Tag Archives: administration

The Real Scary DBAs

Posted on September 8, 2014 by way0utwest

I ran into someone recently that told me they were scared at their job. This person had built a number of ETL jobs to move data around between systems. They were trained as a developer, but had a little experience, … Continue reading →

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Hooks

Posted on August 29, 2014 by way0utwest

I read this sentence recently, and it really caught my eye, mostly because I’ve rarely seen hooks being built into the software systems that I’ve written, or that have been deployed to my production systems. “A quick chat with your … Continue reading →

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Reverse Engineering Disasters

Posted on August 28, 2014 by way0utwest

If you are responsible for managing systems, you should have some sort of disaster recovery plan. Even if you are only managing the one system you carry with you on a regular basis, you should ask the question: What would it … Continue reading →

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Production Subsets

Posted on August 22, 2014 by way0utwest

Continuous delivery recommends developers never use production data. It’s too big, too cumbersome, and slows the process too much. Developers should have enough data to determine if their solutions work as they build them. Testing should have enough to do … Continue reading →

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