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Erik Gfesser

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Google Analytics: 50k Pageview Milestone

According to Google Analytics, pageviews for this blog hit the 50k milestone on February 2, 2017. Below is a geo location plot based on city locations of visitors. The following are the top-10 cities of origin: (1) New York, (2) Chicago, (3) London, (4) Bengaluru, (5) Sydney, (6) Toronto, (7)

Workshop Notes (February 1, 2017): IBM dashDB Local MPP Proof of Technology

Hyatt Center IBM Technical Exploration Center February 1, 2017 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM From the promotional materials: IBM dashDB Local MPP Proof of Technology IBM dashDB Local is a next-generation data warehousing and analytics technology for use in private clouds, virtual private clouds and other container-supported infrastructures. It

New Book Review: "Microservices AntiPatterns and Pitfalls"

New book review for Microservices AntiPatterns and Pitfalls, by Mark Richards, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: As explained in the preface, the intention of the author is to introduce several of the more common antipatterns and pitfalls that emerge when using microservices. The goal here is to help readers

New Book Review: "RESTful Web API Design with Node.js (Second Edition)"

New book review for RESTful Web API Design with Node.js (Second Edition), by Valentin Bojinov, Packt Publishing, 2016, reposted here: Practical starting point for designing and developing REST services using Node.js, supporting frameworks such as Express and Passport, and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB. Unlike many technical books

Personal Reading List: 1Q2017

My personal reading list for January, February, and March 2017. Color Key: Special Notes, Completed Reading. Updated throughout the Quarter. At Bat (Schnell) Microservices vs. Service-Oriented Architecture, by Mark Richards, O'Reilly, 2016. Copy provided by O'Reilly. The Path to Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning, by Conor

New Book Review: "Embedding Analytics in Modern Applications"

New book review for Embedding Analytics in Modern Applications: How to Provide Distraction-Free Insights to End Users, by Courtney Webster, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: In her introduction to this book, Webster comments that on any given day people use more than 20 different software applications, but while more

New Book Review: "A Whirlwind Tour of Python"

New book review for A Whirlwind Tour of Python, by Jake VanderPlas, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: Yes, this book provides a bit of a whirlwind tour of the Python language, not unlike the cycling race depicted on the cover. The author starts by commenting on how the appeal

New Book Review: "Picking a Python Version"

New book review for Picking a Python Version: A Manifesto, by David Mertz, O'Reilly, 2015, reposted here: As someone relatively new to Python, this book perfectly matched my need to understand the currently available 2.x and 3.x series of the programming language. However, Mertz also discusses

New Book Review: "In Search of Database Nirvana"

New book review for In Search of Database Nirvana: The Challenges of Delivering Hybrid Transaction/Analytical Processing, by Rohit Jain, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: Copy provided by O'Reilly. Many potential readers of this book will likely dismiss it as being too theoretical in nature to be

Personal Reading List: 4Q2016

My personal reading list for October, November, and December 2016. Color Key: Special Notes, Completed Reading. Updated throughout the Quarter. At Bat (Schnell) The Path to Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning, by Conor Doherty, Steven Camiña, Kevin White, and Gary Orenstein, O'Reilly, 2016. Copy provided by MemSQL. Picking