Category Archives: Editorial

Fifty Percent

Posted on September 4, 2024 by way0utwest

Most of us will have more than one job in our career. In fact many of us will likely find a new job in the next five years. I hope I’m not in that group, but I recognize that it’s … Continue reading →

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Labor Day 2024

Posted on September 2, 2024 by way0utwest

It’s Labor Day in the US, the traditional end of summer for me as a kid growing up in Virginia. This was the last day of summer before school started for me. It was also the day when many of … Continue reading →

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Trying New Technology

Posted on August 30, 2024 by way0utwest

I had someone ask me about DuckDB recently. Would I think that’s a good choice for a database? I don’t really know. From their blog and some online research, maybe, but it’s also a minority player in a niche space. … Continue reading →

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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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