On Strange Loop 2017 AKA Another Fun Conference
I recently got back from Strange Loop 2017. I started going back in 2011 or 2012 and went every year except 2016. The first few years, I was way in over my h...
Recent Posts
On multi-table index cluster tables AKA improving data locality for related Oracle tables
I’ve recently skimmed Designing Data-Intensive Applications. The book includes some things that are obvious in hindsight, but I never really thought about be...
Options, Futures, And Other Derivatives Notes - Chapter 2
Mechanics of Futures Markets
On renewing Lets Encrypt certs AKA security is fun
Every 75 days, I perform the tedious task of renewing SSL certs for this blog. Let’s Encrypt offers free SSL certs, which is awesome, but they only last for ...
On rebuilding a VPN server
As mentioned in connecting to Pokemon GO with OpenVPN, I’ve been running a personal OpenVPN server in DigitalOcean since late 2015. Recently, due to some biz...