Tag: AWS

Symmetric Tree

Good morning gals and guys! Hope you day has started on the right note. Today in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul we are expecting a high temperature of 67F and the day is sunny. Starting today the two-week forecast shows high temperatures in the upper 60’s to mid to lower 70’s. All looks nice, but we are somewhat low on precipitation. From my backyard I can see a small pond with very low water levels. Hopefully farmers are receiving enough rain to have a good crop this fall.

This morning I watched a session from AWS Summit Online. The session is named “Amazon DynamoDB: Untold stories of databases in a serverless world” by Angela Timofte. She is a data platform manager with Trustpilot. What called my attention were a set of points she brought up which illustrates how important is to allow your technical staff to experiment, learn and make mistakes. Such approach has helped the company move from MySQL to MongoDB and currently to DynamoDB. What is more important, the company currently uses about ten different database engines to store different types of data. They are using the right tools for the jobs (one size does not fit all). If you get a chance take a look at the 22 minute presentation here. Continue reading “Symmetric Tree”

DynamoDB

I do not like to live of past memories but this morning I spent a few minutes updating the About me … section in this blog. I included the fact that since my early 20’s I started dabbling with starting my own businesses. At the time I got together with a couple friends and opened a liquor store. I was able to secure beer distribution of one of the largest breweries in Peru. The rules are that breweries sell only via distributors and distributors only sell to liquor stores. About a year after, I sold the business due to the fact that I received a scholarship to attend Cornell University and permanently move to the USA.

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