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Hi, I'm James Briggs, an Internet computer programmer/DBA/SRE in Silicon Valley. I've been engineering for over 20 years for companies like eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, Apple, Amazon and startups.
I use TuCows/Hover for registering domain names.
I am available for MySQL/Postgres DBA/SRE/Security work in Silicon Valley or remote. Click here to contact me.
I am a MariaDB/MySQL code contributor and Perl CPAN author. Check out my github. My most recent project is cassandra-top.
In my spare time I do Open Source programming and like flying airplanes, karate and studying Asian languages.
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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Table Partitions in MySQL and Postgresql
We’re lucky to have two great Open Source databases, MySQL and Postgresql. One of the killer features in both MySQL and Postgresql is table partitions – for example, most Silicon Valley adtech companies are powered by MySQL partitions. They let … Continue reading
Postgresql Concepts for MySQL Users
Postgres’ UPSERT functionality is an important improvement. Although most developers think of it as a syntax improvement, it’s much deeper than that: the developer can do new and different things in one statement duplicate key log messages can be easily … Continue reading
Last USA 747 Passenger Airplane Retired
The last 747 has been retired from passenger service in the USA. I’ll miss the 747 because it was the only widely-used airliner built for trans-oceanic flights: For safety reasons, I’d rather have 4 engines than 2 for trans-oceanic flights. … Continue reading
Part 2: Migration Notes from MySQL to Postgresql Using pgloader
This is a multi-part series starting with Part 1. After perfecting the schema and data migration with pgloader rules and getting the application sessions and login code working, it was time to convert the non-working SQL statements to Postgres syntax. … Continue reading
PSA: Intel and AMD Security Bugs and the DBA
Also affects Linux servers, which power the Cloud. There’s at least 5 problems related to the on-going Meltdown and Spectre serious CPU security bugs (AWS announcement) that impact the Database Administrator (DBA): in shared environments, like AWS or VMs, neighbour … Continue reading