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Tim Armstrong

Tim Armstrong

Tim is a developer advocate and software engineer with experience in creating content and tutorials for programming, application security, networking and devops.

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Tim is a developer advocate who has contributed to well-known publications such as Linux Format. A software engineer with experience in C++, C#, Python and the entire software development ecosystem, Tim combines his software development experience and writing skills to ensure that every product he works on serves developers as well as it can.

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Engineering

Third Normal Form (3NF) vs Star Schema: When to Use Each

Learn the differences between Third Normal Form (3NF) and star schema with SQL examples, table diagrams, and guidance on when to use each in a data warehouse.

Tim Armstrong

February 25, 2026

Developers

Security

Tutorials

How to Build a CSPM with Grafana and CloudQuery

Learn how to build a CSPM solution using Docker Compose, CloudQuery, PostgreSQL, dbt, and Grafana for real-time cloud security monitoring and compliance.

Tim Armstrong

Joe Karlsson

May 21, 2024

Developers

Tutorials

Pulling Stock Market Data with CloudQuery

Stock Market Data is about as far as possible from previous use-cases covered in the blog, but that's not stopping us!

Tim Armstrong

March 5, 2024

Developers

Engineering

Infrastructure Data Platforms made simple

Learn what an Infrastructure Data Platform is, why it matters for engineering teams, and how to simplify infrastructure data management at scale.

Tim Armstrong

January 18, 2024

Developers

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