My Attempt - And Failure - In Creating A Poor Man's Data Warehouse Using DuckDBI know what some of you are probably thinking: "Oh great, another article about DuckDB." And honestly, I get it. A few months ago, I was in the same boat. It felt like DuckDB was following me around—blog posts, tweets, random mentions. It was everywh...May 9, 2025 · 5 min readahmedshaaban1999.hashnode.dev
Data Warehouses vs. Data Lakes: Understanding the right fitOne can easily assume that data lakes are the natural evolution of the old, clunky data warehouses. Another can claim that the difference is all about your workload; that is, if it is more about machine learning, then you would be better with a data ...Apr 17, 2025 · 6 min readahmedshaaban1999.hashnode.dev
Mastering the top Command: A Friendly Guide to Monitoring Your Linux ServerIf you’ve ever found yourself wondering what’s eating up your server’s resources or why your computer is running slow, the top command is here to help! It’s a powerful yet simple tool that provides real-time insights into CPU usage, memory consumptio...Mar 28, 2025 · 4 min readahmedshaaban1999.hashnode.dev
Observability: What you need to know and moreThe word "Observability" (or its abbreviation o11y) gets thrown a lot these days. So what is it ? And is it really just a fancy word for "Monitoring" that was made trendy just because those "Though Leaders" ?. Monitoring is a well explored concept. Y...May 22, 2024 · 4 min readahmedshaaban1999.hashnode.dev
Service-based Teams and the Curse of AgileEven after 23 years and so many success stories, the industry is still exploring the agile methodology and learning how to implement it correctly. On one hand, you have the agile purists that treat the original four principles - and perhaps the follo...Feb 5, 2024 · 5 min readahmedshaaban1999.hashnode.dev