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Percona Live 2013, MySQL, Continuent and an ever-healthy Ecosystem

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

I’m sitting here in the lounge at SFO thinking back on the last week, the majority of which has been spent meeting my new workmates and attending the Percona MySQL conference. For me it has been as much of a … Continue reading →

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Pert & Simple

Posted on April 14, 2013 by

I’m a huge fan of Kickstarter and back last year I was working on trying to expand my range a little from the rather narrow range of tech-related projects I’d been funding. One particular art project caught my eye. Firstly, … Continue reading →

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Gilmerton Cove

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

I was fortunate enough recently to visit Gilmerton Cove. Despite the name, the cove is not located near the sea at all, but outside Edinburgh, and it is one of those places that makes you wonder how such a wonderful … Continue reading →

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Joining Continuent

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

I’ve just completed my first month here at Continuent, strangely back into the MySQL ecosystem which I have been working in for some time before I joined CouchOne, and then Couchbase, two and half years ago. Making the move back … Continue reading →

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Moving from MySQL to Couchbase

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Before moving to Couchbase and working with NoSQL technology I had for years been a MySQL user. Making that leap from MySQL to NoSQL requires a number of changes, not least of which to the way you structure your data and then query it. I’ve tried … Continue reading →

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