Category Archives: Editorial

The Backlog

Posted on April 8, 2022 by way0utwest

Software development is complex these days. Maybe it’s always been complex, but the shorter timelines and greater vision of what is currently happening in development teams mean that we can see a lot is going on at any particular time. … Continue reading →

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Advanced Incident Response

Posted on April 6, 2022 by way0utwest

Early in my career, I worked at a few smaller companies where a problem with the computer systems meant I went into the office and stayed until things were working. As I went to a few larger companies, I wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Executing Notebooks in a Stored Procedure

Posted on April 1, 2022 by way0utwest

Jupyter Notebooks are a popular way of consolidating a number of code batches together and them executing them as separate batches or all together. These are essentially a document with notes and code, all of which are stored together. Databricks … Continue reading →

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My Favorite Data Platform Feature

Posted on March 30, 2022 by way0utwest

At SQL Bits a few weeks back there was a community keynote on Friday. Ben Weissman and Rob Sewell put this together as a fun way of involving others. They invited a number of people to each take 5 minutes … Continue reading →

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