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New Book Review: "Coding Concepts for Kids"

New book review for Coding Concepts for Kids: Learn to Code without a Computer, by Randy Lynn, Rockridge Press, 2020, reposted here: Copy provided by Amazon. I'm in the midst of reviewing a few programming minded books targeted specifically at children at middle school (intermediate school, junior high

Mentoring a Data Engineering Team while Running

A top 10 (US) grocer client contacted SPR to help them with their data lake. While we typically implement such solutions from scratch for our clients, the non-US division of this client had already put a solution in place, and the US division with which we worked was dependent on

New Book Review: "The Software Architect Elevator"

New book review for The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise, by Gregor Hohpe, O'Reilly, 2020, reposted here: Copy provided by Amazon. While the title of this book makes use of the term "software architect", connotations will likely arise

Media Query Source: Part 31

The responses I provided to a media outlet on December 16, 2020: Media: We are looking for the top reasons for why your MVP may fail or succeed. Gfesser: The top reason for MVP (minimum viable product) success or failure revolves around its very definition. Has consensus been reached amongst

Community Comment: Part 5

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6735773846621835264?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6735773846621835264%2C6735821661179797504%29&replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6735773846621835264%2C6736015871510147073%29 Senior Data Analyst at UK marketing and advertising firm: A

Community Comment: Part 4

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6727853891293089793?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6727853891293089793%2C6733693477084835840%29 Head of Artificial Intelligence at German consulting firm: This is how we have been building streaming data platforms five years

Community Comment: Part 1

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread on October 13, 2020: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6721405361934479360?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6721405361934479360%2C6721451805441622016%29 Software Engineer at Facebook: A lot of developers I talk to have trouble understanding database transactions

Building a Data Platform on AWS from Scratch: Part 2

This article is the second in a multi-part case study series discussing the data platform my team and I built on AWS for the CIO of a Chicago-based global consultancy. As explained in the first part, one goal for this platform was to centralize data assets and data analysis across

Media Query Source: Part 28 - TechTarget (US digital magazine); Event streaming technologies a remedy for big data's onslaught

* TechTarget (US digital magazine) * Data streaming hurdles & best practices * Concepts challenging for traditional data pros * Greenfield use cases relatively less complex My responses ended up being included in an article at TechTarget (November 25, 2020). Extent of verbatim quote highlighted in orange, paraphrased quote highlighted in gray. Above image

New Book Review: "Julia for Beginners"

New book review for Tanmay Teaches Julia for Beginners: A Springboard to Machine Learning for All Ages, by Tanmay Bakshi, McGraw-Hill, 2019, reposted here: Copy provided by Amazon. As the author mentions in the preface to this book, the content he provides here is intended to work towards his goal