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Good Third Party Vendors Are Like Drug Dealers (in a good way)

Yesterday I was in full crisis mode dealing with a production server that was not showing love to the users; I call that Wednesday.  Phone rings; number I’m not familiar with, and harmless according to the caller id.  I answer it and get a full press sales pitch from <REDACTED> barely after I can get(…)

SQL Quiz 4 – A Great Leader From Your Past

A pond is forever changed when a single pebble is dropped to it’s hidden depths. The effect is invisible on the surface, but the pond will never be the same. Each person we come into contact with leaves a mark on us long after they’re gone. We do the same to every other person we meet. This is a story about one of my pebbles.