Nov 22, 2022Configuring Apache Spark for Apache IcebergApache Iceberg Apache Iceberg is quickly becoming the industry standard for interfacing with data on data lakes. A lot of the time when people first try out Iceberg they do so using Apache Spark. Often to start spark up you may run a command like this: spark-sql --packages org.apache.iceberg:iceberg-spark-runtime-3.2_2.12:1.0.0\…Apache Iceberg3 min readApache Iceberg3 min read
Aug 9, 20225 Reasons Your Data Lakehouse should Embrace Dremio CloudDremio Cloud makes it easier to enjoy the performance and ease of use often associated with data warehouses. It combines that performance/ease of use with the openness and affordability associated with data lakes, the data lakehouse dream. …Dremio5 min readDremio5 min read
Jul 18, 2022Hands-On Introduction to Apache Iceberg — Data Lakehouse EngineeringAs a Developer Advocate for Dremio I spend a lot of time doing research on technology and best practices around engineering Data Lakehouses and sharing what I learn through content for Subsurface — The Data Lakehouse Community. …Data Lakehouse4 min readData Lakehouse4 min read
Jul 16, 2022Web Development Glossary 2022Abstraction: Something that simplifies the complexities of something else to make it easier to use without the need to understand how it works. Server: Application running on a network that takes request and generates a response. Often, these responses are either HTML web pages or data JSON format. Client: Application…Web Development4 min readWeb Development4 min read
Jun 20, 2022Introduction to The World of Data — (OLTP, OLAP, Data Warehouses, Data Lakes and more)In this article, I hope to paint a picture of the modern data world and when done you should have a decent understanding of the roles of Data Engineers, Data Analysts and Data Scientists and the technologies that empower them. The Transactional World (OLTP) Imagine we are creating the newest social media startup. Our…Data Lake10 min readData Lake10 min read
Jan 22, 2022Your Mission if you choose to accept itSo you want to change careers to become a developer, this is a very wise choice. Being a developer is in high demand and that’s not going to change as the need for new applications for every aspect of our lives are needed. …Developer6 min readDeveloper6 min read
Oct 29, 2021My First React App — Intro to React 2021Before Starting this tutorial You need a foundational understand of html/css/js Must have a recent version of NodeJS Installed (I’m running 16.11.1) What is React React is a frontend framework that helps keeping your UI(User Interface) in sync with related data. Without a framework like React it would be on the developer to imperitively code (coding each…React8 min readReact8 min read
Oct 24, 2021Express Templating Cheatsheet (Pug, EJS, Handlebars, Mustache, Liquid)Intro Express can be used several different templating engines, most engines will assume by default that all your templates are in a “views” folder. To render a template you’ll use the render function in side the response object in your express routes. res.render("template.extension", {data: [1,2,3,4]}) Render will search for a template…Liquid4 min readLiquid4 min read
Sep 9, 2021Building a Full Stack Todo List with MongoDB, NextJS & TypescriptWhat are we going to build We will be build a simple todo list using the following: NextJS: A Full Stack framework built around React offering Client Side, Server Side and Static Rendering. Typescript: A Javascript superset made by microsoft to write scalable code Mongo: A Document Database Getting Started generate a new typescript next project with the…Typescript9 min readTypescript9 min read
Sep 6, 2021Pattern Matching in Javascript with alexmerced-patternmatcherConditionals in Javscript In javascript you generally have on of two choices to test several conditions with different outcomes: If Statements For example if I want to test whether a variable has one of many strings as its value… if (color === "red"){ console.log("it's red") } if (color === "blue"){ console.log("it's blue") } if (color…Pattern Matching5 min readPattern Matching5 min read
