I skipped a job interview because of this book. On paper, the position looked good - the benefits, the role, the company - but something made it feel… empty. Sitting down one evening to review my interview notes, the rumble
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Book: Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging
This is a thought-provoking short read by Sebastian Junger, an author and journalist famous for books like The Perfect Storm and War, as well as the gripping war documentaries Restrepo and Korengal. Please watch Restrepo (available on Netflix) if you
A Visit to "The Walker Library of The History of Human Imagination"
I recently had the privilege of touring the magnificent private library maintained by Jay Walker, CEO of Upside Business Travel. The inspiration and theme of the 3,600 sq. ft, 50,000+ item collection is "the history of human
Book: Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
Elon Musk is the founder and/or initial investor in the following companies: * Tesla - Bringing electric cars to the mass market; The first successful automotive start-up in the country since 1925. * SpaceX - Accomplishing many firsts in the complex
Speaking at the Cloud Analytics World Tour - April 2018
Those who are familiar with my work and this blog know that I am a huge fan of Snowflake Computing and the work the company is doing in cloud-based data warehousing. So I reacted with great excitement when offered the
Building an Advanced Analytics Platform using Snowflake’s Cloud Data Warehouse
This is a repost of my feature on the Upside Engineering Blog [https://engineering.upside.com/building-an-advanced-analytics-platform-with-snowflakes-cloud-data-warehouse-bba2e6d55485/] . At Upside [https://web.upside.com/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=medium-blog&utm_campaign=EngineeringBlog&utm_content=MattSnowflake&utm_
Basecoin: Designing a Price-Stable Cryptocurrency for Mainstream Adoption
UPDATE 12/14/2018: Sadly, the Basis (formerly Basecoin) project is shutting down. Citing US securities regulations, the team saw no way to implement their design without onerous and substantive alterations. The regulations would force measures such as 1) limiting
Integrating Security into the CI/CD Pipeline: Step-by-Step Recommendations
This is post 2 of 2 on the subject of security in a DevOps environment. For an introduction to the concept, see my previous post [https://mattboegner.com/secure_cicd_pipeline_1]. Starting Out The first step towards the delivery
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