Community Comment: Part 22 - The phrase "it depends" is still relevant!
* The phrase "it depends" still relevant
* Decisional factors need to be accounted
* Never bow to unjustified pressure
* Your clients & customers will thank you
Erik Gfesser
Community Comment: Part 21 - Premature optimization is root of all evil, with caveats
* Premature optimization is root of all evil, with caveats
* This maxim often taken out of context
* Functional correctness is first priority
* Expected workloads impact architecture
Community Comment: Part 20 - Shifting the debate from 10x engineers to 10x interactions is unwise
* Debate about the "10x" engineer continues
* Shifting debate to 10x interactions unwise
* Excessive interaction is often a symptom
* Say "yes" to beneficial interaction only
Product Reviews: Part 10 - My Amazon reviewer ranking continues to hover around #3000
My ranking at Amazon continues to hover around #3000 as the 733 reviews I've written reached a milestone of 3500 helpful votes yesterday, an average of 4.775 helpful votes per review.Â
Since the milestone when my reviews reached 3000 helpful votes in August 2021, Amazon merchants have
Media Query Source: Part 40 - CIO (US digital magazine); 10 key roles for AI success
* CIO (US digital magazine)
* 10 key roles every AI team needs
* Data engineer role is foundational
* Suitable data leads to trustworthiness
My responses ended up being included in an article at CIO (June 7, 2022). Extent of verbatim quote highlighted in orange, paraphrased quote highlighted in gray. Above image from
Community Comment: Part 19 - Firms have more choices than just buy vs build
* Firms have more choices than vendors admit
* The "buy vs build" choice is nuanced
* Commercial & open source fall on spectrum
* Blanket $ statements cannot be made
Community Comment: Part 18 - Lines of code (LOC) is not a good productivity measure
* Lines of code (LOC) not good productivity measure
* Preparation rewards !> participation rewards
* Finish time matters for running race
* End product matters for software
Community Post: Part 1 - My proposal to DB-Engines for inclusion of Databricks was successful!
* My open letter to DB-Engines
* Gartner's "DBMS market share ranks" post
* Databricks left out of DB-Engines ranking
* My proposal to DB-Engines was successful
Media Query Source: Part 39 - Enable Architect (US digital magazine); My career journey from software engineer to architect
* Enable Architect (US digital magazine)
* My career journey from engineer to architect
* "Architect" definition dependent on audience
* Practical experience & flexibility bring value
My full responses ended up being transformed into an article at Enable Architect (June 14, 2022), after working through several rounds of editing with the
Media Query Source: Part 38 - InformationWeek (US digital magazine); Low code: satisfying meal or junk food?
* InformationWeek (US digital magazine)
* Low code development platforms
* Short-term benefits for the non-technical
* Application lifespan often underestimated
My responses ended up being included in an article at InformationWeek (May 10, 2022). Extent of verbatim quote highlighted in orange, paraphrased quote highlighted in gray. Above image from cited article.