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Technical debt of the soul

Posted on 2021-02-102021-02-21 by dq

Either rushing ahead on whatever path seems to lie open, or painful, stubborn resistance; both of these behaviors are symptoms of a life with no self-control, no self-guidance. […]

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How to learn about a new database schema with hardly any guidance/documentation

Posted on 2021-01-202022-10-31 by dq

So: A few weeks ago I was requested by my team lead to dive into a schema that had been set up to record florists’ psychic activity* in […]

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Making sense of a new table of open data in your database

Posted on 2021-01-122021-01-14 by dq

Let’s say we download a bunch of public domain data that we’re considering for use in a service we’re building. Like so much of the data grudgingly made […]

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Modern political elections as trench warfare

Posted on 2020-11-052020-11-09 by dq

Elections are like trench warfare between large powerful opponents. Heavily contested and lasting over many months, each side’s move is quickly countered, ending in stalemate and eventually a […]

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Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Android app on a cheap Chromebook friendlier than RDP on Windows

Posted on 2020-08-042020-08-10 by dq

For whatever reason, when using using Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Android app on my cheapo Chromebook to connect through the corporate firewall to my day-job computer, I experience significantly […]

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Windows update broke my printing (but my Chromebook saved my @$$)

Posted on 2020-08-042020-08-10 by dq

About a year ago, after changing yet another swiftly-drained ink cartridge, I swore off HP forever and marched down to the store and got myself a Brother printer. […]

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The time I freed myself (till the next time)

Posted on 2020-07-282020-07-29 by dq

So it had been another jittery, monkey-minded day. I had dosed myself earlier on with some bread and cookies and it was now evening, and I was walking […]

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Solopreneur personality matrix

Posted on 2020-07-212020-07-21 by dq

I have been thinking about personality traits that may be relevant to startup founders, and the two dimensions that keep coming to mind are, firstly, the extrovert/ introvert […]

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Wars vs. pandemics – rhetoric and reality

Posted on 2020-07-142020-07-23 by dq

At the beginning of the current coronavirus outbreak, and as the seriousness of the situation was beginning to sink into the awareness of decision-makers, one could hear speeches […]

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Surface Duo as possible supplemental laptop

Posted on 2020-07-072020-07-05 by dq

Having followed the news regarding Microsoft’s upcoming Surface Duo device, I was wondering whether this is finally the device one can use instead of a laptop. It seems […]

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