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Data Warehouse Dimensional Modeling Design 101Photo by Erin Doering on UnsplashRegarding system design for a data-intensive application, it usually comes with two options: write or read optimized.There isn’t a database design that fits and optimizes both writing and reading. Like all system design perspectives, no solution is right or wrong, while only pros and cons. As data professionals who work on data model design, a critical part of the role is to identify the use case and further identify which design principle…

This is a pandemic dance record like no other. At the start of his career, British producer James Holden skewed trance, then techno, garnering acclaim for his remixes. He has since spent two fascinating albums exploring different paths to flow states, increasingly incorporating analogue instruments, cosmic jazz and Moroccan gnawa, while still adapting his own analogue synth rigs.His fourth album returns to the dancefloor, integrating all that has gone before. Too young for the illicit sound system era, Holden has created…