Category Archives: Editorial

A Cloud Database for Statistics

Posted on April 27, 2021 by way0utwest

Baseball is an interesting game from a data perspective, with lots of numbers being tracked, and lots being generated every year. I used to have a sample database for demos that I used, since it was fun to run various … Continue reading →

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Open APIs

Posted on April 26, 2021 by way0utwest

The US Supreme Court ruling in Oracle v Google was released recently, with Google winning and removing, or reducing, copyright protection for APIs. That means if you use the same method names, parameter names, etc. as some other software, it … Continue reading →

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Office FOMO

Posted on April 23, 2021 by way0utwest

There are plenty of companies that are starting to consider bringing people to the office. A few are tentatively making plans, Microsoft has opened campus with the option of 50% time at home. Google is aiming for Sept 1 and … Continue reading →

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Essential Operations

Posted on April 22, 2021 by way0utwest

It would seem obvious, but IT Operations staff are often essential to ensuring that systems and business can keep running. From websites to email to VPNs, many of the companies in which I’ve worked don’t have systems that will run … Continue reading →

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