Monthly Archives: September 2013

We are usually left to bash for scripting Hadoop functions. It’s the default in Linux and it’s usually good enough. There are enough “bash-isms” that will cause your Java/pig/database people serious heart ache. If you’re new to Hadoop, go ahead … Continue reading →

An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered. -G.K. Chesterton Sometimes our ego gets the best of us.  This seems to occur more often in Hadoop than anywhere else I’ve worked.  I’m not … Continue reading →