Bemused ramblings some dude says on the internet
A few days ago thunderstorms rolled in unannounced. A crash of thunder hit as my lights went out and the blackened sky lit up for a moment. A few minutes, before the power had come back on, sirens blared as firetrucks headed down my street, a few houses down. I expected my file server to be down, but I hadn’t expected it to have fried.… Read the rest
REST API’s are powerful tools for automation and data analysis among other tasks, but they are also one of the most frustrating parts of building a new application. It’s cool I can theoretically combine so much data, but sometimes it’s extremely hard due to limitations, other times it makes no sense.
This transcends knowing about an API or experience. Some API’s suck compared to their applications, others lack in other ways.… Read the rest
Big data is cool. Being able to use it right and make it all actually make sense is even cooler. The problem is, there are a lot of pitfalls to working with large data sets and each minor misstep can make the next step in the process slightly off or even wreck the whole thing. People lose sight of the art in the science.… Read the rest