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A collection of 50 issues

Community Comment: Part 28 - Technical debt is actually a subset of organizational debt

* Not all technical debt is the same * Discussion with purported CTOs * Technical debt is subset of organizational debt * Business + technology = "our business"

Community Comment: Part 27 - Assessment is needed when deciding between transactional and analytical modeling

* Transactional versus analytical modeling * Discussion with purported staff data engineer * Making broad generalizations doesn't help * Quoting $ savings in vacuum not advised

Community Comment: Part 26 - With respect to data normalization, performance is key

* Normalized versus denormalized data * Discussion with purported training firm CEO * Performance is important consideration * More factors involved than just record count

Community Comment: Part 25 - When considering the choice between waterfall and agile methodologies, keep product life cycle in mind

* Waterfall versus various agile claims * Software engineering methodologies * Poor methodologies assume product lifespan * Lifespan may be too short to see success The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Owner at Software Delivery Firm: What does this say to you? #agile #waterfall #softwaredevelopment #iterativedevelopment #incrementaldevelopment Gfesser: The

Community Post: Part 2 - Without "conflict", there's no "colleague"

* "Colleague", "co-worker" & "teammate" * Surprising word origin of "colleague" * Root word means "to arrive together" * Without "conflict", there's no "colleague"

Community Comment: Part 24 - Self-service data product use cases exist, with caveats

* Self-service data product use cases exist, with caveats * Users need to know what they're doing * Stakeholders need to be aware of benefits & drawbacks * Some commercial products (e.g. Power BI) introduce unique risks

Community Comment: Part 23 - Architecture diagrams can often mislead

* Architecture diagrams can often mislead * Databricks isn't a storage solution * Databricks is a Hadoop successor * Both ETL and ELT involve input & ouput

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

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