DoK_Istanbul_Meetup__2_-_Oct_2022.pdf

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1. Oct 20 , 2022 - Istanbul, TR @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
2. Agenda • Welcome and Introduction - Alkin Tezuysal, ChistaDATA • Data On Kubernetes Community - Alkin Tezuysal, ChistaDATA • Lessons from operating cloud data warehouses on Kubernetes - Alexander Zaitsev, Robert Hodges - Altinity • Journey to become an O'reilly Author- Alkin Tezuysal, ChistaDATA • Networking and Pizza @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
6. Let’s get connected with Alkin first • Alkin Tezuysal - EVP - Global Services @chistadata ◦ Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/askdba/ ◦ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ask_dba • Open Source Database Evangelist ◦ Previously PlanetScale, Percona and Pythian as Technical Manager, SRE, DBA ◦ Previously Enterprise DBA , Informix, Oracle, DB2 , SQL Server • Author, Speaker, Mentor, and Coach @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
7. Also… Someone who is Born to Sail, Forced to Work @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
8. About ChistaDATA Inc. • Founded in 2021 by Shiv Iyer - CEO and Principal • Has received 3M USD seed investment • Focusing on ClickHouse infrastructure operations ◦ What’s ClickHouse anyway? • Services around dedicated Managed Services, Support and Consulting • We’re hiring globally DBAs, SREs and DevOps Engineers @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
9. About ClickHouse • Columnar Storage • SQL Compatible • Open Source (Apache 2.0) • Shared Nothing Architecture • Parallel Execution • Rich in Aggregate Functions • Super fast for Analytics workload @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
10. About MySQL Cookbook 4th Edition • O’reilly Book previously authored by Paul Dubois 3 editions • Solutions for Database Developers and Administrators • More than 950 pages of recipes for specific database challenges • It took two years of authoring, rewriting, reviewing, editing and learning. • Co-authored with Sveta Smirnova - MySQL Expert / Author , Percona @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
11. How did I end up there? 10,000 hours? @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
12. How did I end up there? • It wasn’t by luck maybe co-incidental • Wanted to author one before • Failed attempts • Recognition • Pandemic @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
13. Stages ? • Preparations ◦ Agreement on the book (pages, percentile of content if new release) ◦ Contracts signed ◦ Authoring platform discussions ▪ Docbook over XML / Asciidoc ▪ This is important piece of decision ◦ Editor(s) assigned by O’reilly ◦ Supervisor assigned by O’reilly @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
14. Stages ? • Authoring ◦ Start with difficult chapters ◦ Allow research time ◦ Use of editor (Grammarly) and available resources ◦ Getting inside (co-author) and outside help ◦ Review process ◦ Final edits before many final reviews and approvals @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
15. Stages ? • Putting all together 1. Authoring is confirmed by the author (if co-authoring) if not this will be done by technical reviewers 2. Reviewed by immediate editor 3. Chapters passes quality assurance by marking them complete and ready for pre-release. 4. While pre-releases published by chapters other chapters ongoing and technical reviews starts. 5. They all randomly come back with feedback @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
16. Builds ? • Every version is a complete book repo in GitLab. 1. Use gitlab to pull changes. If two authors working together make sure to be upto date. 2. Edit changes in a chapter 3. Push changes to repo 4. Push all updates, instructions to code repo (GitHub) 5. Make a compile request as pdf 6. Review (again) @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
17. Production Schedule ? 1. Cover of the book (illustrations) 2. Pre-copyedit cleanup (Code blocks, Wording, Grammar and Spelling) 3. Copyedit review 4. Quality Control #1 5. Praise quotes for back cover 6. Index review 7. Quality Control #2 @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
18. Became an O'reilly Author • Authored blogs • Attempted to author booklet ◦ Invited many co-authors ◦ Talked to other editors • Given talks online and offline ◦ Mentored others to give talks • On the field and always focused on same subject (MySQL) • Got an invitation by long time friend and colleague Sveta Smirnova @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
19. Key Takeaways • Talk to other authors • Platform research • Keep close track of agreements and details • Organize your time in advance (allow extra time) • Do not overcommit (work / life / book) balance • More on this in another blog - MySQL Cookbook 4th Edition • Details about the book in Percona University Nov 5 10:00 - 18:00 @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022
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22. THANK YOU @ChistaDATA Inc. 2022