Robert Harmon

November 19, 2023

"Do data architects exist anymore?"

"Do data architects exist anymore?" Wow, as a recovering data architect that's a loaded question.

April 10, 2023

Data quality with ‘dbt’ and Firebolt

dbt data quality - Implementing data quality tests and using dbt extensions for enhanced data quality checks.

Robert Harmon

January 9, 2023

Event streams in Firebolt

Event streams have always been problematic to analyze in SQL. This is how we do it.

Robert Harmon

August 30, 2022

Hey David and Tristan, this is where Firebolt is at

"When I see David Jayatillake and Tristan Handy comment on Firebolt's approach it is clear that Firebolt is on track."

Robert Harmon

September 10, 2023

Rob's high performance data warehousing rule #1: if you cannot constrain a thing, you cannot ingest that thing.

"If you cannot constrain a thing, you cannot ingest that thing."

Robert Harmon

September 19, 2023

Rob's high performance data warehousing rule #2: There's no point in measuring anything, if the data team can't measure itself.

"There's no point in measuring anything, if the data team can't measure itself."

Robert Harmon

September 26, 2023

Rob's high performance data warehousing rule #3: Strong operational data store ensures high performance

This has nothing to do with the DW itself. But if you miss it, you'll fail with your warehouse project.

Robert Harmon

November 5, 2023

Rob's high performance data warehousing rule #4: Delete nothing, update only metadata.

Rob says: delete nothing, update only metadata.

Robert Harmon

November 19, 2023

Simplifying time variance in a SQL data warehouse

An issue many coming into the data warehouse world is difficulty with is managing time variance at scale and efficiency.

Robert Harmon

November 19, 2023

The key is in the key.

One of the more common and costly mistakes in the many data implementations is confusion about keys.

Robert Harmon

November 14, 2023

Who's down with OBT? I can assure you, not me.

I'm not a fan of dimensional modeling. It exists to solve physical problems, not logical problems.

Robert Harmon

"Do data architects exist anymore?"

Robert Harmon

Data quality with ‘dbt’ and Firebolt

Robert Harmon

Event streams in Firebolt

Robert Harmon

Hey David and Tristan, this is where Firebolt is at

Robert Harmon

Rob's high performance data warehousing rule #1: if you cannot constrain a thing, you cannot ingest that thing.

Robert Harmon

Rob's high performance data warehousing rule #2: There's no point in measuring anything, if the data team can't measure itself.

Robert Harmon

Rob's high performance data warehousing rule #3: Strong operational data store ensures high performance

Robert Harmon

Rob's high performance data warehousing rule #4: Delete nothing, update only metadata.

Robert Harmon

Simplifying time variance in a SQL data warehouse

Robert Harmon

The key is in the key.

Robert Harmon

Who's down with OBT? I can assure you, not me.

Robert Harmon

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