Change(s) of scenery
Quick update Since my last post, I moved on from Timely to join Sharesies, and then moved again to join GitLab as an Engineering Manager. Sharesies was a great place to work overall, but I …
Interesting times
Well, we are certainly living in interesting times. The world seems to have gone to hell in a hand-basket over the last few weeks, doesn’t it? As the world is struggling to cope with finding …
Cloud Engineers – I want you!
I’ve been wanting to resurrect this blog for a while, so what better way to do so than advertising the fact that I need some help at work? 🙂 Here at Timely I head up …
SSIS Data Flow Plus!
In my previous blog post I talked about BIML, and how it might revolutionise my approach to creating ETL processes. It’s pretty cool, and very powerful, but there is a bit of a learning curve, …
BIML, where have you been all my life?
I’ve used the BIDS Helper Visual Studio add-on for years now, and I’ve seen and heard of BIML, but it’s one of those things I’ve never needed to look into any further than that. Until …
Azure SQL to Azure Data Warehouse ETL
I’ve recently needed to move data from our transactional database (an Azure SQL database), into an Azure SQL Data Warehouse. A definite case of “harder than it needed to be”… What’s an Azure Data Warehouse? …