Writing

Data materialization isn't an orchestration problem, it's a convergence problem, and we need a new system to handle it.
(Part of the "Is the orchestrator dead or alive?" symposium on Data People, Etc.)

Despite its ubiquity and ease of access, CSV is a wretched way to exchange data. The time has long passed to retire CSV and replace it with something better.

When does it make sense for an object to be in Amazon S3's Intelligent-Tiering ("S3-IT") storage class? The answer, unfortunately, is "it depends". (Published on the Duckbill Group blog.)