Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social
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PostgreSQL, Linux, Java, and more. Lover of computers, electronics and Open Source. European. Lib Dem. Lead Technical Strategist nexteam.co.uk
Joined Nov 2022
Chris Ellis
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The first talk of the day here at #FosdemPGDay (a #Fosdem fringe event) and Gunnar ‘Nick’ Bluth is on the #PostgreSQL stage talking about how we can learn from his big big fail, titled “LFMF: How a CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY led to a 6 hour downtime” - lots of painful laughter in the room
My post for #PGSQLPhriday where Ryan asked about using PostgreSQL for non relational data:
https://nexteam.co.uk/post/technology/postgresql/postgresql-not-always-relational
@dick_turpin yup, going to PGDay FOSDEM
@raphink I'd say its the new Awk rather than Sed.
@bigcalm openSUSE Tumbleweed and Microos work excellently on the RPi 4 for server tasks.
Can anyone recommend a good Android MP3/OGG player?
Preferably one which gracefully handles duplicate files and is good at handling albums. Open Source a bonus.
@popey I really like the Logitech MX Anywhere I got a while back, does both unifying receiver and BT, with a button to hop presets and a very sensibly placed charging port. Compact and still comfy.
Still seem to be a few of these: https://amzn.eu/d/6VpZ2Ui
@GossiTheDog @leak meh it sounds an accurate description of most shitty infosec sales pitches I've had to endure. Such a line never stopped the senior managers buying.
Whether it actually helped the coal face, is a totally different story.
Chris Ellis
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Do y'all have any ideas on where—besides Mastodon, Twitter, LinkedIn, Planet Postgres, PostgreSQL.org, and blog posts—that I should be spreading the word about the open #CFP for Citus Con: An Event for Postgres 2023?
The #CitusCon CFP will close on Sunday Feb 5th @ 11:59pm PST.
It's a virtual dev event. The team is hoping for talk proposals about:
- #PostgreSQL #opensource
- Citus database extension
- Azure Database for PostgreSQL
- Azure Cosmos DB for PostgreSQL
@dick_turpin 7 days and I'll be on a train to #fosdem
For anyone interested in infra topics, quite a wide range, a friend runs this newsletter:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq; echo s > /proc/sysrq-trigger; echo u > /proc/sysrq-trigger; echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
Works even if systemd has hung, or other weird stuff, plus safely syncs disks.
@dick_turpin its better and cheaper than taking the 3 points, so it's hardly with menaces.
Plus, you might find it useful.
Chris Ellis
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Here is a reminder that some people actually do good things with the fuck-you money they make from selling a company.
I wish there were more @liewegases out there.
Chris Ellis
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Maybe if #universities were treated as places of learning to learn and think critically instead of certifications for the job market and substitutes to employers investing in staff, students would be better equipped to question and challenge #AIhype and less inclined to think something like #ChatGPT is a reliable replacement for library-style research skills.
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PostgreSQL, Linux, Java, and more. Lover of computers, electronics and Open Source. European. Lib Dem. Lead Technical Strategist nexteam.co.uk
Joined Nov 2022
