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The loose use of the term Technical Debt (S01:E06)
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Ah, the term “technical debt.” The implication of it is that you have this wonderful idea, this glorious design, and for time/money reasons, you said “we can’t achieve this.” I am not sure there has ever been a project that didn’t have technical debt. It happens in software, it happens in the real world. You…
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The messy life skills of a very organized database designer DBA (S01:E05)
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After a bit of a holiday break, the podcast is back. And today’s episode explains it pretty well why I took a month off. My physical life is a mess. I forgot to schedule this episode earlier, and then I said “wait until after the holidays,” and then I went on a vacation. In any…
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Every app is a data app (well almost every app) (S01:E04)
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I have had this argument with too many people, and it goes like this. “Your app is a data app.” “No, the purpose of the app is to do _______.” Whatever fills in the blanks is not important here. Then I ask: “do you store data?” “Of course” “And does that data matter to anyone…
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Why do we even build databases? (S01:E03)
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As a data architect, DBA, ETL developer, etc., Sometimes I just have to sit and ask myself, “do people realize why we keep these really large buckets of bits that represent pretty much everything that happens everywhere?” Because there is so much mess left behind, and we all are guilty of this to some extent.…
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We never test in production, right? (S:01 E:02)
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This week I broach that most divisive topic, testing in production. You know you have either been accused of this practice or you have heard it as a joke. But I submit to you that some our most thorough testing is done in production, no matter how well you test before deploying your code to…
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AI, bandwagons and other things I don’t jump on (S:01 E:01)
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This week I give you episode 1 from my Tilting WIth Tuples Podcast where I talk about the AI bandwagon and how I really do like it, I am wary of it, and mostly I am getting tired of the hype and anti-hype surrounding it. Louis Davidson is back for an episode discussing the complexities…
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Louis’s Scary Adventure: Podcasting the Challenges of Technology
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I have been working on a project the past few months, trying out the idea of having a podcast again about technology. Part of me is terrified, but I had wanted to do a podcast like this for a while now. Just me (for now), my microphone and camera, talking to myself. I picked this…
Hello,
I’m Louis
I have been at this database thing for a long long time, with no plans to stop.
This is my blog site, companion to drsql.org
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