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Years of improvements to hardware and software has made on call far less of a burden, but it is still a week that you need to be within 20...

It's not, though that's a good...

When I was a DBA in a team we shared the on-call rota.  We were given a specific mobile phone when we were on-call.

Senior DBAs would be a 2nd...

I wouldn't be surprised if some people haven't...

I'm ruining my hearing because I wear a headset playing music as loudly as I can handle, trying to drown out the noise and distractions around me.

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I realized that...

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I know others have closer teams so they'd have some collaboration and maybe a meetup every now and then is worth that time, but if it's purely a matter...

I am not a fan of open workspaces. When I am working, I do not want to be able to see anyone nor do I want to be seen....

I loved reading that line.

I'm sure there are some people who miss being in the office and for some reason, there are people who love that "open floor plan" idea. I could deal...

The company I work for has about 120 employees but desks for only 80 or so. We moved to a hot-desk office model during the pandemic and kept it...

I agree with Aaron above. I don't like this as a design pattern. I'd much rather have a permanent table that stores transient data, or even another caching store like...

I agree with Aaron above. I don't like this as a design pattern. I'd much rather have a permanent table that stores transient data, or even another caching store like...

That might be your network or connection. The links  work for me.

https://seths.blog/2019/04/the-first-database-rule/

I think your point about humans needing a change of pace rings true.

I know it sounds daft but I used to enjoy the excitement that surrounded a major release. ...

For me, this was a one shot a few years ago in mid Wyoming:

This was 15 minutes later.

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