Category Archives: Editorial

Challenging Yourself

I saw this posted on Twitter recently: “If you’re always right, you’re not learning. If you’re never failing, you’re not reaching. The objective is to be right. The objective is to succeed. But if you’re always winning, you’re undershooting your … Continue reading

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DevOps is Culture

DevOps is a culture shift in your organization. Technology enables things inside of this culture, but the culture is important. If you don’t know how to build a new culture and support individuals as they adopt it, often you’re just … Continue reading

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Life Organization

For years, those of us in technology have often worked outside of the core working hours for the rest of our organization. Whether this is being on-call, staying late, or coming in when asked. It’s not uncommon for many developers … Continue reading

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From Compass ’99 to Data Community Summit 2022

At this year’s Data Community Summit 2022, I am a part of the day 2 keynote. I’m excited to deliver some thoughts and memories of the event. I’m mostly excited the Summit still exists, and I am looking forward to … Continue reading

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