no atheists in a foxhole. no libertarians in a bank run

Optimizing queries suddenly has me thinking about relational algebra! E.g. exceptions to reordering joins. Query optimizers do this all the time, but it seems a human touch can sometimes help.

Confluence pages should fade to black as they age without being edited

So that’s what my toddler is drawing!

Leaders: Stop saying “throat to choke” to mean a responsible party. Disgusting.

I’d tell you an AWS joke, but it’s hard to make one up on the spot.

Love autocorrect changing denormalized to demoralized.

Data twitter today

The progression of learning a new technology: 1. I don't know how to do it. 2. I know one way to do it, and I use it all the time. 3. I know many ways to do it, but can't choose the best. 4. I choose the best way to do it in each situation. 5. I create a better way to do it.

Recovering from bad (i.e. unexpected) data is like descending to the underworld: Platform -> Job -> Error -> Dataset -> File -> Record -> Bytes and then Cleansed data -> New file -> Test load -> Test error handling -> Rerun job -> Document

Scale to zero

Got a temporary tattoo at a Hanukkah party. They told me it’d only last a day.

I can’t help thinking that being a data analyst without a business context is a strange name for a job. It’s really hard to be a generic data analyst. Think about it:

It’s easier to wash the last dish than try to Tetris it into the dishwasher.

Saw an #AWS demo of an app for finding aquifers. It was a well-architected solution.

"Five semesters of linear algebra and all I do is solve Python dependency problems" — @tdhopper via @normconf

Just cooking dinner after doing 3 things at once all day, and the kid drops a walkie-talkie on the counter.

OH at cafe: I didn't want to use the word "negative" in front of "issues," because it sounds condescending, so I went with "team challenges."

Salem, MA