Daily Coping 18 Dec 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

ETL Antipattern: Failure to Test and Validate

“If it compiles, it works.” – An unemployed developer Building ETL processes is quite easy. Building ETL processes that deliver accurate results as quickly as possible is substantially more...

ETL Antipattern: Failure to Test and Validate

“If it compiles, it works.” – An unemployed developer Building ETL processes is quite easy. Building ETL processes that deliver accurate results as quickly as possible is substantially more...

Is On-premises SQL Server Still Relevant?

Unequivocally, yes on-premises SQL Server Instances are still relevant. While I’m a firm believer that the cloud is not a fad and is not going away, it’s just an...

Daily Coping 17 Dec 2020

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...

ETL Antipattern: Failing to Treat ETL Logic as Source Code

In most data projects, building the extract-transform-load (ETL) logic takes a significant amount of time. Enterprise ETL processes must do several things well: retrieve enough data to satisfy the...

ETL Antipattern: Failing to Treat ETL Logic as Source Code

In most data projects, building the extract-transform-load (ETL) logic takes a significant amount of time. Enterprise ETL processes must do several things well: retrieve enough data to satisfy the...

T-SQL Tuesday #133: What (Else) Have I Learned from Presenting?

T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party in the SQL Community and this month is hosted by Lisa Bohm (b | t) and it’s about what else I have...

Using Aws Sdk With Go for Ec2 Ami Metrics

Source
The source code for this repo is located here:

What This Is
This is a quick overview of some AWS SDK Go work, but not a detailed tutorial.
I’d love feedback from...

Announcing the Calgary Data User Group

In 2018 I started a new user group called the Calgary Data User Group, and hosted one session called “The Ethics of Machine Learning.” It was well-attended and its...