Blog Posts
NEW ON AMAZONWEBSHARK.COM: In this new post, I talk about my August preparations for the upcoming New Stars Of Data 6 event in October 2023. Link in comments #NewStarsOfData #amazonwebshark #DataWr...
I’m speaking at the next New Stars Of Data event in October! In this new post, I talk about my submission and my July preparations. Thanks to Ben Weissman, William Durkin, Olivier Van Steenlandt, B...
New on #amazonwebshark: I respond to July 2023’s #tsql2sday 164 Invitation and talk about emotive code on the #Amiga. Link below #AMOS #AmigaFormat #VintageComputers #AmigaCommunity #AmigaForever #...
New on amazonwebshark: I create a stress-free AWS invoice PDF administration workflow with Microsoft Power Automate. Link below. #developmentandapplicationintegration #powerautomate #awsinvoice #am...
New on amazonwebshark: I try automating my laptop’s application management with the Windows Package Manager tool Winget. Link in comments #winget #IAC #disasterrecovery #powershell #vscode
New on amazonwebshark: I install the new DBeaver OpenAI ChatGPT integration, try it out with some prompts and examine my OpenAI usage costs. Link in comments. #amazonwebshark #ai #machinelearning #...
NEW POST: I use the free YearCompass booklet to reflect on 2022 and to plan some professional goals for 2023 https://amazonwebshark.com/yearcompass-2022-2023/ #yearcompass
New on amazonwebshark: I talk about my recent experience with the Microsoft AI-900 certification and the resources I used to study for it. Link in comments. With thanks to Loraine Lawrence, John Sa...
New on amazonwebshark: I use the principles in “How To Solve It” by George Pólya to diagnose and fix my broken kitchen tap. Yes – really. #georgepolya #problemsolving #howtosolveit https://www.amaz...
NEW POST: I use Agile Methodology to collect requirements and write user stories for my iTunes dashboard. https://www.amazonwebshark.com/writing-user-stories-for-an-itunes-dashboard/ #agile #userst...
NEW POST: I use Simba Athena to create a secure connection between my iTunes data in Amazon Athena and Microsoft Power BI https://buff.ly/3KyJvH0 #amazonathena #aws #dataengineering #itunes #python...
NEW POST: I update my existing iTunes Python ETL to return a Parquet file, which I will then upload to S3 and view using Athena https://buff.ly/3SGaAM2 #amazonathena #aws #dataengineering #itunes #...
NEW POST: I use Python and AWS Data Wrangler to create a basic iTunes ETL that extracts data from an iTunes export file into a Pandas DataFrame https://www.amazonwebshark.com/creating-a-basic-itune...
NEW POST: I try out the open source documentation tool Read the Docs to see how it can help me out with future projects https://www.amazonwebshark.com/open-source-documentation-with-read-the-docs/ ...
NEW POST: I upload lossless music files from my laptop to one of my Amazon S3 buckets using PowerShell https://www.amazonwebshark.com/uploading-music-files-to-amazon-s3-powershell-mix/ #powershell ...
NEW POST: I talk about my recent experience with Microsoft’s SC-900 certification and the resources I used to study for it. With thanks to @NTFAQGuy and @MicrosoftLearn https://www.amazonwebshark.c...
NEW POST: I talk about my main takeaways from my visit to the AWS Summit London 2022 event. https://www.amazonwebshark.com/aws-summit-london-2022-takeaways/ #AWS #AWSCommunity #awssummit #awssummit...
NEW POST: I respond to the May 2022 T-SQL Tuesday #150 Invitation “Your First Technical Job” and talk about my time as an Application Support Developer https://www.amazonwebshark.com/my-first-techn...
NEW POST: I investigate an unexpected CloudWatch charge on my April 2022 AWS bill, and explain how to interpret the bill and find the resources responsible https://www.amazonwebshark.com/unexpected...
NEW POST: I set up my new @Raspberry_Pi Zero, wire up a moisture sensor and use Python to convert the sensor data into email alerts https://www.amazonwebshark.com/building-a-raspberry-pi-zero-lean-...
In this post I talk about my recent experience with the AWS Certified Developer – Associate certification, discuss why and how I studied for the exam and explain why part of the process was like an...
In this post I unbox and configure my new Raspberry Pi 4, and then register it with my AWS account as an AWS IoT device. https://www.amazonwebshark.com/getting-started-with-my-raspberry-pi-4-and-aw...
Wrote my first blog post "S3 Glacier Instant Retrieval: First Impressions" (originally published on LinkedIn) https://www.amazonwebshark.com/s3-glacier-instant-retrieval-first-impressions/