Monthly Archives: August 2024

A Kafka Introduction

Posted on August 28, 2024 by way0utwest

I’ve heard of Kafka before. I know it’s an Apache project and you can download or read more at https://kafka.apache.org/. I knew it was a way of moving data around, some sort of ETL tool useful for moving things around. … Continue reading →

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Less Junior Staff

Posted on August 26, 2024 by way0utwest

As I’ve been working with some AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies, what I’ve often found is that they produce junior-level code. The code I’d expect from someone early in their career or inexperienced in a particular area. That is code that … Continue reading →

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Creating a Synapse Workspace

Posted on August 26, 2024 by way0utwest

As part of my job, I needed to research how a few things work with Synapse and Fabric. The latter includes the former, mostly. I decided to setup a workspace and a do some experimentation. My first stop was the … Continue reading →

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One Month with the Dell Latitude 7450

Posted on August 23, 2024 by way0utwest

It was just over a month ago that I got a Dell Latitude 7450 from our corporate IT group. It wasn’t my first choice, but as Redgate grows, they’re trying to be more secure and standard. I didn’t have a … Continue reading →

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