Interstellar travel
On youtube’s Kurzgesagt a new video explains why humans can’t possible far outside our solar system, due the enormous distance. Only way out would be to somehow travel faster than…
Author: gerbrand
My journey into the GIS world
Most people in software development are familiar with time-aspect of data. Data can have a certain time, like events or a certain period. By now there are good tools and…
Transformation in your stages are just functions
An often used concept in data warehouses is the concept of ‘stages’, where data moves from one stage to another. Stages are called often called ‘bronze’, ‘silver’ and ‘gold’. Data…
Custom laptop
Time for a new laptop, as my current laptop is over five years old. Currently looking for a new laptop. I enjoy some customization, so I have gathered an overview…
Something wrong with your data warehouse?
Why do data-teams struggle to add value? Why do so many data warehouses and data initiatives fail to add value? Want to know more? Or a more nuanced view? Use…
Snowflake primary keys woes
In my work I have used Snowflake quite a lot. The so called Data Cloud is very popular. Getting started is easy.One of the issues I have with Snowflake, it’s…
Three body problem, Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy
Recently I finished the trilogy starting with the Three-Body Problem, Remembrance of Earth’s Past. If you haven’t heard, it’s a science fiction series created by the Chinese author Liu Cixin.…
Schema registries in Kafka and how they’re used
Short introduction: if you use Kafka you’re most likely dealing with various kind of messages. You store the schema of each message in a schema-registry. But how does Kafka use…
Using OpenAPI in Scala
Modern software development is for a large part integrating with other software. To integrate with other software you use the API software you want to integrate with. An API can…
Using the Woocommerce API
If you want to host your own webshop, Woocommerce is a popular option. You can install it as plugin to WordPress. Using plugins your shop can be extended with different…