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Ashton MacKenzie

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The Guild of the Magi – Pre Alpha

January 20, 2023May 11, 2023 A MacKenzie

My final project for Flatiron School, where we learn about project management, development hell, and browser games.

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Why React is Like Knitting

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 A MacKenzie

Why doing things the React way is analogous to advanced knitting construction techniques.

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Practicing SQL in leetcode – Game Play Analysis

November 27, 2023November 28, 2023 A MacKenzie

I think if you zoom in, you can see semicolons in my eyes

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Reference Technology

Forensic Maintenance in SQL Server

November 6, 2023November 6, 2023 A MacKenzie

Querying metadata and knowing when to stop digging.

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a tangled mess of cables in a physical database location
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Want to hear something about query languages that will make you actually appreciate callback functions and promises in programming languages?

October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 A MacKenzie

Thanks, I hate it

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SQL Server Tips I Learned This week

August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 A MacKenzie

Always remember to name the SQL implementation when searching for how to write a query so that you can ask for how a thing you remember working in one implementation works for the one you’re landed with.

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Technology

Mastodon Out Of Space Diagnostics with tootctl

July 3, 2023August 11, 2023 A MacKenzie

Tools I use to look for the underlying cause to see if it is something other than neglecting (optimistically) to turn on retention policies for remote content.

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So How’s The New Job Goin’

June 10, 2023October 12, 2023 A MacKenzie

Honestly, this is about as soul-shattering as discovering that I liked (a proper, scratch-made) ranch dressing (on pizza, even). I think I might actually like Java.

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Work Treats

June 4, 2023June 5, 2023 A MacKenzie

Hello, if you’ve landed on this page you have probably encountered a treat I brought to the office. I will be keeping nutrition blocks, photos, and recipes of the treats I bring here so that you can reference them and make them yourselves.

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How do you accidentally have a mastodon server?

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 A MacKenzie

From 403s on every page to running my own mastodon instance, deploying is pretty hands off these days.

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A Tea Party To Celebrate Signing Some Paperwork

April 17, 2023October 12, 2023 A MacKenzie

What are we celebrating? A lot of milestones and life events that we didn’t always celebrate at the time! Including one upcoming one. Things to

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March – A Retrospective

March 28, 2023March 28, 2023 A MacKenzie

If you don’t schedule maintenance yourself, maintenance will schedule itself for you.

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  • Practicing SQL in leetcode – Game Play Analysis
  • Forensic Maintenance in SQL Server
  • Want to hear something about query languages that will make you actually appreciate callback functions and promises in programming languages?
  • SQL Server Tips I Learned This week
  • Mastodon Out Of Space Diagnostics with tootctl

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