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When you’re optimizing a data lake, your only metrics are cost and time. You’re working with expensive clusters of worker machines, and can approximate cost as: 1 COST = NUMBER _ OF _ WORKERS * COST _ OF _ WORKERS * TIME Memory/CPU…
SCRUM ceremonies get a bad rap sometimes—too many meetings, not enough keyboards. But when they’re done right, they’re some of the most engineer-friendly rituals in modern software development. Each ceremony exists for a reason, and…
Terraform has its strengths and its challenges. Of its strengths, Terraform gets you referential integrity, reproducability, and a rich set of clients with great documentation. One of its challenges includes keeping sensitive secrets out of…
You’re choosing a power supply for a device, like a retro console. The device has defined requirements, often noted on the device by the plug. These requirements include: voltage, amperage, the plug’s size (see barrel plugs) AND the…
It’s pretty hard to be clever if you’re an executable file. Understanding how your programming interpreter views the world can save you days of development time and release you from the perils of virtual environments. After you hand your…
Putting a pin in the text editor holy war – do you use VIM, or Emacs?! We may point out hipster tendencies by using these “way better” vintage technologies, but there is still extreme value here. What you’re missing out on is having…
Kubernetes has been a large force in the app deployment industry for some time now, and this article is by no means the authority on Kubernetes. I’ve personally have had some stop and go with adoption, and knowing a technology “enough” can…
MoSCoW method Feature creep is a real thing. It’s pretty hard to present any technology proposal to a group of engaged engineers without large “blue sky” converstations starting. The MoSCoW method gives you four one word classifications…