It's now the end of an era for me. After 5 years as a Wintellectual, it was time for a change. There's nothing like being surrounded by truly brilliant people that inspire you every day. That's why I'm becoming a Hubber and joining the DevOps FastTrack team.

With programming, things aren't always what they seem. In fact, sometimes more is less. More specifically, sometimes we get better performance by doing the opposite of what we've learned is right. Let's explore an example and how it applies to cloud-scale systems and big data.