Can you imagine being 7 and not eating for four days? Can you imagine being 9 and having to wash your own clothes? Can you imagine being 11 and having to care for your three brothers and sisters? This is the ordinary life of an AIDS orphan. This is the life of about 3. What are YOU doing to protect the future of South Africa? The AIDS orphans crisis.

African software developer by birth, by choice, for life. All my models start messy. Yet, I find that my messy models are actually quite useful. It forces me to acknowledge my ignorance. The longer I feign ignorance, the longer it takes for the mess to surface. The first thing I do is accept the mess. I pick just one visible dim.

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So another SQLSaturday has come and gone. SQLSat123 was fantastic ,more people and sponsors,a great speaker line up that included Brian Knight Twitter. The event was held at Torque-IT. In Tyger Valley, Cape Town. We had 102 registered, 40 more than last year,we changed the set up by extending the sessions to 01h30 and included 3 hour deep dive session on the BI and DBA tracks. The event would not have been possible without our great sponsors Microsoft.