Tag: Workspace

My Drawing Setup and Workspace

I draw digitally, but what do I use to turn my ideas into reality? I’m not picky about my workspace, I’d say. I am okay being on the go and creating in buses, cafes and libraries. But when I am home, there is a certain comfort I get in having a place to draw. Here is my workspace...

Accessing Workspace Files with Shared Clusters (UC) in Databricks

The Issue If you are trying to access workspace files or files located in a repository folder (as described here) from a shared cluster in Databricks, you might run into the following error: java.lang.SecurityException: User does not have permission SELECT on any file The underlyin...

Migrate External Hive Streaming tables to Unity in an Azure Workspace

If you use external tables for your Delta lake, and want to migrate to Unity, this is a simple guide for accomplishing this. The differences between how to do this with a streaming table and a non streaming table are very minor, with the major difference being you must stop your stream, make your ne...

Challenges with Terraform Cloud Login and Gitpod Workspace Integration

Logging into Terraform Cloud within a Gitpod workspace can be a bumpy ride. When attempting to use terraform login, the browser-based wiswig view doesn't always generate the token as expected. Fortunately, a workaround exists: manually creating a token in Terraform Cloud. This short note ex...

‘Editing’ the office workspace

In spring 2021, AQ had an all-hands workshop about our Tokyo office. The mothership was no longer getting the kind of human presence that makes a space feel alive and loved. The air felt stale and the post-box overflowed with pizza flyers. With the days of a regular commute to a central location beh...