nigel vining

coffee drinking, chocolate eating, jack of all trades with a passion for data visualisation and enabling business intelligence ....

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

"Data architecture-as-a-service" (DAaaS), You couldn't have described https://t.co/Ov4lkrHHYe any better 😉 Thanks @weckerson #DAaaS @AgileDataIO

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

Here at @AgileDataIO we LOVE #BigQuery !!! It really is a magical service to underpin our magical platform. I accidentally dropped a dozen tables this morning 🤦‍♂️ Not a problem though ...I just used the time travel feature to restore them from a snapshot an hour prior👍

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

Whoot ! when a customer backfills data by dropping 749 json files into your inbound bucket ... all appended beautifully into a BigQuery table, 300 million records later @AgileDataIO and @GoogleBigQuery .. simply magical !

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

Thanks #google , here at @AgileDataIO we're loving the new #cloud_spanner Query Insights feature !! seeing the Top N query patterns over the last 30 days is really useful 👍

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@AgileDataIO @shagility we need to make some AgileData blocks (slightly bigger than normal size) and sneak them into the box ... upset the tower !

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@shagility @BobLovesData @AgileDataIO @OptimalLabs Thats me, the integration plumber 😉

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

Thanks #google ! loving that the #cloud_spanner console now displays views. Here at @AgileDataIO cloud spanner is our 'do everything' database, and being able to see our views in the console is awesome 👍

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@shagility @AgileDataIO Loving the ease of use of Googles #CloudDQ framework... it worked 'out of the box' with @AgileDataIO 's validation rules pattern

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@shagility @AgileDataIO lols ! there's only so many ways you can say "hey ! look at me, i'm a quirky notification"

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

A "modern data stack" is one that you don't spend your xmas holidays performing "maintenance". I had a beer with a friend last week. He is "moving disks" over the holidays ... Wouldn't you rather spend your summer (or winter) at the beach or on the slopes ?! @AgileDataIO

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

‘Yet’ being the operative word. We’re getting closer every day though 😉

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

Looking forward to applying magical plumbing patterns behind the scenes to bring this feature to life 😉 @AgileDataIO

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@KiwibankNZ Managed to log in briefly just after 7am, then it stopped again ... "upstream connect error or disconnect/reset before headers. reset reason: connection failure" ... 😦

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@shagility @AgiledataIO And the best thing about that ... not a Data Engineer in sight 😉 ... business rules as config, backed by a server-less architecture, boom ! data arrives ready to consume

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

#bigquery christmas present :)

[Jordan Tigani @jrdntgn]

Two more BigQuery features rolling out for the holidays that make me unreasonably happy: Comma at the end of a list now works (putting an end to the comma-first vs comma-last debates), and small queries just got twice as fast.

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@KatGreenbrook #ACC are great, they let you pay by instalments over 12months if you ask :)

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

It only cost $10,000 to 3D-print this house 🏠

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

Outstanding Customer Service @vodafoneNZ ! rang on wednesday to upgrade to FibreX, and it was installed lunch time today ... and it's fast!!

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@vodafoneNZ top marks for customer service and putting it right! billing issue from last month was resolved promptly and professionally :)

[nigel vining @nigelvining]

@vodafoneNZ appreciated, have sent details