Over the years, a lot of people have approached me asking how to become a tech consultant. What do I need to do to get started? How can I take my first step? I also hear from managers and CEOs that have asked how I got my start, and how I keep the business running….
There are a lot of considerations for deploying MySQL in the Cloud. Some concepts and details won’t be obvious to DBAs used to deploying on traditional servers. For this, we have provided eight best practices in this guide that will certainly set you off on the right foot. Let’s explore them below. This article is part…
Amazon recently announced RDS Aurora a new addition to their database as a service offering. Here’s Mark Callaghan’s take on what’s happening under the hood and thoughts from Fusheng Han. Amazon is uniquely positioned with RDS to take on offerings like Clustrix. So, it’s definitely worth reading Dave Anselmi’s take on Aurora. Features of Aurora Here are what you can get…
As a tech consultant, one of the most interesting parts of the job is being able to observe human relations at work. I’ve learned through the years that because tech people and non-tech people speak different ‘languages’, bridging the communication gap is a critical part of my role as a consultant. How Should You Treat…
In a Twitter chat, I posted some comments about hiring. Some folks were complaining that they had applied to various jobs, and not heard back. I commented… “Apply for a job and don’t hear back, it’s nothing personal” In this article, I will discuss about it so that you as a job seeker understand it…
First things first. This is not meant to be a beef against developers. But let’s not ignore the elephant in the living room which is the divide between brilliant code writers and the risk-averse operations team. Let’s learn how you can hire a developer that won’t suck below in this article. By the way, we…
I saw this thread recently posted on Hacker News. “We’re not paying invoices due to the pandemic” – How to handle these. What shocked me is what Patrick McKenzie (@patio11) suggested: “The right response is probably ‘I have received your letter. The invoice is good. I demand payment by the date on the invoice, under the…
There is no need to mention that speed is one of the most sought-after attributes in any database system. Optimizing MySQL for high speed is essential to ensure responsive applications and efficient data processing. There are basically two best ways to speed up UNION in MySQL – using UNION ALL and using push-down conditions. In…
ECS is Amazon’s Elastic Container Service. That’s Greek for how you get docker containers running in the cloud. It’s sort of like Kubernetes without all the bells and whistles. It takes a bit of getting used to, but This terraforms how to, should get you moving. You need an EC2 host to run your containers…
I was discussing a server outage with a colleague recently. AWS had done some confusing things, and the team was rallying to troubleshoot & fix it. He made an offhand comment that caught my attention…AWS is too complex for small dev teams. I’d recommend we host in a traditional data center. AWS to Small Dev…