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I write for my future self and colleagues and see documentation as being part of my duties as a principal engineer. That said I do make it easier for myself...
April 27, 2023 at 3:07 pm
For me there are two definite use cases for document DBs.
I've mentioned before that when I first started looking at...
April 24, 2023 at 8:40 am
With sabbaticals is it unpaid leave? For much of my career I would not have been in a position to take such an option.
April 21, 2023 at 7:55 am
If it is written in GO then that language has a nice balance of ease of use, speed of compilation, speed of execution, and testability.
If anyone was wondering what to...
April 21, 2023 at 7:49 am
Calendar and Clock tables make life a lot easier when used as part of a Dimensional model. Especially if it is implemented in a column store.
If you've seen the queries...
April 20, 2023 at 3:27 pm
It takes time for people to understand a new feature, what benefits it will bring and at what cost. It is not always easy for a technical person and a...
April 19, 2023 at 4:59 pm
Interesting reading this in 2023. I've seen a few cases where PostGres has quietly recaptured ground previously taken by NOSQL solutions.
I've seen people champion certain NOSQL solutions and then implement...
April 19, 2023 at 4:44 pm
I find that a major challenge is getting fast running local tests in place. In AWS there is the moto library that mocks may of the objects covered by the...
April 17, 2023 at 3:42 pm
Good article.
Perhaps expanding on it with more details of IAM users, roles, policies and groups?
There is also the security group and network ACLs coupled with VPCs and subnets.
April 14, 2023 at 11:49 am
Losing staff is like suffering an organisational brain injury. In most cases the effect is minor akin to a memory lapse and the knowledge is still there, just not residing...
April 14, 2023 at 11:27 am
As with so many things, it is not the size of the wand but the magic of the magician that makes the difference.
April 13, 2023 at 11:41 am
Self fulfilling prophecies. Existing customers' purchase habits are used to market next logical product. This is successful but amplifies the emphasis on existing behaviours to the exclusion of new behaviours.
It...
April 12, 2023 at 9:53 am
For me, as a deaf person that sort of thing is a source of considerable stress. IF I can find some contact details, will I have to attempt a phone...
April 3, 2023 at 8:13 am
Tough cases make for bad laws.
The problem with the social media platforms is that they amplify stuff and that stuff might be extremely toxic. Some idiot mouthing off in a...
March 29, 2023 at 3:07 pm
I think web users have lower expectations than Ye Olde Worlde desktop apps. They are used to pressing F5 to refresh if stuff doesn't seem to have worked.
If you get...
March 24, 2023 at 1:07 pm
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