Dave Dustin
@dustin.nz
Semi competent Principal Engineer based in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Formerly a Microsoft SQL Server MVP but still a big fan of Azure. Primarily working with AWS these day.
Formerly a Microsoft SQL Server MVP but still a big fan of Azure. Primarily working with AWS these day.
We are at that point of the year where you can use the phrase "that's a next year task" and people accept it without question.
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
We are at that point of the year where you can use the phrase "that's a next year task" and people accept it without question.
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Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.
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It hadn't rained all afternoon here (having poured down in the morning).
I set up on the deck to read for a bit after work before dinner.
It starts raining.
I pack up and come back inside.
It stops.
I set up on the deck to read for a bit after work before dinner.
It starts raining.
I pack up and come back inside.
It stops.
a cartoon character with a big mouth and pink eyes is screaming
ALT: a cartoon character with a big mouth and pink eyes is screaming
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It hadn't rained all afternoon here (having poured down in the morning).
I set up on the deck to read for a bit after work before dinner.
It starts raining.
I pack up and come back inside.
It stops.
I set up on the deck to read for a bit after work before dinner.
It starts raining.
I pack up and come back inside.
It stops.
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Someone recently compared AI to asbestos: useful in controlled scientific environments, but hyped as something that needed to be inside every home and business.
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Someone recently compared AI to asbestos: useful in controlled scientific environments, but hyped as something that needed to be inside every home and business.
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Truly smart devices would choose not to connect to the internet.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Truly smart devices would choose not to connect to the internet.
With the UK team starting to come online, does "Make mine a 99" still exist as a general phrase after chasing the Greensleeves van?
November 18, 2025 at 6:43 AM
With the UK team starting to come online, does "Make mine a 99" still exist as a general phrase after chasing the Greensleeves van?
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
Relaxing, listening to music, and a track I really enjoy comes on.
"Ooh. I should Like this for later"
Then I remember I'm listening to my Liked Songs playlist.
"Ooh. I should Like this for later"
Then I remember I'm listening to my Liked Songs playlist.
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Relaxing, listening to music, and a track I really enjoy comes on.
"Ooh. I should Like this for later"
Then I remember I'm listening to my Liked Songs playlist.
"Ooh. I should Like this for later"
Then I remember I'm listening to my Liked Songs playlist.
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I did not ever need to know this much about the sex lives of political journalists
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I did not ever need to know this much about the sex lives of political journalists
This would be a totally ridiculous present to give to my nephew right? I should probably just keep it myself.
November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
This would be a totally ridiculous present to give to my nephew right? I should probably just keep it myself.
Well, that's one way to increase the page count...
November 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Well, that's one way to increase the page count...
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Scottish Wildcats were, until now, creatures unknown to me. Turns out, they look exactly how you would expect a Scottish Wildcat to look like...
November 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Scottish Wildcats were, until now, creatures unknown to me. Turns out, they look exactly how you would expect a Scottish Wildcat to look like...
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@scalzi.com how did the unmasked flight go?
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
@scalzi.com how did the unmasked flight go?
Under Pressure is playing on the back deck sound system, and I have the urge to rewatch Gross Pointe Blank
November 16, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Under Pressure is playing on the back deck sound system, and I have the urge to rewatch Gross Pointe Blank
Spent most of this weekend working on a #SQLSaturday Wellington presentation.
#PostgreSQL for a #SQLServer DBA.
I could have been sitting doing nothing under this sky but I think my time was better spent.
#PostgreSQL for a #SQLServer DBA.
I could have been sitting doing nothing under this sky but I think my time was better spent.
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Spent most of this weekend working on a #SQLSaturday Wellington presentation.
#PostgreSQL for a #SQLServer DBA.
I could have been sitting doing nothing under this sky but I think my time was better spent.
#PostgreSQL for a #SQLServer DBA.
I could have been sitting doing nothing under this sky but I think my time was better spent.
Doing the shopping earlier; queues at the Lotto kiosks were insane.
I can understand, at $55M it is there largest prize in NZ Lotto history.
And it's "must be won" which means if no 1st Division+PB hit, it gets spread across next tier down.
I can understand, at $55M it is there largest prize in NZ Lotto history.
And it's "must be won" which means if no 1st Division+PB hit, it gets spread across next tier down.
November 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Doing the shopping earlier; queues at the Lotto kiosks were insane.
I can understand, at $55M it is there largest prize in NZ Lotto history.
And it's "must be won" which means if no 1st Division+PB hit, it gets spread across next tier down.
I can understand, at $55M it is there largest prize in NZ Lotto history.
And it's "must be won" which means if no 1st Division+PB hit, it gets spread across next tier down.
Thinking about upgrading our bed for Christmas.
We have a very nice, and relatively new, Queen sized bed.
But often I come to bed late and try to settle in my 1/3rd; but wife has already fully occupied her 4/5ths.
We have a very nice, and relatively new, Queen sized bed.
But often I come to bed late and try to settle in my 1/3rd; but wife has already fully occupied her 4/5ths.
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Thinking about upgrading our bed for Christmas.
We have a very nice, and relatively new, Queen sized bed.
But often I come to bed late and try to settle in my 1/3rd; but wife has already fully occupied her 4/5ths.
We have a very nice, and relatively new, Queen sized bed.
But often I come to bed late and try to settle in my 1/3rd; but wife has already fully occupied her 4/5ths.
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What the hell is butternaise and how can I get some?
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
What the hell is butternaise and how can I get some?
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You want a James Bond movie idea? Try this:
A guy wakes up in a tuxedo without knowing who or where he is. A note in his pocket directs him to go to MI6. There he's informed that he has been part of a program to train and prepare the new Agent 007, his past erased.
Call it THE BOND IDENTITY.
A guy wakes up in a tuxedo without knowing who or where he is. A note in his pocket directs him to go to MI6. There he's informed that he has been part of a program to train and prepare the new Agent 007, his past erased.
Call it THE BOND IDENTITY.
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You want a James Bond movie idea? Try this:
A guy wakes up in a tuxedo without knowing who or where he is. A note in his pocket directs him to go to MI6. There he's informed that he has been part of a program to train and prepare the new Agent 007, his past erased.
Call it THE BOND IDENTITY.
A guy wakes up in a tuxedo without knowing who or where he is. A note in his pocket directs him to go to MI6. There he's informed that he has been part of a program to train and prepare the new Agent 007, his past erased.
Call it THE BOND IDENTITY.
"No more rhymes! Now, I mean it!"
"Anybody want a peanut?"
"Anybody want a peanut?"
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
"No more rhymes! Now, I mean it!"
"Anybody want a peanut?"
"Anybody want a peanut?"