It turns out a misconfigured #ClickHouse #SQL query brought down the internet managed by #Cloudflare... #Databases

https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/

(Sorry in advance for bombarding with hashtags, but..)

Yet again I plead to the #Fediverse to get #Fedihired as a paid or unpaid #DataAnalyst #intern. I'm not formally trained but (as uncomfortable as it is for me to boast) I truly feel that I have the cognitive *capability* of learning as I go. I want to see whether I actually *can* do so.

Unfortunately I'm guessing this is probably the worst possible time to try and break into the industry, however I am desperate and hoping for a miracle.

I've always been "self-taught" because I've never been an ideal student. It's how I learned to program #PHP, #SQL, and how I learned to work with #spreadsheets.

I might not be an expert with any of those topics but I usually managed to stumble my way through, and accomplish the goal I needed, serving my purpose for a previous employer for 8½ years, until their financial position necessitated my layoff.

I need real-life experience working with #Data and hopefully build a portfolio I can use for #gig work or a job or something.

So I'm reaching out to #selfemployed any #Data experts to ask if they might need help. Let me take a stab at some non-critical things.

If I suck, you're not out more than just a little bit of your time interacting with me; you were going to do it yourself anyway, right?

If I do it *well*, then you just got free labor, I get experience and potential portfolio fodder.

Plus you get the sense of pride from helping someone struggling to survive, and helping a #neurodivergent, #LGBTQ couple who both struggle with #MentalIllness and #poverty.

Obviously I will take *paid* work as well; remember, #MinimumWage in my state is still a measly seven dollars and twenty-five goddamned cents per hour, so you can go super cheap.

Think of it like you're rummaging through the bargain bin for temp workers and you decide to give some no-name brand a try: Me!!

Wrote a CLI for formatting SQL within sqlx macros like query_as!

It includes a GitHub CI Action for format checks and uses the sqruff formatter under the hood.

https://github.com/jflessau/sqlx-fmt

#rust #sql #postgres #ci #github

(Sorry in advance for bombarding with hashtags, but..)

Yet again I plead to the #Fediverse to get #Fedihired as a paid or unpaid #DataAnalyst #intern. I'm not formally trained but (as uncomfortable as it is for me to boast) I truly feel that I have the cognitive *capability* of learning as I go. I want to see whether I actually *can* do so.

Unfortunately I'm guessing this is probably the worst possible time to try and break into the industry, however I am desperate and hoping for a miracle.

I've always been "self-taught" because I've never been an ideal student. It's how I learned to program #PHP, #SQL, and how I learned to work with #spreadsheets.

I might not be an expert with any of those topics but I usually managed to stumble my way through, and accomplish the goal I needed, serving my purpose for a previous employer for 8½ years, until their financial position necessitated my layoff.

I need real-life experience working with #Data and hopefully build a portfolio I can use for #gig work or a job or something.

So I'm reaching out to #selfemployed any #Data experts to ask if they might need help. Let me take a stab at some non-critical things.

If I suck, you're not out more than just a little bit of your time interacting with me; you were going to do it yourself anyway, right?

If I do it *well*, then you just got free labor, I get experience and potential portfolio fodder.

Plus you get the sense of pride from helping someone struggling to survive, and helping a #neurodivergent, #LGBTQ couple who both struggle with #MentalIllness and #poverty.

Obviously I will take *paid* work as well; remember, #MinimumWage in my state is still a measly seven dollars and twenty-five goddamned cents per hour, so you can go super cheap.

Think of it like you're rummaging through the bargain bin for temp workers and you decide to give some no-name brand a try: Me!!

Wrote a CLI for formatting SQL within sqlx macros like query_as!

It includes a GitHub CI Action for format checks and uses the sqruff formatter under the hood.

https://github.com/jflessau/sqlx-fmt

#rust #sql #postgres #ci #github

CLI to manage your SQL database schemas and migrations

https://github.com/gh-PonyM/shed

#HackerNews #CLI #SQL #Database #Schemas #Migrations #GitHub

Message in a bottle time again #GetFediHired #jobsearch #needwork. Might have to add smoke signals, sky writing, and shortwave radio (via @va2nw ?) channels to get the word out.

Growing increasingly needy in search for software developer work in the #Ottawa #Montreal areas. #C #C# #Erlang #Java #NodeJS #Forth #Shell #SQL #BSD #Linux #English #French and more. Very versatile, adaptable, experienced. I cook too; every office should have someone who can make Neapolitan style #pizzas for team lunches & parties.

http://www.snert.com/resume/

On Data Carpentry: “An introduction to working with data for biologists including: data structure, data manipulation, visualization, basic programming, and databases. Designed to be used as a flipped university course and also for self-guided students.” #RStats #SQL
https://datacarpentry.github.io/semester-biology/

Go, SQL, and DTrace: a marriage made in heaven?
New blog post!
https://gaultier.github.io/blog/observe_sql_queries_in_go_with_dtrace.html

#golang #dtrace #sql

Pardon me while I kick myself for not having installed duckdb a long time ago.

#sql

Go, SQL, and DTrace: a marriage made in heaven?
New blog post!
https://gaultier.github.io/blog/observe_sql_queries_in_go_with_dtrace.html

#golang #dtrace #sql

💧 Supabase MCP can leak your entire SQL database

｢ The cursor assistant operates the Supabase database with elevated access via the service_role, which bypasses all row-level security (RLS) protections. At the same time, it reads customer-submitted messages as part of its input. If one of those messages contains carefully crafted instructions, the assistant may interpret them as commands and execute SQL unintentionally ｣

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/6/supabase-mcp-lethal-trifecta/

#supabase #databreach#mcp #sql

I want to be your next #FediHire ! I've been a programmer since 1985 (as a child), I've been an IT professional since 1995 (pulling wires and swapping cards and configuring MS Windows). I graduated from University of Arkansas Fayetteville with a BS in CS in December of 2003. A full resume is available.

I currently require a 100% remote position. I cannot relocate from Cove, #Arkansas. I would prefer W-2 employment with a base salary of at least 130k USD/yr, plus some sort of retirement offering (401k or similar) and healthcare benefits (HDCP + HSA or similar).

I prefer something where I can be a high-performing individual contributor: reading, writing and improving source text the majority of my day, with some time spent knowledge-sharing with other developers -- learning and teaching. I'd like to work with #Haskell, #Purescript, or #Idris as the primary source language. I've previously delivered value in Haskell, #Javascript, #SQL, #Python, #Scala, #Java, #C, and #C++ among others. I can be productive in almost any language (no PHP, please; I promised myself never again).

I want to be your next #FediHire ! I've been a programmer since 1985 (as a child), I've been an IT professional since 1995 (pulling wires and swapping cards and configuring MS Windows). I graduated from University of Arkansas Fayetteville with a BS in CS in December of 2003. A full resume is available.

I currently require a 100% remote position. I cannot relocate from Cove, #Arkansas. I would prefer W-2 employment with a base salary of at least 130k USD/yr, plus some sort of retirement offering (401k or similar) and healthcare benefits (HDCP + HSA or similar).

I prefer something where I can be a high-performing individual contributor: reading, writing and improving source text the majority of my day, with some time spent knowledge-sharing with other developers -- learning and teaching. I'd like to work with #Haskell, #Purescript, or #Idris as the primary source language. I've previously delivered value in Haskell, #Javascript, #SQL, #Python, #Scala, #Java, #C, and #C++ among others. I can be productive in almost any language (no PHP, please; I promised myself never again).

I'm told that the purpose of #SQL was to allow people to query the #database without needing to concern themselves with how exactly the database works. Just ask it for what you want, and let it figure out how to make it happen.

Except…if the database isn't indexed appropriately for your query, it'll be slow, so you still do need to know how the database works. 🤔

I wonder if RDBMSes should automatically create indexes as needed? But there's probably a reason why they don't.

I am in urgent job search mode, so I'm gonna throw this out here and see if anything comes of it.

I am a #Canadian, fluent in both #English and #French. I have experience with several programming languages. My strongest proficiency is with #Haskell and #C. I also have a reasonable grasp of #HTML, #JavaScript, #SQL, #Python, #Lua, #Linux system administration, #bash scripting, #Perl, #AWK, some #Lisp (common, scheme, and emacs), and probably several others I've forgotten to mention.

I am not necessarily looking for something in tech. I just need something stable. I have done everything from software development, to customer support, to factory work, though my current circumstances make in-person work more difficult than remote work. I have been regarded as a hard worker in every job I have ever held.

#GetFediHired