The Apache Cassandra Database is one of the most growing and so scalable NoSQL technology available in the market with an increasing number of companies around the world using it. Every time that I start a new professional journey toward learning a new technology, It is so important to me count with the tools and a puppet project which give me the possibility to start practicing and including a realistic scenario where I would have the opportunity of consolidating any new knowledge acquired, hence having a Cassandra Cluster with many nodes is must, mainly because horizontal scaling is one of the main strengths of Cassandra.
Continue reading “Configuring a Cassandra cluster on Azure – Part I”Author: geohernandez
Python for Data Engineering and other stories
If you are involved in the IT world it is more than sure that you have heard about Python and how so great this programming language is, and I think the keyword is versatile, because effectively it is one of the main benefits than Python give us, and it is thinking in the widespread of it thus push me to start a new series of articles which together with my section “Chronicles from the trenches” I am going to share some stories, tips, tricks, complains and shout out about Python, always seen from the perspective of a Database Engineer that probably someday decide to transition toward Data Engineer role.
Continue reading “Python for Data Engineering and other stories”How to load millions of rows into MySQL without agony
This article is part of a series dedicated to showing some examples of Databases common problem and how to address it, this time the turn is for MySQL, a great RDBSM and extremely popular relational system. Here the link to the blog of my company TheWorkshop where I decided to contribute with this series of articles, I hope you enjoy it.
https://theworkshop.com/es/blog/how-to-load-millions-of-rows-into-mysql-without-agony/
Returning to the trenches – Goals for 2020
After many months of silence which are the result of hard experience in my personal life that I don’t hesitate has been the worst and the best thing could happen to me, probably in the future, I will write part of this experience as a tribute to God who did the miracle of continue having with us to one of the bravest woman that I know, my daughter Laurencita who is a survivor patient of Autoimmune Encephalitis, I am happy to return with a renewed vision about the life and the conviction about a shiny future, for this, my goals to this new 2020 year are so simple:
- Thank and Worship to God with all my strength.
- Love my family with all my strength.
- Learn and share knowledge about IT (SQL, GIT, Linux, etc).
Said this, the deadline is the 31st of December 2020. Have a Happy New Year and remember to hug the people you love.