Tilting With Tuples Podcast
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Apparently procrastination is a negative (S01:E10)
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So this episode, ironically, was one of the first ideas I had, and was supposed to be one of the first episodes. But that title just let it stew a bit and get better (and it let me vent on a few other things that I had brewing too!) But the fact is, one of…
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Does your job burn you out? Or is it really you? (S01:E09)
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I clarify this a lot in the audio, the show notes, and again here. I am describing myself. Whenever I feel a bit burnt out with work, I ask myself that question, “who is making me feel pressure at work?” Sometimes it is just me thinking “I can do more than this, I can do…
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Direct to the point: Data Quality (S01:E08)
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This is one of the most “me” episodes because my professional life’s goal is to create databases that protects the integrity of your data now and in the future. (My non-professional goal is to ride Expedition Everest at Disney’s Animal Kingdom 100 times in one day.) It is something that seems really hard to get…
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The “joy” of marketing yourself (S01:E07)
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My least favorite thing, full stop. It feels really weird promoting myself, or even my work. So my goal is always to focus on the product or technique I am sharing about. But when you are making content, you need to at least some putting yourself out there as a person with great knowledge to…
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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…
