Will Hopkins

The number one thing that keeps getting hammered home to me, by experience and the folks at work I'm responsible to, is that the point of data/analytics engineering is to generate value for the business.

I finally finished my albatross project: replicating all our Postgres shards to Databricks.

Every morning I start the day by making coffee, feeding the cats, heating up a hot breakfast for myself, and then I sit with my coffee, a lap cat, and my happy light for 30-60 minutes.

It's Sunday, and I was able to get some downtime at work to do some upgrades behind the scenes.

I've been writing here for about a year and this is my 100th post.

I can't argue with most of these picks!

Pablo recently added me to powrss[1], and wrote about reading the web seasonally[2].

At this moment, I'm feeling exhausted.

Thanks to Pablo for adding me to the group!

Catalog of Custom 3D Prints | Peter Lyons Staff Engineer, Back End Peter made a catalog of his 3D prints.

I've been working remotely (or living at my office) since lockdowns first started in March 2020.

Markdown's best feature[1], in my humble opinion, is how easily you can insert footnotes.

There was a time in my life when I was really, REALLY into self-hosting.

I've lately been entranced by synthesizers[1], and especially enjoying the kind of music Hélène makes here.

Blake Watson – Manu Let’s start from the basics: can you introduce yourself?