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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.
This blog talks about events, places and things in my life. San Jose, San Jose International Airport, CA
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Daily Archives: February 9, 2020
Odd Band Relationships
Every band has drama, but these are especially notable: EVH played Michael Anthony’s bass parts on the Van Halen albums. Also, their songs went pop so that David Lee Roth could try to get a #1 hit. Smashing Pumpkins was … Continue reading
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Storm Ciara Helps Plane Beat Transatlantic Flight Record
I love the jet stream. Some factoids: one of the Greek airlines used to always fly in the jet stream for decades, no matter how rough. I had one flight from SFO to Manila in under 10 hours here’s a … Continue reading
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