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Building Data Platforms (from scratch)

Confessions of a Data Guy

Of all the duties that Data Engineers take on during the regular humdrum of business and work, it’s usually filled with the same old, same old. Build new pipeline, update pipeline, new data model, fix bug, etc, etc. It’s never-ending.

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Building Your Data Warehouse On Top Of PostgreSQL

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary There is a lot of attention on the database market and cloud data warehouses. While they provide a measure of convenience, they also require you to sacrifice a certain amount of control over your data. Firebolt is the fastest cloud data warehouse. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/firebolt to get started.

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Building a Data Warehouse

Towards Data Science

Best practice and advanced techniques for beginners Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

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Data Warehouse vs Big Data

Knowledge Hut

Two popular approaches that have emerged in recent years are data warehouse and big data. While both deal with large datasets, but when it comes to data warehouse vs big data, they have different focuses and offer distinct advantages.

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How Shopify Is Building Their Production Data Warehouse Using DBT

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary With all of the tools and services available for building a data platform it can be difficult to separate the signal from the noise. In this episode Zeeshan Qureshi and Michelle Ark share their experiences using DBT to manage the data warehouse for Shopify. What kinds of data sources are you working with?

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Use Your Data Warehouse To Power Your Product Analytics With NetSpring

Data Engineering Podcast

NetSpring is a warehouse-native product analytics service that allows you to gain powerful insights into your customers and their needs by combining your event streams with the rest of your business data. Visit: dataengineeringpodcast.com/data-council today! Don't miss out on their only event this year!

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Building A Better Data Warehouse For The Cloud At Firebolt

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary Data warehouse technology has been around for decades and has gone through several generational shifts in that time. The current trends in data warehousing are oriented around cloud native architectures that take advantage of dynamic scaling and the separation of compute and storage. When is Firebolt the wrong choice?