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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

As with so many things, it is not the size of the wand but the magic of the magician that makes the difference.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Once an organisation starts to grow the direct partnerships aren't always visible or communicated to the people who need to know.

An IT department may think that there are 30 partners/service...

"But its not web scale".  Well neither is your market, or your share of the market.  Your market is mature rather than emerging so that isn't going to change any...

I loved the way the summary displayed for Jeff's response under the article was

I agree that ChatGTP operates from a "consensus of opinion that exists in the internet".  While I'm......