Tag sportscarddatabase

Personal Roadtrip Hackathon

A hackathon is generally an event a small group collaborates together to build a product or prototype in a very short period. Some of the more popular sponsored examples (such...

When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software?

Yesterday a friend IM’d me this question out of the blue with a really interesting question: When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software? Before I...

Methodology for Building a Product Valuation Platform

As I have mentioned in previous posts, understanding pricing and market values has been a passion of mine for over 20 years. With many problems I encounter (especially those related...

Is Searching eBay a reliable way to determine Market Value?

Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...

Tag ebay

Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items

What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...

My Auction Framework MVP

I have been a huge fan of eBay since the moment I first found it (back in 1997 or so). It truly was the world changing marketplace because: It quickly...

Predicting eBay Auction Sales with Machine Learning

Abstract:  Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet.  With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...

Is Searching eBay a reliable way to determine Market Value?

Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...

Tag value

Measuring, Understanding, and Predicting Subscriber Value

The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...

Personal Roadtrip Hackathon

A hackathon is generally an event a small group collaborates together to build a product or prototype in a very short period. Some of the more popular sponsored examples (such...

Is the Right Selling Price an Optimized Price?

I think every person running a business needs to regularly ask themself the following question: Given our operating constraints, what is the best mix of products and/or services for us...

Methodology for Building a Product Valuation Platform

As I have mentioned in previous posts, understanding pricing and market values has been a passion of mine for over 20 years. With many problems I encounter (especially those related...

Is Searching eBay a reliable way to determine Market Value?

Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...

Tag demand

Is Searching eBay a reliable way to determine Market Value?

Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...

Tag analysis

The 4 Analytics Questions of Subscription Ecommerce

I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...

Measuring, Understanding, and Predicting Subscriber Value

The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...

Predicting eBay Auction Sales with Machine Learning

Abstract:  Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet.  With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...

The Moneyball Effect

In 2004, Michael Lewis wrote this book called "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" detailing the focus of the Oakland A's (baseball team) on analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approach...

Personal Roadtrip Hackathon

A hackathon is generally an event a small group collaborates together to build a product or prototype in a very short period. Some of the more popular sponsored examples (such...

Bayesian Theory and the Theory of Life

One of the reasons I love working in Manhattan is all the cool opportunities to learn and the networks of interesting people. Every Monday I receive an email from tech...

Is the Right Selling Price an Optimized Price?

I think every person running a business needs to regularly ask themself the following question: Given our operating constraints, what is the best mix of products and/or services for us...

Methodology for Building a Product Valuation Platform

As I have mentioned in previous posts, understanding pricing and market values has been a passion of mine for over 20 years. With many problems I encounter (especially those related...

Is Searching eBay a reliable way to determine Market Value?

Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of eBay and the significant disruption they brought about for buyers and sellers. I have been a frequent buyer and occasional seller on the...

Tag career

Framework for making Big Decisions

Choosing a fulfilling career path is such a difficult task, and I see many people have no idea where to even start (including myself). I routinely find myself asking my friends...

Tag goals

There’s a big difference between routine and commitment

I am a very big fan of the New England Patriots. In the early 1990's, they were terrible (going 1-15 twice in 3 years). Then Bill Parcells was hired as...

Framework for making Big Decisions

Choosing a fulfilling career path is such a difficult task, and I see many people have no idea where to even start (including myself). I routinely find myself asking my friends...

Tag objectives

There’s a big difference between routine and commitment

I am a very big fan of the New England Patriots. In the early 1990's, they were terrible (going 1-15 twice in 3 years). Then Bill Parcells was hired as...

Framework for making Big Decisions

Choosing a fulfilling career path is such a difficult task, and I see many people have no idea where to even start (including myself). I routinely find myself asking my friends...

Tag planning

There’s a big difference between routine and commitment

I am a very big fan of the New England Patriots. In the early 1990's, they were terrible (going 1-15 twice in 3 years). Then Bill Parcells was hired as...

Tag strategy

The Difference between a Good and Bad Place to Work.

I enjoy reading the insights I can find from Ben Horowitz (he was founder/CEO of Opsware and nowadays is founder/partner at Andreessen-Horowitz which manages near $3B). I recently read one of his blog posts where he...

When to Build vs. Buy

I had been lucky enough to get to work on a diverse variety of business models and approaches to solving problems over the past 20 years. For most of the...

Are You Swimming in a Red or Blue Ocean?

I am quite fascinated how people/companies are able to innovate, make the most of their opportunities, and disrupt the established norms. It amazes me how some companies can tackle a...

Tag innovation

Are You Swimming in a Red or Blue Ocean?

I am quite fascinated how people/companies are able to innovate, make the most of their opportunities, and disrupt the established norms. It amazes me how some companies can tackle a...

Tag competition

Are You Swimming in a Red or Blue Ocean?

I am quite fascinated how people/companies are able to innovate, make the most of their opportunities, and disrupt the established norms. It amazes me how some companies can tackle a...

Tag blue ocean

Are You Swimming in a Red or Blue Ocean?

I am quite fascinated how people/companies are able to innovate, make the most of their opportunities, and disrupt the established norms. It amazes me how some companies can tackle a...

Tag optimization

Optimizing spend in Snowflake

Since about 2016, I have introduced Snowflake at two of my day jobs (Rent the Runway and Luma Financial Technologies) and have witnessed the platform's considerable evolution.  As with any...

Is the Right Selling Price an Optimized Price?

I think every person running a business needs to regularly ask themself the following question: Given our operating constraints, what is the best mix of products and/or services for us...

Tag fail

Reunion from the Internet Boom - 12 years later

In June 1999, I moved to New York City and took a job as a Site Manager working Agency.com. The job was to manage a team of front end coders...

My Willingness To Fail Gives Me The Ability To Succeed

I was watching the LiveStream from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and I heard  co-founder of Sun Microsystems and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla say the title of this post: My Willingness...

Tag success

Reunion from the Internet Boom - 12 years later

In June 1999, I moved to New York City and took a job as a Site Manager working Agency.com. The job was to manage a team of front end coders...

My Willingness To Fail Gives Me The Ability To Succeed

I was watching the LiveStream from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and I heard  co-founder of Sun Microsystems and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla say the title of this post: My Willingness...

Tag dreams

Your Dreams must be bigger than your fear

Last year I was eating lunch at a local Asian restaurant, and I pulled out an awesome message in my fortune cookie. It said, “Your dream must be bigger that...

Reunion from the Internet Boom - 12 years later

In June 1999, I moved to New York City and took a job as a Site Manager working Agency.com. The job was to manage a team of front end coders...

My Willingness To Fail Gives Me The Ability To Succeed

I was watching the LiveStream from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and I heard  co-founder of Sun Microsystems and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla say the title of this post: My Willingness...

Tag learning

Reunion from the Internet Boom - 12 years later

In June 1999, I moved to New York City and took a job as a Site Manager working Agency.com. The job was to manage a team of front end coders...

My Willingness To Fail Gives Me The Ability To Succeed

I was watching the LiveStream from the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and I heard  co-founder of Sun Microsystems and venture capitalist Vinod Khosla say the title of this post: My Willingness...

Tag probablility

Bayesian Theory and the Theory of Life

One of the reasons I love working in Manhattan is all the cool opportunities to learn and the networks of interesting people. Every Monday I receive an email from tech...

Tag buy

When to Build vs. Buy

I had been lucky enough to get to work on a diverse variety of business models and approaches to solving problems over the past 20 years. For most of the...

Tag build

When to Build vs. Buy

I had been lucky enough to get to work on a diverse variety of business models and approaches to solving problems over the past 20 years. For most of the...

Tag culture

When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software?

Yesterday a friend IM’d me this question out of the blue with a really interesting question: When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software? Before I...

The Difference between a Good and Bad Place to Work.

I enjoy reading the insights I can find from Ben Horowitz (he was founder/CEO of Opsware and nowadays is founder/partner at Andreessen-Horowitz which manages near $3B). I recently read one of his blog posts where he...

Tag decision making

The Moneyball Effect

In 2004, Michael Lewis wrote this book called "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" detailing the focus of the Oakland A's (baseball team) on analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approach...

The Difference between a Good and Bad Place to Work.

I enjoy reading the insights I can find from Ben Horowitz (he was founder/CEO of Opsware and nowadays is founder/partner at Andreessen-Horowitz which manages near $3B). I recently read one of his blog posts where he...

Tag powershell

Powershell Module for transferring files via SFTP

I had the need for several automated jobs to be able to exchange files securely with partners via the Secure FTP (SFTP). I chose powershell because the jobs: get executed on...

Sending email through Gmail SMTP server - C# and Powershell examples

I know I haven't posted much code on this blog, but this snippet I found valuable. While I can certainly host my SMTP server, it would be so much easier...

Tag people

When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software?

Yesterday a friend IM’d me this question out of the blue with a really interesting question: When do you start investing in people and stop investing in software? Before I...

Tag nba

2013 NBA All Star Weekend

My buddy Mike Dolan runs a very cool magazine targeted to professional athletes called Athletes Quaterly. Each issue is loaded with content/interviews about current and former pro athletes. Mike and...

Tag all star

2013 NBA All Star Weekend

My buddy Mike Dolan runs a very cool magazine targeted to professional athletes called Athletes Quaterly. Each issue is loaded with content/interviews about current and former pro athletes. Mike and...

Tag athletes quaterly

2013 NBA All Star Weekend

My buddy Mike Dolan runs a very cool magazine targeted to professional athletes called Athletes Quaterly. Each issue is loaded with content/interviews about current and former pro athletes. Mike and...

Tag data

Open Source Data Tools I like

A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...

The Moneyball Effect

In 2004, Michael Lewis wrote this book called "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game" detailing the focus of the Oakland A's (baseball team) on analytical, evidence-based, sabermetric approach...

Tag startup

Show my startup the money…or not.

Living/working in the New York City area I get to meet quite a few people starting up their own ventures and I am intrigued by how the small, early companies...

Tag captial

Show my startup the money…or not.

Living/working in the New York City area I get to meet quite a few people starting up their own ventures and I am intrigued by how the small, early companies...

Tag investment

Show my startup the money…or not.

Living/working in the New York City area I get to meet quite a few people starting up their own ventures and I am intrigued by how the small, early companies...

Tag sportscollectors

Looking back on my 2023

I try to write post around the new year every year on the SportsCollectors.net blog reviewing what happened during the year for the community. I figured it may be fun...

2 Million Successes on SportsCollectors.net

Way back in 1998, I came up with the idea of creating a database for collectors to track when they mailed out a letter to athletes asking for an autograph....

Happy 21st Birthday for SCN

Last week marked the 21st Anniversary from when I publicly launched SportsCollectors.net allowing collectors to join. It's been a pretty wild ride and I thought I would celebrate a little...

Your Dreams must be bigger than your fear

Last year I was eating lunch at a local Asian restaurant, and I pulled out an awesome message in my fortune cookie. It said, “Your dream must be bigger that...

#1 news story on espn.com details something that happened on SportsCollectors.Net

In my 20's, I taught myself to code and I created what has become a fairly popular community for sports autograph collectors - SportsCollectors.Net. I have mentioned it a few...

My Auction Framework MVP

I have been a huge fan of eBay since the moment I first found it (back in 1997 or so). It truly was the world changing marketplace because: It quickly...

Predicting eBay Auction Sales with Machine Learning

Abstract:  Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet.  With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...

Show my startup the money…or not.

Living/working in the New York City area I get to meet quite a few people starting up their own ventures and I am intrigued by how the small, early companies...

Tag knn

Measuring, Understanding, and Predicting Subscriber Value

The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...

Predicting eBay Auction Sales with Machine Learning

Abstract:  Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet.  With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...

Tag cart

Measuring, Understanding, and Predicting Subscriber Value

The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...

Predicting eBay Auction Sales with Machine Learning

Abstract:  Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet.  With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...

Tag machine learning

Measuring, Understanding, and Predicting Subscriber Value

The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...

Predicting eBay Auction Sales with Machine Learning

Abstract:  Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet.  With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...

Tag prediction

Measuring, Understanding, and Predicting Subscriber Value

The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...

Predicting eBay Auction Sales with Machine Learning

Abstract:  Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet.  With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...

Tag auction

My Auction Framework MVP

I have been a huge fan of eBay since the moment I first found it (back in 1997 or so). It truly was the world changing marketplace because: It quickly...

Predicting eBay Auction Sales with Machine Learning

Abstract:  Online auctions are one the most popular methods to buy and sell items on the internet.  With more than 100 million active users globally (as of Q4 2011), eBay is the...

Tag module

Powershell Module for transferring files via SFTP

I had the need for several automated jobs to be able to exchange files securely with partners via the Secure FTP (SFTP). I chose powershell because the jobs: get executed on...

Tag sftp

Powershell Module for transferring files via SFTP

I had the need for several automated jobs to be able to exchange files securely with partners via the Secure FTP (SFTP). I chose powershell because the jobs: get executed on...

Tag winscp

Powershell Module for transferring files via SFTP

I had the need for several automated jobs to be able to exchange files securely with partners via the Secure FTP (SFTP). I chose powershell because the jobs: get executed on...

Tag weightwatchers

Decorating sites with Browser Extensions

We're big fans of internet grocer FreshDirect in my household. When we lived in Brooklyn and now in North Jersey, we place a delivery order about once a week. While...

Calculating WeightWatchers points from a picture of the Nutritional Information

When I have tried to track the food I am eating as part of a diet, entering the key nutrition elements was not always convenient. Since I haven't seen a...

Tag ocr

Calculating WeightWatchers points from a picture of the Nutritional Information

When I have tried to track the food I am eating as part of a diet, entering the key nutrition elements was not always convenient. Since I haven't seen a...

Tag nutrition

Calculating WeightWatchers points from a picture of the Nutritional Information

When I have tried to track the food I am eating as part of a diet, entering the key nutrition elements was not always convenient. Since I haven't seen a...

Tag tesseract

Calculating WeightWatchers points from a picture of the Nutritional Information

When I have tried to track the food I am eating as part of a diet, entering the key nutrition elements was not always convenient. Since I haven't seen a...

Tag chrome

Decorating sites with Browser Extensions

We're big fans of internet grocer FreshDirect in my household. When we lived in Brooklyn and now in North Jersey, we place a delivery order about once a week. While...

Tag extension

Decorating sites with Browser Extensions

We're big fans of internet grocer FreshDirect in my household. When we lived in Brooklyn and now in North Jersey, we place a delivery order about once a week. While...

Tag javascript

Decorating sites with Browser Extensions

We're big fans of internet grocer FreshDirect in my household. When we lived in Brooklyn and now in North Jersey, we place a delivery order about once a week. While...

Tag blogengine

Adding Facebook Comments to BlogEngine.Net

This blog runs using the open source BlogEngine.net platform using ASP.Net 4.0. So far I have been pretty happy with the features provided overall, as it was pretty straight forward to set...

Tag facebook

Adding Facebook Comments to BlogEngine.Net

This blog runs using the open source BlogEngine.net platform using ASP.Net 4.0. So far I have been pretty happy with the features provided overall, as it was pretty straight forward to set...

Tag comments

Adding Facebook Comments to BlogEngine.Net

This blog runs using the open source BlogEngine.net platform using ASP.Net 4.0. So far I have been pretty happy with the features provided overall, as it was pretty straight forward to set...

Tag baseball

Highlights of Jack's 12U Baseball Season

My son Jack has been playing baseball since he was 6 years starting with tee ball. He practices + plays a lot and keeps getting better every year. I love...

Between the Numbers

I am a huge baseball fan, and I am especially excited that my Boston Red Sox won the 2013 World Series. Part of my love for the game and math...

Tag stats

Between the Numbers

I am a huge baseball fan, and I am especially excited that my Boston Red Sox won the 2013 World Series. Part of my love for the game and math...

Tag baseball cards

Inventory cataloging and putaway choices for my sports card collection

I have been collecting sports cards since the mid 1980's (40+ years) and have amassed a pretty decent sized collection. I created Collectz to use data + machine learning to...

My Auction Framework MVP

I have been a huge fan of eBay since the moment I first found it (back in 1997 or so). It truly was the world changing marketplace because: It quickly...

Tag code

Web Enable R models with Shiny

Last September I was preparing for my fantasy football league and I found this really cool web app that suggested the optimal draft recommendations based on the rules of your league. I...

Tag shiny

Web Enable R models with Shiny

Last September I was preparing for my fantasy football league and I found this really cool web app that suggested the optimal draft recommendations based on the rules of your league. I...

Tag subscripiton

Measuring, Understanding, and Predicting Subscriber Value

The subscription business model is a business model where a customer must pay a subscription price to have access to the product/service. Below are some examples of some popular commercial subscription offerings:...

Tag jenkins

Creating a Custom Jenkins Plugin with JRuby

I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...

Tag jruby

Creating a Custom Jenkins Plugin with JRuby

I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...

Tag plugins

Creating a Custom Jenkins Plugin with JRuby

I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...

Tag vagrant

Creating a Custom Jenkins Plugin with JRuby

I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...

Tag continuous deployment

Creating a Custom Jenkins Plugin with JRuby

I have seen scenarios where I would like to not have Jenkins not execute builds under certain circumstances. One common example is with the Maven Project Plugin, it will often update...

Tag json

Simulating Vertica's conditional_change_event

Lately my team has spent a bunch of time migrating our data warehouse from Vertica to Snowflake. While Snowflake has excellent support for analytic functions, Vertica has some functions that...

Snowflake's lateral flatten function on variant data type

Snowflake is a really interesting new data warehouse built on top of AWS. I like their architecture because they had the interesting idea to separate data storage (backed by small...

Tag snowflake

Optimizing spend in Snowflake

Since about 2016, I have introduced Snowflake at two of my day jobs (Rent the Runway and Luma Financial Technologies) and have witnessed the platform's considerable evolution.  As with any...

My Snowflake Set up with Terraform

I have been working with Snowflake since 2016 when I proposed and chose to bring it into Rent the Runway to replace our very painful on premise Vertica implementation (yes...

Snowflake Testimonial - Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights

In August, I spoke at the Snowflake analytics tour on the topic "Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights". I was also asked to provide an account of...

Simulating Vertica's conditional_change_event

Lately my team has spent a bunch of time migrating our data warehouse from Vertica to Snowflake. While Snowflake has excellent support for analytic functions, Vertica has some functions that...

Snowflake's lateral flatten function on variant data type

Snowflake is a really interesting new data warehouse built on top of AWS. I like their architecture because they had the interesting idea to separate data storage (backed by small...

Tag window fucntions

Simulating Vertica's conditional_change_event

Lately my team has spent a bunch of time migrating our data warehouse from Vertica to Snowflake. While Snowflake has excellent support for analytic functions, Vertica has some functions that...

Tag sports

Looking back on my 2023

I try to write post around the new year every year on the SportsCollectors.net blog reviewing what happened during the year for the community. I figured it may be fun...

#1 news story on espn.com details something that happened on SportsCollectors.Net

In my 20's, I taught myself to code and I created what has become a fairly popular community for sports autograph collectors - SportsCollectors.Net. I have mentioned it a few...

Tag vertica

Snowflake Testimonial - Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights

In August, I spoke at the Snowflake analytics tour on the topic "Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights". I was also asked to provide an account of...

Tag data warehosue

Modern Data Stack in a box (all Open Source)

This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:

Snowflake Testimonial - Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights

In August, I spoke at the Snowflake analytics tour on the topic "Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights". I was also asked to provide an account of...

Tag rent the runway

Snowflake Testimonial - Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights

In August, I spoke at the Snowflake analytics tour on the topic "Rent The Runway: Reinventing Retail with Data Driven Insights". I was also asked to provide an account of...

Tag data engineering

Creating Singer Target to Send Data to Web Endpoint

Please Note: If you are new to Singer, you may want to check out my last post Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items. It provides a high level...

Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items

What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...

Modern Data Stack in a box (all Open Source)

This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:

The 4 Analytics Questions of Subscription Ecommerce

I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...

Optimizing spend in Snowflake

Since about 2016, I have introduced Snowflake at two of my day jobs (Rent the Runway and Luma Financial Technologies) and have witnessed the platform's considerable evolution.  As with any...

Dagster with Python, Singer, and Meltano

I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...

My Snowflake Set up with Terraform

I have been working with Snowflake since 2016 when I proposed and chose to bring it into Rent the Runway to replace our very painful on premise Vertica implementation (yes...

Apache Superset Test Drive

I have lately been playing with some commercial BI & Dashboard tools. There is a certainly quite broad range when it comes to features, price, scalability, administration capabilities, how they...

Tag superset

Open Source Data Tools I like

A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...

Apache Superset Test Drive

I have lately been playing with some commercial BI & Dashboard tools. There is a certainly quite broad range when it comes to features, price, scalability, administration capabilities, how they...

Tag data visualization

Apache Superset Test Drive

I have lately been playing with some commercial BI & Dashboard tools. There is a certainly quite broad range when it comes to features, price, scalability, administration capabilities, how they...

Tag open source

Creating Singer Target to Send Data to Web Endpoint

Please Note: If you are new to Singer, you may want to check out my last post Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items. It provides a high level...

Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items

What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...

Modern Data Stack in a box (all Open Source)

This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:

Open Source Data Tools I like

A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...

Apache Superset Test Drive

I have lately been playing with some commercial BI & Dashboard tools. There is a certainly quite broad range when it comes to features, price, scalability, administration capabilities, how they...

Tag silly

Fantasy Football Retirement Letter

Below is the ridiculous retirement email to members of my day job's fantasy league. Hope y'all enjoy. To my friends and fellow competitors, This is a tough thing for me...

Tag fantasy football

Fantasy Football Retirement Letter

Below is the ridiculous retirement email to members of my day job's fantasy league. Hope y'all enjoy. To my friends and fellow competitors, This is a tough thing for me...

Tag fear

Your Dreams must be bigger than your fear

Last year I was eating lunch at a local Asian restaurant, and I pulled out an awesome message in my fortune cookie. It said, “Your dream must be bigger that...

Tag passion project

Your Dreams must be bigger than your fear

Last year I was eating lunch at a local Asian restaurant, and I pulled out an awesome message in my fortune cookie. It said, “Your dream must be bigger that...

Tag tools

Open Source Data Tools I like

A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...

Tag framework

Open Source Data Tools I like

A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...

Tag dbt

Modern Data Stack in a box (all Open Source)

This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:

Open Source Data Tools I like

A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...

Tag debezium

Open Source Data Tools I like

A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...

Tag great expectations

Open Source Data Tools I like

A few months ago I participated on a panel talking about something data related at a Snowflake user group. In the picture below, I am in the white button down shirt...

Tag python

Creating Singer Target to Send Data to Web Endpoint

Please Note: If you are new to Singer, you may want to check out my last post Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items. It provides a high level...

Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items

What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...

Dagster with Python, Singer, and Meltano

I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...

Automating Image Processing with Python

If you have been reading this blog, you'll know I collect sports cards. It's fun to share what I have with other collectors (by posting scans on sportscollectors.net, facebook, etc.)....

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Automating Image Processing with Python

If you have been reading this blog, you'll know I collect sports cards. It's fun to share what I have with other collectors (by posting scans on sportscollectors.net, facebook, etc.)....

Tag automation

Automating Image Processing with Python

If you have been reading this blog, you'll know I collect sports cards. It's fun to share what I have with other collectors (by posting scans on sportscollectors.net, facebook, etc.)....

Tag terraform

My Snowflake Set up with Terraform

I have been working with Snowflake since 2016 when I proposed and chose to bring it into Rent the Runway to replace our very painful on premise Vertica implementation (yes...

Tag orchestration

Dagster with Python, Singer, and Meltano

I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...

Tag dagster

Dagster with Python, Singer, and Meltano

I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...

Tag singer

Creating Singer Target to Send Data to Web Endpoint

Please Note: If you are new to Singer, you may want to check out my last post Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items. It provides a high level...

Creating Singer Tap to Capture Ebay Completed Items

What is Singer The Singer specification bills itself as "the open-source standard for writing scripts that move data". PipelineWise and Meltano are popular open source platforms that use the Singer...

Dagster with Python, Singer, and Meltano

I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...

Tag meltano

Dagster with Python, Singer, and Meltano

I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...

Tag workflow

Dagster with Python, Singer, and Meltano

I have been a fan of Dagster for data orchestration for a little while and wanted to share some of the basics. There are a lot of cool things I...

Tag costs

Optimizing spend in Snowflake

Since about 2016, I have introduced Snowflake at two of my day jobs (Rent the Runway and Luma Financial Technologies) and have witnessed the platform's considerable evolution.  As with any...

Tag subscription

The 4 Analytics Questions of Subscription Ecommerce

I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...

Tag marketing

The 4 Analytics Questions of Subscription Ecommerce

I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...

Tag attribution

The 4 Analytics Questions of Subscription Ecommerce

I have spent over 20 years building my own subscription based service (SportsCollectors.Net) and working for companies with subscription offerings (Dell, Jupiterimages, Weight Watchers, Rent the Runway, ElysiumHelath). While the business...

Tag hackathon

Modern Data Stack in a box (all Open Source)

This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:

Tag duckdb

Modern Data Stack in a box (all Open Source)

This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:

Tag airbyte

Modern Data Stack in a box (all Open Source)

This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:

Tag metabase

Modern Data Stack in a box (all Open Source)

This week I participated in a hackathon for fun with a couple of friends. There were 3 rules for each of us:

Tag collectz

Inventory cataloging and putaway choices for my sports card collection

I have been collecting sports cards since the mid 1980's (40+ years) and have amassed a pretty decent sized collection. I created Collectz to use data + machine learning to...

Looking back on my 2023

I try to write post around the new year every year on the SportsCollectors.net blog reviewing what happened during the year for the community. I figured it may be fun...

Tag family

Looking back on my 2023

I try to write post around the new year every year on the SportsCollectors.net blog reviewing what happened during the year for the community. I figured it may be fun...

Tag logistics

Inventory cataloging and putaway choices for my sports card collection

I have been collecting sports cards since the mid 1980's (40+ years) and have amassed a pretty decent sized collection. I created Collectz to use data + machine learning to...