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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 3h

Ya know it’s like they say measure once query plan twice.

Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 1d

Dumb shit I learned the hard way - most editors will display log files with specific syntax highlighting, so using a .log file extension actually helps. What else helps when pulling a log off that pile?

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 3d

New predator in the garden yesterday. I’m hoping they stay a while and knock back some of the caterpillars that have been munching on the chill resilient eggplant leaves.

Green praying mantis posed in the afternoon sun of the garden

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 3d

I have to admit I’d probably give it a solid 30min of the ol’ 1 leg out before giving a heavy sigh and unplugging the bed.

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 4d

“Well that shouldn’t be only online” story number one - www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...

AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto

The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.

www.dexerto.com

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 8d

Gross. Your Ring doorbell/camera is now more deeply focused on being a data source for local and federal authorities.
blog.ring.com/about-ring/r...
😨
Including ICE - techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a...

Ring Expands Community Requests to Additional Community Safety Partners - The Ring Blog

Ring’s mission is all about making neighborhoods safer. Earlier this year, we told you about Community Requests—a feature that enables customers to respond to requests for help from local public safet...

blog.ring.com

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 9d

Quick snaps from the backyard - they’re emptying the feeder quickly in the cooler temperatures.

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 10d

Scheduled the annual immune system updates (flu+covid) for next weekend - made sure to give it a few weeks before our trip so they have time to land in all regions.

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 15d

Squee - found a hummingbird feather in the garden. So tiny, with a hint of green iridescence.

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 17d

Whhaaaatttt is wrong with my Office app icons?
Is this what I get for mocking the PowerFx logo as "sexy excel" a year ago?
(microsoft.design/articles/flu...)

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 23d

I swear I didn’t name it 🏳️‍⚧️

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 23d

Productive chaos - early fall arugula sprouting. I had dried seed pods in the garage (yes, I keep dead plants in the garage) that I could quickly crush to disperse before raking it in (bare hands to quickly move the soil, wipe on dirty hoodie, and say “there, done”).

Top down view of a raised garden bed with tiny spots of green

Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · 25d

In my defense, when I designed my home network I didn't know wifi-enabled bird feeders were a thing.

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Jul 21

Me, a tactile switch user, just barely making it work with linears.
Soooo many accidental keypresses.

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Alt: 22 Cute GIF - a baby giraffe is struggling to stand up and keeps stumbling on its long legs

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Jul 9

arrrrrggghhhhh 😫

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 28

Yay! 🤣

Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 28

.... sorry really late seeing this. Which SqlPackage install is it removing? (msi, zip, or dotnet tool?)

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 28

you can build it once for each platform instead of using the deploy-time property (if you want) by passing the SQL platform to MSBuild (learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...). msbuildArguments is where you would pass "/p:DSP=Sql150DatabaseSchemaProvider" to build for SQL 2019, for example

MSBuild@1 - MSBuild v1 task

Build with MSBuild.

learn.microsoft.com

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 28

In SqlAzureDacpacDeployment (learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/...) the AdditionalArguments field is where /p:AllowIncompatiblePlatform=true would go

SqlAzureDacpacDeployment@1 - Azure SQL Database deployment v1 task

Deploy an Azure SQL Database using DACPAC or run scripts using SQLCMD.

learn.microsoft.com

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 28

For the SQL server, a script/run block can call sqlpackage directly. The azuredacpac deploy task requires the azure subscription and I believe won’t even deploy to a sql server vm in azure (on the list of things to fix asap)

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 27

This weeding style is by far the most satisfying for me due to the spear-stabbing, stepping, and pulling.

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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · Apr 15

Dictators disappear people – that’s what they do.

The Supreme Court ordered Trump to work to bring Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia home to his family + three kids in a 9-0 unanimous decision.

Trump’s defying that order and refusing to take responsibility for his mistake. That’s complete lawlessness.

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 11

😂 that statement is also true

Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 11

The name doesn't do me any favors, but a bacpac is not a backup. Whenever I hear that a bacpac described as a backup I know nobody is in for a good time.

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Drew Skwiers-Koballa @drewsk.bsky.social · Apr 9

Some of the new plants went in before FabCon and the mini-dwarf apple tree is already sprouting new leaves. 🍎 It’s in the berry patch between the bluebs, blackberries, and some half-dead raspberries.

a small dog is sitting on a tiled floor in a kitchen

ALT: a small dog is sitting on a tiled floor in a kitchen

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