A Data Blog
Reading Time: 5 minutes This is the first in a series of blog posts where I’ll walk through the steps to build out Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using Azure DevOps, to test, document, and deploy an Azure Data Factory. Links to each...
Reading Time: 10 minutes This is part of a series of blog posts where I’ll build out Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using Azure DevOps, to test, document, and deploy Azure Data Factory. Start with my first post on CICD with Azure Data...
Reading Time: < 1 minute There was no break time browsing list last week, you may have noticed. As we all struggle with coronavirus restrictions, my kids’ nursery was closed for two weeks, adding a little more pressure to our family. With two toddlers to...
Reading Time: 2 minutes This week saw the end of Hacktoberfest, so I hope you managed to get your four pull requests in before Sunday (assuming you were participating). I’ve been working more in Databricks this week but my browsing list this week doesn’t...
Reading Time: < 1 minute This week’s list is a little late as I wanted to make a last-minute addition of Shane’s post at the top there, just published yesterday. Also, it’s been a slow week for learning as I concentrate on some work projects...
Reading Time: 5 minutes Whether you are changing naming conventions, migrating to a new tenant or handing over development resources to a customer, there are several scenarios where you may want or need to create a new data factory to develop in, or change...
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m continuing the theme of #Hacktoberfest this week with another link on contributing to open source down the bottom. Beyond that I’ve been working on some Azure Databricks Delta lake basics to help with explaining it to others. Thanks to...
Reading Time: < 1 minute Following a brilliant Hacktoberfest Scotland on Saturday 10th Oct, I’ve been in an out of some open-source projects this past week lining up some repos I want to contribute to for Hacktoberfest while preparing for the DataWeekender conference this coming...
Reading Time: 2 minutes Last week we had SQLBits running, virtually, from Tuesday through Saturday. I managed to catch a few good sessions live and supported the event by moderating Tomaz Kastrun‘s precon on the Wednesday. I was originally scheduled to speak at SQLBits...
Reading Time: < 1 minute With a well-timed (but much needed) holiday last week I’m just catching up with all the exciting announcements and news coming out of Microsoft’s Ignite conference. I’ve found a few good videos to quickly summarise what’s new and what I’ll...
