Data Engineer. Developer. Business Owner.

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Testing Slow Queries in PHPUnit

March 16th, 2020 — I've regularly wanted to see what would happen if a query took longer than expected to completed. Does it break my app?

Laravel Slow Query Notifier

February 15th, 2020 — Get notified if your app ever runs a slow database query. We set a default threshold, but you can configure it based on your needs & expectations.

4 Layers of a Modern Data Pipeline

February 5th, 2020 — Below is an visual representation of the four layers that make up a modern data pipeline. I included a chart that shows common examples for each layer in the...

Build a Chrome Extension with Alpinejs & Tailwindcss

January 31st, 2020 — I recently built a web extension for a side project. I decided to add Tailwind and Alpine and create a starter kit (boilerplate) for others!

What is Data Engineering: Laravel Edition

December 27th, 2019 — If you've been a Laravel developer for a while, odds are you've encountered at least one of the above scenarios before.