After more than 30 years, Microsoft has finally pushed me away from their OS.

StackOverflow reverted my 'edit' and suspended my account for a week.

I started my first full time job as a junior developer in May 2000. What have I learned in that time?

A college experience and the hiring process have something in common.

I've become so fatigued by the evolution of software.

TDS doesn't have built-in compression support. Here's my attempt at coercing SQL Server to return compressed result sets.

Optimizing a table for analytics and maintenance proved trickier than I expected.

Jump into the wayback machine and see what Dave was up to in 2023.

Once again, I find myself contemplating a breakup with a Big Tech company. There's a lot to consider, but the overwhelming question I ask myself is "Am I willing to actually go through with it?" It can take a lot of time and heartache to get to "yes". Can you get there too?

I've booted another big tech company from my personal life. They're no longer worthy of me.