Andrew Karcher – Data Architect and Engineer

One of the California conferences I always enjoy attending and presenting at is the Silicon Valley Code Camp (Web | Twitter). Peter Kellner (Twitter) and his team always do a bang up job with the event. It is a great location and there is a great variety of talks to attend and learn from. It… Continue reading Silicon Valley Code Camp – 2019 →

This past week I read some really great articles that I thought that I would share.The Netflix Media Database (Part 1) (Part 2) - I really enjoyed that they drilled into some of the details and design decisions that they made in this solution. This is a good example of building a polyglot system and… Continue reading Andrew’s Mailbag– 2019.07.06 →

In my current role, I am spending more time, by necessity, in Visio to help define and visualize system architectures and system integrations. There was one thing that always bugged me about Visio that I never really figured out. The issue I was having was  when you had multiple connections coming into the same object… Continue reading Adding Connection Points in Visio →

[List Updated - 12/27/2017] So I have a little bit of a commute and I love to listen to podcasts in the car when I am driving. I also have a tendency to listen to podcasts when I am doing stuff around the house like cleaning or cooking. My listening falls into a few categories: Technology,… Continue reading My Podcast List – December 2017 →

Here are some things that I am consuming this week. It could be talks I am watching, podcast episodes, articles, or book reviews. These are a few of the things that I found interesting this week.Real Life is Messy. We Should Design For It - Marco Altini (Medium)Do Organizations need Data Governance as a Service… Continue reading Things I am consuming this week – Ending 12/22/2017 →

At my current company, I work in a remote office and typically only work in the office three days a week. The rest of the week, I work from home. I also will occasionally work from home on other days as well if there is something that is keeping near home such as an appointment.… Continue reading Remote Working Thoughts →

This is my weekly learning list. Life is a never ending journey of educating yourself and learning something new each day. Trying to share some of the articles, podcasts, books, videos, or training that I am finding interestingWeekly LearningSaaS Metrics 2.0 – A Guide to Measuring and Improving what Matters - If you have ever… Continue reading Learning List – 8/6/2017 →

This is my weekly learning list. Life is a never ending journey of educating yourself and learning something new each day. Trying to share some of the articles, podcasts, books, videos, or training that I am doing each week.Democratizing Data at AirBnB - Thought this was an interesting article about the internal data portal tool… Continue reading Learning List – Week Ending – 5/21/2017 →

So I have a little bit of a commute and I love to listen to podcasts in the car when I am driving.  I also have a tendency to listen to podcasts when I am doing stuff around the house like cleaning or cooking. My listening falls into a few categories: Technology, Political and Blues… Continue reading What am I listening to? →