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Ubuntu on Windows: Part 2

About 3 months ago, I posted about my move to Windows 10 with the new laptop I received (Dell 5510 32GB RAM), configuring it for dual boot mode with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS after contemplating installation of Cygwin on another machine yet again, prior to my recollection of a Microsoft

Media Query Source: Part 4

The responses I provided to a media outlet on May 3, 2017: Media: The place of databases in DevOps. My responses addressed the more detailed questions as follows: Media: How often is the database being changed? Gfesser: The frequency of database changes will vary. As a general rule, there will

Media Query Source: Part 3

The responses I provided to a media outlet on April 11, 2017: Media: How should companies choose new technologies to add to their tech stack? My responses addressed the more detailed questions as follows: Media: How can companies effectively choose the right tools and resist adding technologies just for the

Media Query Source: Part 2

The responses I provided to a media outlet on November 17, 2016: My responses ended up being included in an article by a small private college in San Diego alongside business owners and other consultants within the software industry. Extent of quote highlighted in orange. Above image from cited article.

Media Query Source: Part 1

The responses I provided to a media outlet on June 14, 2016: Media: What are the main reasons you participate in open source projects? Gfesser: I'm a heavy user of open source software and libraries. Documentation can be light or inconsistent, especially projects which move quickly from release

New Book Review: "Migrating to Microservice Databases"

New book review for Migrating to Microservice Databases: From Relational Monolith to Distributed Data, by Edson Yanaga, O'Reilly, 2017, reposted here: This book addresses a much-needed topic in microservices architecture: the database in the context of microservices. However, after reading several other books on microservices architecture, I found

New Book Review: "Reactive Microservices Architecture"

New book review for Reactive Microservices Architecture: Design Principles for Distributed Systems, by Jonas Bonér, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: This text provides an introductory look at Reactive microservices architecture, written by Jonas Bonér, co-author of the Reactive Manifesto. After a brief look at the general concept of microservices,

New Book Review: "Introduction to Apache Flink"

New book review for Introduction to Apache Flink: Stream Processing for Real Time and Beyond, by Ellen Friedman and Kostas Tzoumas, O'Reilly, 2016, reposted here: Good effort on the first (and currently only) book available on Apache Flink. As the authors comment in the introductory pages, the purpose

Ubuntu on Windows: Part 1

A couple weeks ago, I moved to Windows 10 with the new laptop I received (Dell 5510 32GB RAM), configuring it for dual boot mode with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I was just about to install Cygwin in Windows again, and then remembered a Microsoft announcement from about a year

Chicago Apache Flink Meetup (CHAF):Hands-on Apache Flink Workshop (February 21, 2017)

From the promotional materials: In this workshop, we will go over a hands on tutorial highlighting building a Flink stream processor. The workshop will show you how to 1. Set up a stream consisting of Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus tracker data 2. Use different types of windowing techniques to