PLM vs. Zombies
When life imitates art, and life alternates between tragedy and farce, be careful with your fantasies. That was more or less what I thought while watching World War Z back …
Slightly biased: PostgreSQL > MongoDB
By Robert Yackobian. A technology is always secondary to business requirements, and the choice of a database engine is no exception. Such a choice has significant long term consequences, and …
Home alone with data longevity
For many years “Home Alone” has been known as a beloved Hollywood comedy, featuring a schlimazel kid stumbling towards through a tornado of adventures towards a satisfying victory. No politics …
A PLM Conference in Middle Earth
According to Arthur Clarke, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. A technology comes as a combination of science and engineering. Science provides fundamental understanding of the natural world, …
A Kaiju in the engineering room
The present world of engineering tools is being increasingly dominated by large corporations fielding “platforms” targeting the digital thread paradigm. Each platform is comprised of several semi-independent products/sub-systems. Some of …
