Seeking comfort over convenience
Is it convenient to start the generator to fill the water tanks? No. It is supremely comfortable knowing there is no water bill. Is it convenient to drive 45 minute to Home…
Written muse of JD
Field notes from a long journey
Slow writing about data, leadership, family, and 60,000 miles of open road in a converted school bus called Intrepidus.
Partner
Father
Founder
Explorer
01 — recent
Latest writing
The challenge of the last best place
As we continue our migration from WA state to the last best place, there have been a lot of ups and downs. We are challenged by the newness of it all, the…
Driving Excellence
We have seen a shift from the pandemic era work from home mandates to a new back to normal mandate of return to the office. This has caused a lot of frustration…
The Essential
We like to say, “This season too will pass”, “Give it to God”, “My therapist and I are working on it”, and “I will be able to get to that if only…”…
Thank you to Matthew Yodual
The next time you feel you have an individual liberty to infringe on others, remember: You are the asshole.
02 — about
Who is JD?
A constant explorer, half the year on the road in a converted school bus, the other half wrangling Postgres and the people who love it.
I started several ISPs in the early 90s, founded Command Prompt in 1997 — the oldest Postgres services company still operating — and helped found Postgres Conference and the United States PostgreSQL Association.
I am partner to Amanda, father to six (three human, three fur), and a stubborn believer that good writing slows the world down enough to actually see it.
— JD
03 — listen
More than a Refresh
A podcast about data and the people who wrangle it.
Conversations with the engineers, founders, and curious humans who build the boring infrastructure the world quietly runs on. Long-form, off-script, occasionally recorded from the road.