Cassie Schema Migrator >> CaSMa

A few weeks back I started working on a schema migration tool for Apache Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise. Just for context, here are the short definitions of what each of the elements of CaSMa are. Apache Cassandra Definition: Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source, distributed, wide column store, NoSQL database management system designed to... Continue reading →

Top 10 West Coast Confs for 2019

I’ve been putting together a list of conferences that I want to aim to attend this coming year. I made it, then thought, “somebody else could use this list probably” so here it is. If you think of any other specific conferences I ought to add and attend please leave a comment. Enjoy! March 7-10... Continue reading →

Behind the Scenes @ DevRel Week in Santa Clara & San Francisco

The following are some lagniappe, a little extra, about the behind the scenes adventures I’m off on when I travel or am in between coding. Ya know, coding being life and all. 😉 The first episode in this series I posted a while back on my gear I use to record the Twitch sessions and... Continue reading →

Getting in Some Code Stylings, Looking Good for the Code Dance

In every language there are opinions about how to format code. With JavaScript, the community abounds with opinions about how the code should look, how variables are declared, whether there should be semi-colons to end each statement, spaces before or after parenthesis, and more than I care to list in a simply worded paragraph like... Continue reading →