Raj SamuelDesign patterns every data engineer should know(empty introductory line to avoid a formatting issue with Medium editor)13 min read·Jan 22, 2022--1--1
Raj SamuelinNerd For TechBig Data was a passing fad for enterprises. What now?We’ve heard it time and again. Big data isn’t delivering the value it promised for enterprises. Executives who spent millions on it won’t…8 min read·Nov 22, 2021----
Raj SamuelinNerd For TechBuilding data-centric organizations — roadblocks & ideasData-centric or data-driven means that the organization:5 min read·Oct 29, 2021----
Raj SamuelHow to chose: Tableau vs Power BI for enterprise decision makingSalesforce’s Tableau and Microsoft’s Power BI are both business intelligence tools that help with visualizing patterns in data through a…5 min read·Oct 15, 2021----
Raj SamuelinNerd For TechElasticSearch (ELK) for database peopleElasticSearch is google search for the enterprise. It is a “database” widely used by enterprises with customer facing apps that require low…3 min read·Sep 23, 2021--1--1
Raj SamuelMessage Queues: Basics of highly scalable asynchronous communication for appsGrady Booch, the much respected software architect asserts that “at some level of abstraction all complex systems are message passing…5 min read·May 3, 2021----
Raj SamuelThe lost art of database space estimationDatabase space estimation is a relic of the past. Space estimation is usually done after Physical Data Model has been designed. Architects…3 min read·May 2, 2021----
Raj SamuelDomain Driven Design (DDD) for microservices data architectureDDD is a widely discussed and implemented pattern for microservices. Microservices interact with domain models to save state of business…3 min read·May 1, 2021--1--1
Raj SamuelSoftware is modular again. Intro to microservices.Microservices is a way of building applications as smaller chunks of services each doing independent self-contained work (as opposed to a…3 min read·May 1, 2021----