Vik Fearing
Member of the ISO/IEC working group for SQL. Performance is an implementation detail.
Major Contributor to PostgreSQL.
HUGE fan of MLB and WFTDA, and pretty much not interested in any other sport.
he/him by default but will happily answer to anything. 🏳️🌈
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- He looks much better with long hair (but who doesn’t?).
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- OMG. This YouTube playlist I am listening to just rickrolled me. #selfloathing #loveitanyway
- Reposted by Vik FearingI genuinely think SQL might be the best bit of technology ever. I'm not very good at it, but it just works, for so many things, and if it doesn't work, it's probably because you're wrong
- I have not interviewed for a job since 2008, and I have been poached four times since then. Let your work and knowledge speak for you. Become a part of a community where people want to poach you. You can do this.
- I am playing The Dozens with ChatGPT and it is hilarious. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dozens_...
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- I strongly oppose extensions like this one. They offer a false sense of security. #PostgreSQL
- Introducing pg_strict for Postgres. Our new extension adds a safety net to Postgres, catching dangerous queries before they run. www.youtube.com/watch?v=noPn...
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- Reposted by Vik Fearing👨💻 Hot take: Keeping "soft deleted" entities in the database is never the right call. To enable entity restoration, serialize the entity and store it elsewhere. If they want to "undelete," then you take that serialized entity and put it back into the system.
- Cast iron is generational wealth. #GoodThing
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- Reposted by Vik FearingIf you have any Postgres performance issues, I'd love to hear about them and try to help: pgmustard.com/office-hours
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- The #SQL Standard does not mandate implementations, it anticipates them.
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