Albert WongCreating and Connecting an AWS MSK cluster using SASLCreate an AWS Secret in AWS Secrets Manager (other type of secret, 2 key/value rows of username and password; need to create a new…5d ago5d ago
Albert WongInstalling Conduktor to connect to MSK on AWSCreate a 4GB AWS Linux EC2 instance with a public IP. Make sure that Conduktor is installed in the same VPC as your MSK cluster.5d ago5d ago
Albert WongDebunking the Myth: Club Soccer Referees Are Independent ContractorsAre Club Soccer Referees Biased?Oct 3Oct 3
Albert WongUniversal data lakehouse: The most vendor/tool neutral data architecture.What is a Universal Data Lakehouse?Sep 301Sep 301
Albert WongIs vendor and data consolidation enough to save money?Consolidation is a popular buzzword in the business world, and for good reason. On the surface, it seems logical. By reducing the number of…Sep 30Sep 30
Albert WongOrigin story for Apache Iceberg, Apache Hudi and Delta Lake with vendor control#Iceberg came from Netflix to support BI and dashboards. Designed for read heavy workloads (90% reads and 10% writes). Per…Sep 25Sep 25
Albert WongA tool to search the California DMV website for available custom license plate namesWhile you can manually search for available license plate names on the DMV website at…Sep 11Sep 11
Albert WongData Lakehouse Readiness ScoreEasily assess your database’s data lakehouse compatibility!Sep 11Sep 11
Albert WongUsing the latest as of Sept 2024 (Spark 3 drivers) for DBeaverDBeaver ships with a very old version of Spark and Hadoop (spark 2 and hadoop 1.2) for the Hadoop / Spark Driver. Since it’s so old, I…Sep 11Sep 11