Valerie Parham-Thompson
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Valerie Parham-Thompson
@dataindataout.bsky.social
Open-source database engineer with deep experience scaling and optimizing large, critical database installations | mysql mariadb percona postgres | mongodb cassandra yugabytedb | python

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I'm sharing how to pinpoint YugabyteDB APIs you need for automation projects through docs categories, keyword search, UI route mapping, and source code exploration. valerieparhamthompson.com/posts/findin...
December 4, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Worked on a new jupyter notebook today for retrieving expiration dates and counts from various certificates in YugabyteDB, using the control plane APIs. Going to gather a few more of these before I submit the PR.

github.com/dataindataou...
December 3, 2024 at 9:22 PM
A guy jogged past me this morning on the trail wearing a #kubecon 2024 tshirt. All the way back home here in North Carolina! Well, it reminds me about this project, which links to the talks on YouTube, with some other neat features. dfeldman.org/post/2024-11...
KubeCon Content Browser
Security Musings
dfeldman.org
November 23, 2024 at 6:53 PM
One of my favorite volunteer gigs is judging submissions for Congressional App. Can't wait to see who wins for our district. Such impressive ideas & implementations -- we're in good hands with the upcoming generation of technologists. (For next year: www.congressionalappchallenge.us/students/stu...)
STUDENT REGISTRATION -
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November 21, 2024 at 11:40 AM
Committed this new example Jupyter notebook for Yugabyte REST APIs yesterday, for local platform user management. github.com/yugabyte/yug... #python #yugabytedb
November 20, 2024 at 11:27 AM
One of the API examples I shared during the Distributed SQL Summit last week: github.com/dataindataou... Longer transcript and walkthrough coming. #yugabyte #distributed #sql #livedemo
yugabyte-db/managed/api-examples/python-simple/demo-user-management.ipynb at dss-demo · dataindataout/yugabyte-db
YugabyteDB - the cloud native distributed SQL database for mission-critical applications. - dataindataout/yugabyte-db
github.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Discover the future of cloud-native distributed databases at #KubeCon + #CloudNativeCon in Salt Lake City. Let's meet at booth M11. lnkd.in/efw632nE

Stop by to discover why #PostgreSQL-compatible, distributed, #YugabyteDB is the ideal database choice for #cloud-native applications.
November 10, 2024 at 10:35 AM
New blog post outlining the details of calling the College Scorecard API to get #opendata and displaying results using #python on a map using the Plotly library. valerieparhamthompson.com/posts/colleg... I'm looking around for more things to map, because this is fun. :)
College Scorecard API
After I finished the YugabyteDB universe network mapping example, I started thinking about other things to map. Anything with latitude and longitude will work. College locations from my previous work ...
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September 24, 2024 at 10:57 AM
Preparing your database for seasonal demand requires thinking ahead… setting up monitoring for your workload, knowing how long it takes to implement scaling, and doing predictive forecasts. www.valerieparhamthompson.com/database-sca...
Database scaling for seasonal increases - Valerie Parham-Thompson | Open-Source Database Consultant
Five things to consider as you prepare your database scaling to support temporary increased demand.
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December 14, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Most college search websites present forms that are too limited in search terms and subject you to marketing.
Turns out, they use open data from the US Department of Education, and you can use this data directly. www.valerieparhamthompson.com/open-data-co...
Using College Scorecard Open Data - Valerie Parham-Thompson
Personal experience using College Scorecard open data for a college search in 2023, using custom fields not on college search website forms.
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December 1, 2023 at 2:10 PM