Counting Bits III

Creating a GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner

I had to demo the Flyway Autopilot system recently and created a GitHub Actions runner as a part of that. This post documents how this went. First, if you...

Moving On After a Technology Fail

After his watch broke, Steve had to get a new tool and isn't sure it was a good move.

A Simple Choice

Is Ransomware Fading?

There is a report that less ransomware ransom is being paid. Perhaps that's a good sign for all of us.

Making a PostgreSQL Backup in a Container

I needed to back up a PostgreSQL database as a part of the repro for an issue I had. I hadn’t ever made a backup of PostgreSQL, so this...

Mixed Backups

The Change Failure Rate

The number of times that you have a failure when deploying changes is a good metric to watch.

Advice I Like: Transactions and Relationships

Life gets better as you replace transactions with relationships. – from Excellent Advice for Living This is incredible advice. I think that much of the complaints about the US...

Choosing to not drive the Tesla

I started a short thread on Twitter/X and Bluesky recently after leaving the Tesla at home recently. A few people asked me about it, so I decided to do...