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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. Upcoming Events 2020
- RedisConf 2020 Takeaway, May 12-14, 2020 Virtual (Free)
- AWS Summit Online May 13, 2020
- Percona, May 18–20, 2020, AT&T Convention Center, Austin
- Jenkins/Cloudbees, Sept. 21-24, 2020, TBA, Vegas
- PagerDuty Summit, Sept. 21-23, 2020, SF
- postgresopen.org (TBD)
- API World 2020, Oct. 27–29, 2020, San Jose Convention Center
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Category Archives: Indonesia
Jenkins Localization
Jenkins, an Open Source continuous integration product written in Java, has some interesting localization features. “Normally, Jenkins honors the browser’s language preference if a translation is available for the preferred language, and uses the system default locale for messages during … Continue reading
Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 Crash Into Mount Salak, Java
I just heard about the unfortunate crash of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet SSJ-100-95 into Mount Salak (Java) with about 44 people on board for a demonstration flight. Having flown several times in that exact area, I can say that VFR … Continue reading
Extreme Wi-Fi Makeover – Paris Edition
Interesting article on how “IETF attendees re-engineer their hotel’s Wi-Fi network in Paris.” Similar to the “proper” approach taken by the IETF, when I had problems at my hotel in Tokyo one trip, I documented them with some traceroutes, then … Continue reading
Happy New Year 2012 from Bali with Angry Birds and Beer
Happy New Year 2012 from Bali, with Angry Birds and beer! 🙂 Traditionally, New Year’s in Bali is celebrated with a fireworks display near Kuta Beach. And lots of beer. Bintang Beer comes in 2 bottle sizes, the 330 mL … Continue reading
Google DNS Traceroute from Bali
Interesting traceroute from an Internet cafe PC to Google Public DNS 8.8.8.8, showing it’s colocated on the ISP’s fiber network: slashdot.org: Comment on Chinese Internet Routing