Understanding how to solve the gaps and islands problem is critical for advanced SQL practitioners. In this post, we explore advanced techniques that can help you generate new insights and transform existing data into useful models.
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A collection of 19 posts
Implementing Your Data Lake with Apache Airflow and Silectis Magpie
In this post, we demonstrate how you can leverage Apache Airflow to augment the capabilities of the Magpie platform and unlock new ways of managing data pipelines.
Uncomfortable Questions You Should Ask Before Accepting a Job Offer
In job interviews, there are numerous information asymmetries. Job descriptions lack details about what the position really entails and are vague about what the company actually needs. Employers hide weaknesses in leadership, revenue growth, and employee morale. Hiring managers and
The Ultimate Onboarding Checklist for Remote Developers
A guide to the unique challenges that remote developers face when joining a new organization. Everyone knows the nervous routines of starting a new job: sweaty palms and jitters upon walking into the office, back-and-forth internal dialogues as you sort
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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