It's that time of the year again. April is National Poetry Writing Month (or NaPoWriMo) in America. The simple goal of the challenge is to write 30 poems in 30 days, kinda like a 30-day exercise challenge.
I know it seems like I'm beating a dead horse at this point, but I must say, I'm loving every moment of it. Not necessarily because I like to shit on SQL (though I do), but because I am currently enjoying the benefits of avoiding the language completely.
The other day I was going through different blog posts on my RSS feed reader, minding my business, when I came across an article called Why do We Need Databases and SQL. I have already made a post about SQL but I figured it would be nice to see if the author had any legitimate points. Let's dive in. 馃強
The purpose of the Bible is not to tell you what to do; its purpose is to describe God's character. In this blog post, I would like to elaborate on that statement.
Heaven and earth. Light and darkness. High and low. Good and evil. Two forces, bold enough to go head to head directly, but at the same time, find a sort of opposed union.
I was reading the book of Deuteronomy recently and came across the scripture above. It reminded me of who God truly is and how his character can teach a lot of lessons about life. In this blog post, I would like to talk about God's love for the stranger.
Any techie that has worked extensively with data has probably used SQL once in his lifetime. I started using SQL early in my programming days, when I worked on a record-keeping software soon after I learned C++. It was very instrumental in that project, and pretty much in any job I've worked for in my career. As long as there was data, there was SQL (in most cases).
In this Wild Wide Web we surf through, all the distractions around us can derail us from remembering the true purpose of the web: expressing what you know and learning from the expression of others.