The Side Project
When I first started working as a technologist some 17 years ago, I was doing fairly low-level stuff: moving and...
2017-01-11 (first published: 2017-01-04)
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When I first started working as a technologist some 17 years ago, I was doing fairly low-level stuff: moving and...
2017-01-11 (first published: 2017-01-04)
1,361 reads
Data warehouse projects are among the most visible and expensive initiatives an organization can undertake. Sadly, they are also among...
2017-01-10
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Key performance indicators, or KPIs, are at-a-glance metrics for simple insight into the business. These are each designed to provide...
2016-12-30 (first published: 2016-12-22)
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In designing a proper ETL architecture, there are two key questions that must be answered. The first is, “What should...
2016-12-28
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Last week I posted a brief survey about working the holiday. To those who normally are not required to work...
2016-12-27
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For a little pre-holiday fun, I’ve got a simple scenario to present to you, and I am interested in your...
2016-12-23
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In my ongoing series on ETL best practices, I recently wrote about the importance of logging in extract-transform-load processes. For...
2016-12-22
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Being disruptive is a powerful way to conduct business. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates insisted that computers belonged not just...
2016-12-20 (first published: 2016-12-05)
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SQL Server Reporting Services benefits from a major update in SQL Server 2016, which is obvious from the first interaction...
2016-12-20
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Over the weekend I got an email from have i been pwned, a website that tracks data breaches and notifies...
2016-12-19
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By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
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