The Prefect Pipeline Code for Building a Basic Data LakeEarlier this month I wrote an article about building a basic data lake with Prefect and AWS, and promised a follow- up post where I’d share…Aug 18, 2021Aug 18, 2021
The challenge of separating work and play when working from homeIn early 2020 — like most people worldwide — I suddenly found myself in the position of permanently working from home. Initially, it was…Mar 8, 2021Mar 8, 2021
Don’t treat data like a fancy dinnersetMy mother has a fancy Noritake dinnerset that she keeps for special occasions. It’s a gorgeous blue and white set, made of fine porcelain…Feb 22, 2021Feb 22, 2021
Published inThe StartupThe Case Against Self-Service Data and AnalyticsDamn. You just discovered the latest sales report doesn’t include the new category of product and you know it’s going to take forever for…Feb 12, 2021Feb 12, 2021
Published inThe StartupBuilding a Basic Data Lake With Prefect, S3, Glue, and AthenaI’m currently working with an indoor sensor startup, Smooth Sensors, and one of our challenges so far has been bespoke data analysis: when…Jan 13, 20214Jan 13, 20214
Published inThe StartupWTF Is a Data Lake?A few days ago I was chatting to a programmer friend about being able to quickly build a basic data lake for some sensor data (more on…Jan 4, 2021Jan 4, 2021
It is done.6 months ago I decided to build my own guitar, today… I finished that guitar. So, so, happy.Sep 5, 2017Sep 5, 2017
Home automation with a Broadlink RM Mini 3 and Google HomeNB: There is now a better way of using the RM Mini 3 with Google Home — simply install the Broadlink ihc app, hook up the RM Mini into the…Sep 2, 201714Sep 2, 201714
The scary bits of my guitarAfter what seemed like an eternity, all the bits and pieces finally arrived. Unfortunately the company I ordered from forgot to pack one of…Aug 29, 2017Aug 29, 2017
Soldering up a stormWhilst most of the parts for my electric guitar are taking the slow boat out of the US to NZ, some of the smaller parts arrived earlier…Aug 6, 2017Aug 6, 2017
