Another thing I was never able to understand - why index tuning is a job for ops?

they are definitely a part of table design, and changes to it should...

I've a goal to get a commit accepted into an open source project.

For me this sets a clear target and a quality gate to reach

I think the biggest gift from the shift to the DevOps culture is in thinking "how do I prove this works" before touching a line of code.

We test far more...

Kristof Kovaks produced a good thumbnail sketch of various NOSQL solutions and has updated his page at least once. https://kkovacs.eu/cassandra-vs-mongodb-vs-couchdb-vs-redis

Web session info and state then something like REDIS works...

Now, if you really want to have some fun, ask people to pronounce the word "tuple".  If they get it right in your opinion, either give them Tulips or Tupperware...

Dr Codd described a relation in a...

If I was looking for a lead DBA beyond the technical experience I would be looking for someone who

• Keeps calm under pressure
• Is good at explaining things to more...

I would agree with the CIO.

One company I worked at had a programme, sponsored by the CEO, to allow any employee to improve any pain point.

The programme took 1 day...

Looking back at my career I don't think those who played the blame game were particularly long lived, professionally speaking anyway.  The higher up the organisation they go the more...

As with all things it is recognising what the intended use of a tool may be and then deciding if that fits your use case.

The MongoDB tech folk were very...

I go to a few classic car shows. I've noticed that the age at which a car becomes considered by someone to be classic isn't moving forward.

I did ask why...

What I don't like is the website cookie pop up where you get to opt-in/out and the there are reams of things to opt out of.

Under GDPR you should not...

If the product is free then your data is their revenue generator.

I've not tried R but have worked a lot with Python.  I think the ease of use and flexibility of data handling structures within Python make it extremely attractive to...

This is why it is important to develop good working relationships.  I get people bouncing ideas off me and I do the same with them.  It prevents a lot of...