Robert Wright

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FOSS, Data, Other Stuff.
locationAmsterdam, NL
codehttps://codeberg.org/rwright
Robert Wright1d ago

Top subtitle of the year so far: "Postgres has been YOLOing query cancellation for 30 years"

https://neon.com/blog/ctrl-c-in-psql-gives-me-the-heebie-jeebies

Ctrl-C in psql gives me the heebie-jeebies - Neon

There are a few different reasons to hit the brakes on a Postgres query. Maybe it’s taking too long to finish. Maybe you realised you forgot to create an index that will make it orders of magnitude quicker. Maybe there’s some reason the results are no longer needed. Or maybe you, or your LLM buddy, […]

Neon
Robert WrightMar 5
Show threadkhmMar 4
what I've learned from the macbook neo announcement is:

programmers apparently spend most of their time plugging their laptops into walls and then doing wind sprints back and forth over the power cable, so magsafe is the most important possible feature for any computer
Robert WrightMar 5
Tommi 🤯Mar 5

Maintainers matter.

Thanks to all of those who joined us for #ILoveFS in Rotterdam and in Amsterdam 💕

https://fsfe.org/activities/ilovefs/report/report_2026.html

"I Love Free Software Day" 2026: Maintainers matter - FSFE

In the week around 14 February we celebrated the "I Love Free Software Day 2026: Maintainers matter" ❤️. During our 2026 celebrations we highlighted the wo...

FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
Robert WrightMar 5
productive morning at ibm, feeling good about 2026.
Robert WrightMar 5

wrapped some of my data tools to update microsoft dynamics 365 in postgres. plpython3u lets me basically bring in the data in directly to the db without outside cron or tooling. now I can do some heavy data cleanup which is much faster using sql than it is by hand or in the ui (or maybe im faster with sql??)

#postgres #data

Robert WrightMar 3
note to self: making postgres functions for things that shouldn’t be postgres functions is a great way to make work fun
Show threadRobert WrightMar 3
@Gina it's a work outside day! that's what i'm doing. laptop + outside cafe = success.
Robert WrightMar 2
how to do anythingMar 2
How to Apply Even Foundation
Robert WrightMar 2

spent last night messing around with fedora message bus data in postgres. finally got to use the replica @mwinters set up and do some digging. sometimes it's just nice to get back to basics like writing SQL.

#postgresql #sql #fedora

Robert WrightMar 1

RE: https://mastodon.social/@carmensandiego/116154763963378438

too late carmen, ai beat you to it