I'm looking forward to this. I'll be talking about Python.

• A Python 3.2 tutorial. I did a dry run with the help of the 757 Python group. Made a bunch of changes based on their input.
• A more in-depth presentation on a good architecture of Database Schema Migration scripts …

"Are you implying that a scalable Data Warehouse solution could be implemented using Python and serialised files?"

Not "implying". I'm trying to state it as clearly as I can. A scalable data warehouse solution involves a lot of flat file processing.

ETL, for example, is mostly a flat-file pipeline. It …

Had a knock-down drag-out fight with another architect recently over "status" and "priority".

She claimed that the backlog priority and the status where the same thing. I claimed that you can easily have this.

Priority: 1, Status: Not Started

Priority: 2, Status: In Process

Priority: 3, Status: Completed

See? It's …