If you want to get a free copy of the Index, Table of Contents and of Chapter 1, have a look here. Click on the READ AN EXCERPT dropdown and then select the one you would like to review. Figure 1 illustrates how that looks like. Figure 1, how to get a free PDF copy […]
Read More →I am proud to announce the publication of my newest book titled, “Microsoft Certified Associate Data Engineer Study Guide” for the DP-203 exam. The example data used in this book consists of my brainwaves. You can download the data and the source code for all the examples in the book on GitHub here . ADLS, […]
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I wrote this post “Batching a Service Bus triggered Azure Function” as a prefix to the one here. That post shows how to configure a batch of messages so that they get processed in a single Function Invocation. What is a ‘”Function Invocation” you might ask? Well…, when you setup an Azure Function you bind […]
Read More →Updating or reprocessing data is a big deal. For many companies, the intellectual property which exists in their data a lot of times not only drives the business forward, but it is the business. If that data gets corrupted or worse, lost, then the business can come to an end. When you are working with […]
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Quantum Computing is becoming one of my areas of high interest. That normally means I will overdo it, I’ll try to control myself but will likely fail. I have only just stared my journey on this road but I am certain to continue down it. I think my previous project like the 6502 which helped […]
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I’m not a hacker, I don’t see the good that can come from it really. But, I do want to know how to do it so I can take necessary precautions. Also, I read about hacking and wonder sometimes if it really is possible these days. The attack vector which exploits the vulnerabilities of humans, […]
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I’ve been a developer for a long time. I can code almost anything. I have a great desire to take my understanding to the next level. I am a C# coder, which is managed code, my objective is to not move to a native language like C or C++, instead I want to take it […]
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I am a fan of decoupling the different components of a transaction to the point where is makes sense. What does decoupling mean? When I first started coding and building IT solutions, I can’t say the idea of decoupling existed at all. When I created an order entry system using Active Server Pages (ASP) and […]
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By the time I finish this article I will have completed the hardware configuration part of the PERKNET-SUPERCOMP project. Building the hardware is the easy part, which is kind of why I am having it take so long, coders are procrastinators. Getting the software configured and working requires much more effort, especially because I am […]
Read More →Have a read of Part 1 here if you are stumbling across this article first. The reason I built this cluster of Raspberry Pi’s is to learn. And I can say from the start I have learned a few things. If you take a quick historical look at computing, it started with procedural coding paradigms. […]
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