Data

Questions by Ali King in September 2017

How much should a developer who is not a database specialist know about databases?
What should you consider when choosing a database technology?
Do you need to write SQL to get good database performance?
How useful is knowledge of data structures from Computing Science in writing good code?
What is the difference between a data scientist and a data engineer?
What is the minimum you should do to back up your data for a production system?
How do you generate realistic and thorough test data for systems which take external input, like databases and APIs?
What measures should you take to keep your data secure from accidental and malicious exposure?
How do you work out whether you should use Big Data technologies?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes in in May 2018. What will this mean for how you handle data?
Why might you use blockchain rather than a conventional database to store data?