a walk-thru of the infamous small files problem for hadoop coupled with a unique problem with inodes usage for mass quantities of extremely small files on hdfs
Author Archives: lestermartin
how do i load a fixed-width formatted file into hive? (with a little help from pig)
presents a couple of options for converting a fixed-width formatted file a a delimited one to prepare it to be exposed as a hive table
visiting the computer history museum (yes, i’m a geek)
pictures and observations from my visit to the computer history museum in palo alto, ca
fruITion and recrEAtion (a double-header book review)
a sobering couple of books aimed at challenging many of the believes IT workers have about their role in the organization and exactly who is in charge of strategy — and enterprise architecture
are you a mort, elvis or einstein (or are these labels nonsense)?
a few simple personas represent the vast majority of software developers — which one are you?
enterprise 2.0 book review (using web 2.0 technologies within organizations)
my review of a great book focused on enabling and encouraging collaboration within organizations
give as few orders as possible (encourage autonomy and responsibility)
micro-prioritizing can hurt your team’s ability to be autonomous and create a lack of ownership in their work