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I think people want an automagical database that requires minimal investment in learning to be effective in its use.
I found that people were trying to use MongoDB the way that...
March 22, 2022 at 9:12 am
I would like there to be some form of professional qualification needed and kept current to be a chief data officer.
A CDO needs to be more than a stuffed shirt...
March 18, 2022 at 10:28 pm
If production data is something like sensor data with no personal or personally identifiable (PII) data then replicas of that data are useful for a number of purposes. But sensors...
March 3, 2022 at 8:26 am
I've seen a repeating pattern throughout my career that is effectively a hype cycle.
...
February 16, 2022 at 10:37 am
BigQuery has a data type called STRING with no size specification.
In Snowflake all text columns are VARCHAR under the hood, including CHAR.
For pure column stores the method of encoding probably...
February 11, 2022 at 8:01 am
I think the important thing is to reflect on the lessons learned and ask what we would do better with the benefit of hindsight.
February 7, 2022 at 5:55 pm
I've joined the Great Resignation. To be honest, I wish I had done so 3 years ago. For me the COVID situation and having to work remotely highlighted something I...
February 4, 2022 at 12:42 pm
Alex Yates has some strong opinions on DevOps engineers and I'm broadly in agreement with him. My experience is that DevOps has become synonymous with a team responsible for spinning...
January 27, 2022 at 5:17 pm
I think GO (GoLang) is a good one to learn. It was designed to balance fast compile, fast execution and ease of use.
It has its unit test capability built in...
January 14, 2022 at 8:22 am
There's a story about two people doing separate presentations to a government official using the same base statistics to argue contradictory cases. When challenged the 2nd person replied "Ah well,...
December 8, 2021 at 11:49 am
I've just moved on but in my previous position we had a single sign on application into which all our systems were integrated.
Before you could sign on to anything you...
December 6, 2021 at 12:34 pm
I feel the point on accidental complexity is especially important. Dr Venkat Subramamian gives some fantastic talks on the subject https://agiledeveloper.com/aboutus.html
I also think that premature optimization and failing...
November 22, 2021 at 10:19 am
Excellent advice.
I'd also add that Brent Ozar, Pinal Dave, Grant Fitchey, Catherine Wilhelmsen, Steph Locke, Jen Stirrup and many others are highly visible in the DB community. Such involvement brings...
November 19, 2021 at 8:04 am
Do you have any recommended technical sites that require subscription?
I'm a bit paranoid about signing up to a site that turns out to be heavy on clickbait and really difficult...
October 29, 2021 at 6:23 am
Excellent article, very interesting linked articles too.
What do people do to come back from burnout? Asking for a friend
October 26, 2021 at 6:46 am
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