m living the best years of my life, working harder than ever, learning each day and enjoying every second.
