Apr 22Well, hello there! 🧔♂️Why does work sometimes pile up, and we don’t get to do the things we enjoy. — Hello, everyone! I haven’t posted in a while, and the reason was work! I would love to say that I was off on some beach drinking margaritas with my señorita, but that isn’t the case. …3 min read
Apr 2What is the purpose of this?Data Engineer Blog 0x001B — Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts: How the purpose of the work determines what your focus should be. — I’ve been thinking about how I make decisions when we’re looking at requirements. For example, how does someone know what to focus on and what work should be done to solve an issue? Client Focus How does the issue impact the client? Looking at the problem and how it affects a client…Data Engineering4 min read
Mar 19Maybe you should take a break.Data Engineer Blog 0x001A — Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts: Knowing yourself and your limits are essential to succeed in life and work. — ** DISCLAIMER ** I am not a psychologist nor mental health professional. This post provides my story and what I have learned to help myself.. If you have the means, I recommend seeking professional help first. Introduction Hello everyone! I hope you all had a productive week. What’s that, you’re tired…Work Life Balance6 min read
Mar 12QA, Quality AssuranceData Engineer Blog 0x0019 — Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts — Introduction Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful work week, and I wish you a restful weekend. This week a colleague and I were talking about the role of QA. We’re trying to figure out internal processes and how we want to tackle gaps that we see in our current…Quality Assurance4 min read
Mar 5🥫Canned Reports vs. 🥣 Self-Serve ReportingData Engineer Blog 0x0018 (2022–03–05) — Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts Reporting As a data engineer, I have a love-hate relationship with reporting. I consider myself more of a mechanic than an artist, and being that said; I don’t know if my reporting skills are up to snuff sometimes. The first time…Data Engineering6 min read
Feb 26ETL Three different waysData Engineer Blog 0x0017 — Saturday Morning Coffee Hello everyone! First of all, thank you for your patience. Last week I posted a thank you to all of you. Medium asked me to obtain 100 followers to keep the Partnership Program. …Data Engineering5 min read
Feb 19Thank you all!We reached 100 followers! – Data Engineer Blog 0x0016 (2022–02–19) Saturday Morning Coffee — I want to thank all of you who followed me here on Medium. I set as a goal last year that I would write a blog post every Saturday, and what has kept me motivated has been having an audience. I know some of the topics might not resonate with…Data Engineering2 min read
Feb 15Episode 3 — Data Warehouse vs. Data EstateNew Data Engineers Canada podcast episode! — Data Engineering1 min readPhoto by Matt Botsford on UnsplashEpisode 3 — Data Warehouse vs. Data EstateNew Data Engineers Canada podcast episode!----
Feb 12Data Streaming with FlinkData Engineer Blog 0x0015 (2022–02–12): Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts — What’s data streaming anyway? — Disclaimer: This article has affiliate links. It’s for books on the subject. I get a small kickback if you click and buy from the Amazon link. News! A new episode of the Data Engineers Canada podcast will release on February 15, 2022, at 6:00 AM. Be on the lookout for that…Flink5 min read
Feb 5Shiny, Beautiful and Lovely RedisData Engineer Blog 0x0014 (2022–02–05): Saturday Morning Coffee Thoughts — A newfound love ❤️ Disclaimer: This article has affiliate links. It’s for books on the subject. If you click and buy from the Amazon link I get a small kickback. Ah, February, sigh. The month that I can’t spell half…Redis4 min read