The whole point of DevOps is that it isn't a project, it isn't a team, it is a way of working and a culture.

Culture changes are the hardest to implement. ...

Startups are reluctant to pay for hosting that much data as they will have only after 2 or more years. May be. If it all goes right. Therefore -...

Speaking with friends who are ex-colleagues and also reading a fair number of IT/Business books I think there is a lot more commonality than would sit easily with senior egos.

I...

I wouldn't say imposter exactly. I think a certain level of anxiety is present.  Having worked hard to acquire expertise in one area I want to perform at that level...

We build a container of our data warehouse containing a subset of data which all developers can use for data engineering work.

It means that they can work on their local...

Depending on where your Python app resides you can get away with not using the access key/secret key.  If you have an EC2 instance then you can use client.assume_role to...

Given Michael Stonebraker's impact on the database world I am curious about  VoltDB.

Having used Vertica and AWS RedShift for data warehousing I have to say that there is always...

I read about an experimental language where you designed a software "gene" that would evolve to do a set task. The language was fiendishly complicated so didn't catch on.

The story...

We have regular virtual floor briefs where the CEO and at least one other board member tells us what we are doing, how we are doing and various other points...

I've told the story before about my 1st boss losing all his edits on an important document.  As a speed typer there were a few expletives muttered and he started...

The main challenge is when a company adopts a new technology how to address things you learn when a group of you can just huddle and work through each other's...

I find Jeff Moden's saying fits well with this topic. Change is inevitable, change for the better is not.

I've found that the adoption of some cutting edge technology generates a...

There have been a lot of data breaches due to unsecured ElasticSearch clusters. Whether these are default credentials or no credentials whatsoever I'm not sure.

We have various webhooks to reject...

One challenge I find is trying to get into the mindset of a person who does not observe rules, protocols and behaviours.

It cuts both ways.  Someone who doesn't observe rules,...

Last year my company set a number of OKRs (Objective, Key result) across the organisation. Those of us in leadership roles had to assign ourselves OKRs aligned with those.

I chose...