Go, Go, Golang!
WHAT!
Yep, you read that right. I’m building tools in Go.
I can hear you now…. But Wes you are a SQL...
2016-08-26 (first published: 2016-08-17)
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Wesley Brown
- Interests: Collecting old computers
- Skills: I talk a lot.
Go, Go, Golang!
WHAT! Yep, you read that right. I’m building tools in Go. I can hear you now…. But Wes you are a SQL Server guy, a WINDOWS guy! What...
2016-08-17
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Growing It At Home: Building Your Own Tools
Short On Money?
Sometimes that is the motivation. Maybe the tool you want doesn’t really exist yet? For me it was...
2014-02-10
1,044 reads
Growing It At Home: Building Your Own Tools
Short On Money? Sometimes that is the motivation. Maybe the tool you want doesn’t really exist yet? For me it was those things and the joy of building something...
2014-02-10
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Digging Around For Free Tools – Google Code
Digging Around In Google Code
Google Code was very thin when it comes to SQL Server. I did find a few...
2013-12-04
1,078 reads
Digging Around For Free Tools – Google Code
Digging Around In Google Code Google Code was very thin when it comes to SQL Server. I did find a few of interesting projects that may appeal to others...
2013-12-04
11 reads
Digging Around For Free Tools – BitBucket
Digging Around In BitBucket
BitBucket was very thin when it comes to SQL Server. I did find a couple of interesting...
2013-12-02
913 reads
Digging Around For Free Tools – BitBucket
Digging Around In BitBucket BitBucket was very thin when it comes to SQL Server. I did find a couple of interesting projects that may appeal to others as well...
2013-12-02
12 reads
Digging Around For Free Tools – SQL Server
Tool Archaeology, Digging Through The Web
About every three to six months I will burn some time and just go digging...
2013-11-29
1,351 reads
Digging Around For Free Tools – SQL Server
Tool Archaeology, Digging Through The Web About every three to six months I will burn some time and just go digging for tools. Mostly, I’m looking for stuff related...
2013-11-29
14 reads
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