“I’ll Be Back” – Blockchain

Last year we saw crypto go from an Ice Age to a Glacial Period where it will probably remain till mid 2020s as it continues to face headwinds and redefine. As crypto flushes out the garbage projects and corruption I expect we will see stable value emerge in the next generation of financial solutions, similar…

Interview Heavy Weights

Some fun with the heavy weights. I still think opensource will steal the show, thoughts? As you can see ChatGPT took a few more prompts but it did good. Bard seems a bit feisty.

It’s The Little Things That Count

I just received a hand written note and nice coffee mug from the Snowflake product team for doing a review of my experience working with one of their customers this past year. The note has pen impression marks, not just a print out found in many marketing letters and cards. This little detail of pen…

Juxtapose Data Streaming Strategies

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com This post is not a technical comparison of streaming systems. It's to compare and present ideas before launching a streaming strategy. Once upon a time in a network far far away there was a talented engineer who wanted to do streaming. Kafka was a buzzlution (buzz solution word) so VMs…

AWS Certified Developer Associate

This is for any thinking of taking one of the AWS Certification exams or taking additional exams. I feel the journey is worth more then the destination. Having the cert on your resume is nice but the breadth of knowledge will take you further when you put the knowledge into practice. Last week I passed…