Day something or other
So as expected I soon forgot, or had nothing interesting to write about and we’re now on day something or other of the endless winter with a brief glimpse of what summer could be like. The prime reason for not Continue reading
AWSUGUK #3
So in the general tradition of me and blogging we reach the point where it goes a bit quiet. Of course there are reasons / excuses etc. Anyway last night I went to the AWSUGUK meet up hosted at The Continue reading
Day 26
Ok I’ll soon stop doing posts based on the working day of the year (probably) and of course there is a good chance I’ll revert to type and just stop blogging for a while again. However in the mean time, Continue reading
Support Local?
So when we first moved into our current property we decided it would be a good idea to get the bathroom redone. We got 3 different companies / builders and decorators to quote for the work but feeling the first Continue reading
Day 19
Another day, another language looked at, I must be the master of Hello World by now. Anyway for the first time in a long time it was Java. It’s in use where I’m working at the moment (along with some Continue reading
Day 18
Hard day today, but none the less constructive, lots of business stuff, some learning (Python / Mongo / RoR) and a breaking of my dry January. Ok so the last bit is a complete fail, but the person I was Continue reading
Day 17
And my work here is done, well almost. Client handover finished yesterday to the new perm programmer and general technical bod at the company, so 10 pages of documentation and a run through some of the code. That was it, Continue reading
Day 15
All about the learning. In a bid to maximise my time I can be found on the train into train brow furrowed, head down and working on my laptop (to the point that I’ve managed to completely ignore people I Continue reading
Day 14
So where was everyone now getting in touch or asking questions about work and other projects in 2012? I’m not complaining of course, it’s a fantastic start to 2013, I’ve got some interesting projects that I’m already wrapped up in Continue reading
SQL Query perfomance v Stored Procedure issues
So I have a lovely big SQL which is returning over 2000 rows of data (going back to 2005) which is a recursive Common Table Expression (CTE). To perform certain calculations we have to compare each row with the previous Continue reading