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Formerly @SQLintheWild on Twitter.

Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, Data Architect, Author, Student.

Opinions are mine, not those of my employer

LocationJohannesburg
I laughed
Bad gateway! BAD!! *squirts gateway with a squirt bottle*
That's six sessions submitted to #sqlbits2025, first conference submission in a few years
There are three hard problems in distributed systems:
2. Exactly-once message delivery
1. Message ordering
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery
2. Exactly-once message delivery

So, the company that I've worked for for less than a year has decided they don't actually need a data team.

I'm looking for a data architect/data engineer position for the Microsoft data platform products (earthed and cloud). I've got 20 years of experience with the MS data platform, mostly SQL Server but also their other data products. I've done everything from development to administration and I'm currently a data architect

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa, but I'm happy to consider remote positions anywhere in the Western European/Central European time zones.

#getfedihired #Fedihired

And... still more filters need applying
I see I'm going to be spending the next few days working on my social media filters.
Time to add more words to my filter list....
It’s a good day to sit on a fence and scream

Developers should make "abuser stories" a thing.

"As an stalker,

I want to track my ex's every move,

so that I can 'coincidentally' run into them at any time."

"As a thief,

I want to be able to reset passwords using SMS verification,

so that I can compromise any account by bribing a telco employee."