We use Docker containers heavily and scan them using Dockle and Trivy as part of our CI/CD pipeline.

It came as a shock to find many marketplace Docker images riddled with...

The pre-commit hooks can be any language. Quite a few of them can be just YAML in the . pre-commit-config.yaml file.

https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks.

In the 1st example shown in the link above you...

I've found HR policies cause problems that people work around and in doing so get the organisational equivalent of tech debt.

The bureaucracy involved in promoting a junior to senior is...

Rod, take a look at a package called pre-commit. The idea is that when you attempt to commit code to git it will run a whole bunch of checks.

Each type...

I worked on a project where we experimented with MySQL to see if it could do what we were already doing with SQL Server.  We engaged with MySQL Ag to...

I see hybrid events as the another example of the genius of AND Vs the tyranny of OR.

That said, while there are commonalities between remote and in person events, I...

I really like Vertica's export to Parquet feature and also the incredible speed at which it can import Parquet files directly from an AWS S3 bucket.

It's also no slouch at...

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...

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...

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...

I've seen a repeating pattern throughout my career that is effectively a hype cycle.

• New technology is trumpetted from the roof tops as being the greatest thing since sliced bread

...

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...

I think the important thing is to reflect on the lessons learned and ask what we would do better with the benefit of hindsight.

• Environment not available in the same...

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...

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...