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Community Comment: Part 24 - Self-service data product use cases exist, with caveats

* Self-service data product use cases exist, with caveats * Users need to know what they're doing * Stakeholders need to be aware of benefits & drawbacks * Some commercial products (e.g. Power BI) introduce unique risks The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Owner & Data

Community Comment: Part 23 - Architecture diagrams can often mislead

* Architecture diagrams can often mislead * Databricks isn't a storage solution * Databricks is a Hadoop successor * Both ETL and ELT involve input & ouput The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Product Manager at Data Modeling Product Firm: It's interesting how data storage

Community Comment: Part 22 - The phrase "it depends" is still relevant!

* The phrase "it depends" still relevant * Decisional factors need to be accounted * Never bow to unjustified pressure * Your clients & customers will thank you The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. CEO at Consulting Firm: Software meetings best practices: ❌ Never say: Never. ✅ Always say:

Community Comment: Part 21 - Premature optimization is root of all evil, with caveats

* Premature optimization is root of all evil, with caveats * This maxim often taken out of context * Functional correctness is first priority * Expected workloads impact architecture The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. CEO at ELT Platform Firm: NEVER focus on load times when you first stand

Personal Reading List: 3Q2022

My personal reading list for July, August, and September 2022. Color Key: Special Notes, Completed Reading. Updated throughout the Quarter. At Bat (Schnell) AWS Certified Database – Specialty (DBS-C01) Certification, by Kate Gawron, Packt Publishing, 2022. Copy provided by Packt publicist Nivedita Singh. Machine Learning Engineering in Action, by Ben Wilson,

Community Comment: Part 20 - Shifting the debate from 10x engineers to 10x interactions is unwise

* Debate about the "10x" engineer continues * Shifting debate to 10x interactions unwise * Excessive interaction is often a symptom * Say "yes" to beneficial interaction only The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Senior Principal Engineer at Food Delivery Firm: Too many companies delusionally

Product Reviews: Part 10 - My Amazon reviewer ranking continues to hover around #3000

My ranking at Amazon continues to hover around #3000 as the 733 reviews I've written reached a milestone of 3500 helpful votes yesterday, an average of 4.775 helpful votes per review. Since the milestone when my reviews reached 3000 helpful votes in August 2021, Amazon merchants have

Media Query Source: Part 40 - CIO (US digital magazine); 10 key roles for AI success

* CIO (US digital magazine) * 10 key roles every AI team needs * Data engineer role is foundational * Suitable data leads to trustworthiness My responses ended up being included in an article at CIO (June 7, 2022). Extent of verbatim quote highlighted in orange, paraphrased quote highlighted in gray. Above image from

Community Comment: Part 19 - Firms have more choices than just buy vs build

* Firms have more choices than vendors admit * The "buy vs build" choice is nuanced * Commercial & open source fall on spectrum * Blanket $ statements cannot be made The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. CEO at ELT platform firm: Do you think your data team

Community Comment: Part 18 - Lines of code (LOC) is not a good productivity measure

* Lines of code (LOC) not good productivity measure * Preparation rewards !> participation rewards * Finish time matters for running race * End product matters for software The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Product Owner at Consultancy: “A developer should be writing at least as much in code