Seattle Data Guy

JANUARY 17, 2023

With all the recent data events I have put together I inevitably run into new data engineers who are either finishing up college or looking to transition into a data engineer or data scientist position. In fact I have talked to several newly graduated engineers who are struggling to find work.

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Analytics Vidhya

APRIL 3, 2023

Real-time dashboards such as GCP provide strong data visualization and actionable information for decision-makers. Nevertheless, setting up a streaming data pipeline to power such dashboards may […] The post Data Engineering for Streaming Data on GCP appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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KDnuggets

APRIL 25, 2024

Interested in switching to data engineering? Here’s a list of Python libraries you’ll find super helpful.

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Analytics Vidhya

JUNE 24, 2023

He is an experienced data engineer with a passion for problem-solving and a drive for continuous growth. Thus, providing valuable insights into the field of data engineering. Introduction We had an amazing opportunity to learn from Mr. Pavan.

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Analytics Vidhya

JULY 25, 2023

In the world of data, two crucial roles play a significant part in unlocking the power of information: Data Scientists and Data Engineers. But what sets these wizards of data apart? Welcome to the ultimate showdown of Data Scientist vs Data Engineer! appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Analytics Vidhya

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Introduction Data engineering is the field of study that deals with the design, construction, deployment, and maintenance of data processing systems. The goal of this domain is to collect, store, and process data efficiently and efficiently so that it can be used to support business decisions and power data-driven applications.

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Analytics Vidhya

JUNE 20, 2023

Introduction In today’s data-driven world, organizations across industries are dealing with massive volumes of data, complex pipelines, and the need for efficient data processing.

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Start Data Engineering

APRIL 22, 2024

Most data projects use Docker to set up the data infra locally (and often in production). Introduction 2. Docker concepts 2.1. Define the OS and its configurations with an image 2.2. Use the image to run containers 2.2.1. Communicate between containers and local OS 2.2.2. Start containers with docker CLI or compose 3. Conclusion 1.

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Jesse Anderson

JANUARY 29, 2024

The premier of my latest talk covering The State of Data Engineering. This starts with data warehousing and goes into data science. I finish off by showing how data engineering can avoid the same fate as data warehousing and data science.

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KDnuggets

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Interested in data engineering but don't know where to start? Get up to speed in data engineering fundamentals with this free course.

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Jesse Anderson

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

There has been quite a bit of writing covering GPT and LLMs from data science and business perspectives. I haven’t seen much from the data engineering side. Let me share my perspective, having been in data and AI for a while and using LLMs before they became popular. How can we use LLMs in data engineering?

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Confessions of a Data Guy

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Some of the things I’m going to talk about, well … all of it, is probably fairly obvious to most Rust folk, but it’s enjoyable to learn what new […] The post Ownership and Borrowing in Rust – Data Engineering Gold Mine. appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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Analytics Vidhya

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Data engineering plays a pivotal role in the vast data ecosystem by collecting, transforming, and delivering data essential for analytics, reporting, and machine learning. Aspiring data engineers often seek real-world projects to gain hands-on experience and showcase their expertise.

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Jesse Anderson

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Big data projects were given to data scientists and data warehouse teams, where the projects subsequently failed. As clearly evident as that sounds now, my writing about needing data engineering went heavily against the grain of everything that was written at the time.

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Confessions of a Data Guy

APRIL 16, 2023

You might think […] The post DuckDB vs Polars for Data Engineering. appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy. I haven’t seen this since Databricks and Snowflake first came out and started throwing mud at each other.

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Seattle Data Guy

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Apache Airflow is a very popular tool that data engineers rely on. Why do data engineers like Airflow? What are… Read more The post What Is Apache Airflow – Data Engineering Consulting appeared first on Seattle Data Guy. Also, what does Apache Airflow event do? What is a DAG?

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Seattle Data Guy

MAY 20, 2023

Starting new data engineering projects can be challenging. Data engineers can get stuck on finding the right data for their data engineering project or picking the right tools.

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Simon Späti

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Will Rust kill Python for Data Engineers? But then again, you have to ask: was Python made for Data Engineering in the first place? Rust may not replace Python outright, but it has consumed more and more of JavaScript tooling and there are increasingly many projects trying to do the same with Python/Data Engineering.

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Simon Späti

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Will Rust kill Python for Data Engineers? But then again, you have to ask: was Python made for Data Engineering in the first place? Rust may not replace Python outright, but it has consumed more and more of JavaScript tooling and there are increasingly many projects trying to do the same with Python/Data Engineering.

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Seattle Data Guy

JANUARY 17, 2023

Are data engineers all learning Rust? Our team is putting together an all day event focused on helping answer some… Read more The post What Is The State Of Data Engineering And Infrastructure In 2023 appeared first on Seattle Data Guy. Are Snowflake and Databricks still fighting over total cost of ownership?

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Netflix Tech

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Engineers from across the company came together to share best practices on everything from Data Processing Patterns to Building Reliable Data Pipelines. The result was a series of talks which we are now sharing with the rest of the Data Engineering community! In this video, Sr. In this video, Sr.

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Confessions of a Data Guy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Nothing screams “why are flying by night,” than coming into a Data Team only to find no tests, no docs, no deployments, no Docker, no nothing. […] The post The Role of DevOps and CI/CD in Data Engineering appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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Data Engineering Weekly

APRIL 7, 2024

I strongly believe the concept of Data Product will play a bigger role in data engineering. link] Hussein Jundi: Data Engineering - Architectures & Strategies for Handling Sensitive Data The rapid adoption of AI brings challenges for data engineering to design systems to handling sensitive data.

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Confessions of a Data Guy

OCTOBER 6, 2023

I wring my hands sometimes, wishing that things and technologies somehow come together into some bubbling […] The post The Ultimate Data Engineering Chadstack. appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy. At the moment Rust and Airflow are at least somewhere at the top of that list. Running Rust inside Apache Airflow.

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Confessions of a Data Guy

JUNE 8, 2023

It gives a fairly unique view into the wide range of Data Engineering companies, jobs, projects people are working on, tech stacks, and problems that are being faced. One thing I’ve come […] The post 4 Ways To Setup Your Data Engineering Game. appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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Start Data Engineering

JUNE 13, 2023

Introduction So you are a new data engineer (or looking for a DE job) and want to better yourself as a data engineer. Money & Time 2.2. Technical skills 3. Build impactful projects 4. Conclusion 5. Further reading 1.

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Confessions of a Data Guy

MARCH 20, 2023

For a lot of my Data Engineering career I didn’t really think about or use AWS lambdas, I just saw them as little annoying flies […] The post AWS Lambdas. Useful for Data Engineering? appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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Data Engineering Weekly

APRIL 21, 2024

link] Canva: Scaling to Count Billions If you know how to count, you’re an excellent data engineer. Counting is the hardest problem in data engineering. RevenueCat writes about solving such challenges with the ingestion table & consolidation table pattern.

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Snowflake

APRIL 17, 2024

This traditional SQL-centric approach often challenged data engineers working in a Python environment, requiring context-switching and limiting the full potential of Python’s rich libraries and frameworks. To get started, explore the comprehensive API documentation , which will guide you through every step.

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Confessions of a Data Guy

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

There are probably few things in life that will strike more fear and tumult in the heart of the Data Engineer than historical loads. How could it possibly be, just take a bunch of data stored somewhere and shove it into a table. […] The post Introduction to Historical Loads – for Data Engineers.

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Waitingforcode

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It's time for another part of "What's new on the cloud for data engineers" Let's see what happened in the last 5 months.

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Data Engineering Weekly

APRIL 14, 2024

link] Arpit Choudhury: Growth needs to speak the language of Engineering and Data Software engineers and data engineers don’t speak the same language It reminds me of this famous quote The Author highlights that the growth team should be aware of the skill differences.

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KDnuggets

JANUARY 26, 2024

Data Engineering ZoomCamp offers free access to reading materials, video tutorials, assignments, homeworks, projects, and workshops.

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Data Engineering Weekly

MARCH 17, 2024

It also introduces emerging standards like the Open Data Contract Standard and Data Product Descriptor Specification. As you know, I’m fascinated by data products and the potential to change the data engineering practice. Can we measure the cost of data incidents?

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KDnuggets

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Data engineers must prepare and manage the infrastructure and tools necessary for the whole data workflow in a data-driven company.

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Data Engineering Weekly

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Our hope is only with the amazing community of data practitioners who constantly support us. One thing I learned while writing Data Engineering Weekly is that persistence and consistency are the keys to success. link] Sponsored: Data modeling and exploration in Playground 2.0 Elevate your data skills!

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Towards Data Science

MARCH 26, 2024

In this article we dive into some practical examples for Data Engineers Continue reading on Towards Data Science » Generative AI is all the rage.

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