df112 · Director, Database & Systems Engineering

Good post. Thanks. Totally agree on the invisibility. I've said for years I want to do my job so well that no one knows my name. The best compliment I ever received was from our New York Ad Sales office - one day the network wasn't working and they couldn't believe there was a problem. They thought it must be something…

Good post. Thanks. This is so true - keep hoping this will actually happen but sadly it hasn't yet.

Good post. Thanks for sharing. ML is a great aid in many areas, especially those where the humans get bored or fail to notice important anomalies or changes in the environment.

Thanks for another group of fascinating links. Definitely thought provoking.

It's my favorite thing - another installment of "The Actuator!" The Waymo article is really interesting. It seems like they are getting bashed for setting BHAGs around autonomous vehicles and then coming up short. I'd a whole lot rather they aimed high and then backed off when it wasn't quite ready. Eventually they'll get…

Dang. Hadn't seen that one yet. Thanks for posting.

Thanks. It will definitely be interesting to see where all this is going. For us there isn't a lot of traction for DevOps. Nearly everything is COTS.

Sadly, the "Hotel California" business model is in a lot of places. Oracle has been like that for years.

Thanks, good article. One of the ongoing problems with our profession is the rate of innovation nearly guarantees we are implementing things before they are really well understood (at least by the masses) and quite a long time before some of the inherent problems (or vulnerabilities) become well known. The gap provides a…

Totally agree. Like good/great managers, a great PM is hard to find, but they are priceless if you have one. They make everyone's job so much easier.

Good post, thanks. Do you have any examples of a policy framework and strategy that's worked well for you?

As always thanks sqlrockstar​ - you always find interesting links/articles I'd never see otherwise. Particularly like the White Elephant. Too many people never realize the ladder they are climbing is leaning against the wrong building (7 habits) or that the they need to enjoy the journey, because that's what they will…

Thank you thank you thank you. I think the folks that need and want blockchain the most are the ones creating cryptocurrencies so they can make money off the investors. Pretty sure that their wealth will *not* be in any sort of cryptocurrency but some actual currency that is very stable.

Good article, thanks. As applications and integrations become more complex, it definitely gets more challenging. I'm a bit old school in this regard - while I'm all for really good monitoring tools, the most important tool is yourself. One of the trends that's bothered me over the years is how many folks come into IT…

Hoping to attend a SWUG one of these days. So far the timing/locations haven't aligned, but here's hoping.

Yep - the perfect way to socialize together separately.

Looks like a great event. The virtual excavator looks interesting, and the food looks yummy.

Definitely seems like a case by case thing. We've got a few things in the cloud. What's worked better for us in most cases is Saas solutions. The cost savings are often exaggerated though. A lot of times you're using a lot more than you think you will.

Wanted a good read this afternoon and went searching for.... wait for it.... old post by Leon, because Leon's posts are always so on point and thought provoking. And I wasn't disappointed. Great points adatole​. IT is one of those professions that requires constant learning and reinventing yourself. Seems like every 3 or 4…

Thanks for the post. Nice writeup. APM is an interesting topic. It obviously offers a lot of promise, but it's also not an easy thing to do. So many variables, especially if you get into a dev ops type thing like we're seeing now, the developers tend to think that the automated test harnesses will find all the problems and…

The ID 10 T one is often appropriate, but that can backfire once they figure it out obviously. We used to like IWITS (it worked in the shop) or IWFM (it works for me) back in the day.

Done.

I'm with you on the digital plates. Not sure what problem they are trying to solve and this seems like it opens multiple cans of worms with all sorts of unpleasant side effects. How hard would be it to steal a digital plate and ride the toll roads on someone else's dime? Not very I would guess.

Thanks rorz​, good post. This is so true and can happen in a myriad of ways, some of which aren't always visible. This came up yesterday re: APIs on the ELI5 word of the day. Patrick mentioned how often someone lays a REST API over the top of the old CORBA code. The end user can't figure out why the thing is so slow, and…

Good point. The point is to be able to convey it to your audience in such a way that *they* understand it. If you haven't done that you've failed.

Wow. I've seen some hard drive shredders but that one's a monster.

I'm with rschroeder​ on this one. It seems like blockchain is being touted as a potential solution to nearly every problem. It may well be, but 100% of the "disruptive" technologies we've seen come down the pipe over the last 30 years have fallen short of the promise, in many cases far short. Let's do the research and make…

Still pretty skeptical at this point. I know people make mistakes too, but the problem with automation is that we start to rely on it almost instantly and that's what bites you.

The car in the Lyft article reminds me of Deckard's car in the original Blade Runner. The article mentions an interesting problem that reveals a bit of how they approach the problem. They mention they need really good maps. That pretty much tells you they aren't going for full autonomy but rather figuring out where they…

As always, thanks for a bunch of interesting links. Love the robots being retired. Amazing how everyone overlooks the shortcomings of the latest craze until someone suffers a reality check (after going all in and the money is long gone).