The newbie cloud architect diary

Data Governance is such a wide topic in theory, that most people are confused about which practical approach to choose regarding their Data Lake. The weekly mood I finally have the warm feeling that I well integrated the department which I joined nearly half a year ago. Why such a long time for such a simple goal? Well, if I had to retrospect on this development, I would split it into the following under-estimated phases: Observation Fail-fast  Exploration Deep-dive Immersion Go Mainstream I was definitely not as easy as I expected given my background and motivation. I was glad to have the chance to touch-point on various topics from DevOps to API and Big Data. It was much less pleasant to partly have to wait for months until I got access to the systems and services I needed. Obviously there were some social restrictions related to COVID-19 and time-zones. To finish with, I not only needed to get used to our workflows, but confident with our goals, which also asked for some normal adap

As trend monitoring and networking increasingly happens online, IT professionals need methodology for attending Meetups, Webinars or Conferences. The weekly mood Two weeks ago I spontaneously registered to the  ApacheCon  for free, the yearly rendezvous of the  Apache Software Foundation  (ASF) with Open-Source enthusiasts. ApacheCon is not a conference like others. Indeed, its content is not addressed to potential Software Buyers, therefore owned and influenced by  Marketers . Instead, it is addressed to enthusiastic Contributors and Users of a Developer community, owned and produced by  Members  of a  Project Management Commitee  (PMC). They are not  selling their  product but sharing their concept and vision .  The ASF probably hosts the largest base of software projects , including  httpd  which is the most used web server according to W3Tech . The ASF is also characterized by open-source terms ( Apache License ) and decentral collaboration around a consensus-based development proc