Microsoft and Apple Have Everything to Lose if Chromebooks Succeed

~ Oleg Dulin

Desperate times call for desperate measures at Microsoft. Frobes reports: Despite a lacklustre start, Chromebooks are becoming relatively popular in the super-budget end of the portable market. This has worried Microsoft for some time. After all, with a Google-centric experience, not to mention an operating system in the form of Chrome OS, there’s little if … Continue reading Microsoft and Apple Have Everything to Lose if Chromebooks Succeed

Do not apply data science methods without understanding them

~ Oleg Dulin

I heard a joke from a friend, here is an adaptation: Three software engineers and three data scientist meet to take a train to go to a conference. Software engineers buy three tickets, data scientists only buy one for all three. “Don't worry,” they explain to the engineers, “We have a method.” On the train … Continue reading Do not apply data science methods without understanding them

Where AWS Elastic BeanStalk Could be Better

~ Oleg Dulin ~ 1 Comment

Amazon describes their AWS Elastic BeanStalk service as follows: AWS Elastic Beanstalk is an easy-to-use service for deploying and scaling web applications and services developed with Java, .NET, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, and Docker on familiar servers such as Apache, Nginx, Passenger, and IIS. You can simply upload your code and Elastic Beanstalk automatically … Continue reading Where AWS Elastic BeanStalk Could be Better

Configuring Master-Slave Replication With PostgreSQL

~ Oleg Dulin ~ 4 Comments

Having configured PostgreSQL 9.3 master/slave replication from bits and pieces of documentation on the Internet, I feel like a post is in order documenting my experience for others. Installing PostgreSQL I am not going to get into too much detail here. Installation instructions are abundant and are slightly different by operating system. I am assuming … Continue reading Configuring Master-Slave Replication With PostgreSQL

On Managing Stress, Multitasking and Other New Year’s Resolutions

~ Oleg Dulin

One of my resolutions for 2015 is to reduce the stress and manage my workload. I have an obsessive compulsive workaholic personality that often makes it difficult for me to work a day without stressing out or overloading myself with tasks I cannot accomplish on time. Prioritizing There is a lot of work that needs … Continue reading On Managing Stress, Multitasking and Other New Year’s Resolutions