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Flyaway – a java database migration tool

Brent Sordyl — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:39:38 +0000

You never develop code without version control, why do you develop your database without it? Flyway is database-independent library for tracking, managing and applying database changes.

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NoSQL is a Premature Optimization

Brent Sordyl — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 20:20:56 +0000

Point 1: NoSQL technologies require more investment than Relational to get going with.
Point 2: There is no particular advantage to NoSQL until you reach scales that require it. In fact it is the opposite, given Point 1.
Point 3: If you are fortunate enough to need the scaling, you will have the time to migrate to NoSQL and it isn’t that expensive or painful to do so when the time comes.

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Database Clients for the iPad

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:32:30 +0000

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Data Structure Visualization

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 17 May 2011 19:14:50 +0000

visualizations for data structures and algorithms

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Tips for Tuning MySQL

Brent Sordyl — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:15:01 +0000

Innodb parameters – the 4 “Usual Suspects”
1. innodb_buffer_pool_size
2. innodb_log_buffer_siz
3. einnodb_thread_concurrency
4. innodb_flush_method
Bonus #0 – flushing logs at transaction commit
Bonus #1 – mysql logging
Bonus #2 – linux ‘swappiness’
Bonus #3 – my “Virtualization Rant”

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Base – OSX tool for SQLite

Brent Sordyl — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:41:27 +0000

Base is an application for creating, designing, editing and browsing SQLite 3 database files. It’s a proper Mac OS X application. Fast to launch, quick to get in to and get the data you need.

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