More DevOps Since I attended re:Invent in November, my interest in DevOps has deepened. So to that end, I’ve been trying to apply more of the concepts and ideals to my everyday work. In early 2...

Welcome to SQL-Mac 2.0 I’m really kind of excited about this update of the blog. I recently discovered Jekyll and spent sometime watching videos, reading blogs, and just playing around with the ap...

Volunteering to be an EMT Since the world of work has changed so much since the pandemic, I, like so many others, have become a full time work from home employee. Like anything, there are pros a...

Part 2 I have a pretty established rountine when I get up in the morning. First thing first, make the coffee and pateintly wait for God’s go juice to help get me going with wanting to commit homic...

I went to reInvent in Vegas I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted, and there are a lot of good reasons for that which I’ll get to soon enough. That being said, I wanted to put a post up about...

I need a home lab Over the last few months, I’ve been tinkering with different OS’es, databases, and other stuff that requires the spinning up and down of VMs. Which has led to a number of headach...

So many things… I think the last two years have finally caught up with me and is behind my current feelings of frustration. Well to be honest the last four years really. When my wife and I left De...

Another year gone This year has been, well….intense. I’ve been extremely busy, and extremely overworked. It wasn’t until I got a chance to go to Yellowstone and unplug for a few days that I realiz...

Moving of the things For a while, I have been unhappy with my blog. I don’t know if it’s just me being picky or what. I have gone back and looked at some of the posts, and I am very disappointed...

2022 was a hot mess The last year has been full of incredible changes. I was hopeful 2021 would get off to a better start than 2020, but alas, that doesn’t seem to the case. So many things have ch...