Software

Gerrit's open source projects, documentation and controversial opinions: Mostly revolving around Linux, UNIX, Perl and Oracle and SQL Server.

Subcategories

BASH, SED & AWK 3

Scripting stuff you didn't know but were too afraid to ask...

DevOps 3

DevOps, code management, project management, and character assassinations of those who did it poorly.

Linux HowTos 11

My collection of HowTos for Linux is based around Ubuntu, Red Hat and Gentoo Linux.

MySQL 3

MySQL - a cheap and cheerful open-source database. But if you have the money and you want real performance, scalability and control, then Oracle should be your first choice.

Oracle 5

Grizzly experiences from using an Oracle Database.

PDF Documents 1

Tips and tricks to manage PDF documents in bulk through simple shell scripts. The main tool of choice is PDF Toolkit (pdftk), downloadable from https://www.pdflabs.com/tools/pdftk-the-pdf-toolkit/.

Practical Extraction and Report Language, initially designed for processing text, but now used for nearly everything. It is the language that glues the Internet together. Above all, it is a joy to use.

SQL Server 1

Cool stuff you can do with SQL Server!

SSIS 10

Approaches and code for SSIS - It started off as the ginger-haired stepchild of Microsoft in 2005, and is now less flakey.

SSRS 1

Useful tricks to get the most of this Reporting tool

Windows 2

Evil things that you can do with an evil O/S.

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