What is Apache Kafka? How is it similar to the databases you know and love, and how it's not.

July 30, 2017

Just getting around to posting this now, it’s been an absolutely crazy year. But back in April I spoke at Percona Liv...

2016 Retrospective

December 23, 2016

This has been the least blogging I have done since 2013. That year I was crazy busy building ObjectRocket, similarly,...

Displaying JSON in psql

May 12, 2016

Over the last few releases, PostgreSQL has developed awesome JSON functionality inside the database. That said, every...

PGConf Silicon Valley 2015

October 23, 2015

I have attended lots of PostgreSQL meetups and conferences, but never spoke at one. I always wanted to, but never had...

My favorite Atom editor settings

August 31, 2015

For the last six months or so I have been exclusively using Atom as my editor. If you aren’t familiar, Atom is the ed...

Percona Live Europe 2015

August 6, 2015

I am very excited to be speaking at Percona Live in Amsterdam this year. In the last couple years I have been attendi...

Gaining perspective on the fallen

June 30, 2015

I love data driven projects. I am also a WWII nerd. This visualization brings some grim realities to the front and ce...

Partially D podcast and beer for dinner

May 14, 2015

I had the privilege to be on the Partially Derivative podcast last week. I was turned on to these guys a month or two...