The Pragmatic Engineer

OCTOBER 31, 2023

👋 Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. In every issue, I cover topics related to Big Tech and startups through the lens of engineering managers and senior engineers. In this article, we cover three out of seven topics from today’s subscriber-only issue Three Cloud Providers, Three Outages: Three Different Responses.

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AWS Google Cloud Cloud Food 216

KDnuggets

OCTOBER 31, 2023

AI have ability to reason, and generate functioning code in languages like Python, SQL, and R, they can provide impressive value with Data analysis. But can they replace data analysts?

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Data Analysis SQL Python Data 125

databricks

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Today we're excited to announce MLflow 2.8 supports our LLM-as-a-judge metrics which can help save time and costs while providing an approximation of.

Data Science 135

Data Science Engineering Data 135

KDnuggets

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As a data scientist, is it worthwhile leveling up your Python skills? Dive into code comparisons across expertise levels & discover if "good enough" is really enough.

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Python Data Science Coding Data 114

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Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 31, 2023

While working as a project management professional, you often come across situations where you have to make important decisions for projects with various levels of complexity. There are times when there are several choices, and you will be required to evaluate the outcomes related to each choice and accordingly make decisions that are best for your career and the company as a whole.

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Pinterest Engineering

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Harry Zhang, Jiajun Wang, Yi Li, Shunyao Li, Ming Zong, Haniel Martino, Cathy Lu, Quentin Miao, Hao Jiang, James Wen, David Westbrook | Cloud Runtime Team Image Source: [link] Overview Modern compute platforms are foundational to accelerating innovation and running applications more efficiently. At Pinterest, we are evolving our compute platform to provide an application-centric and fully managed compute API for the 90th percentile of use cases.

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Architecture Pipeline-centric Accessible Accessibility 95

DoorDash Engineering

OCTOBER 31, 2023

At DoorDash, the growth and development of our engineering talent is critical to our success and ability to continue innovating. Apprenticeship has had a long history of successfully cultivating new generations of talent across many different industries. Tech is no different. Designed to identify and foster exceptional engineering talent within the company, DoorDash’s Apprentice Engineering Manager Program prepares engineers to transition into a people management role effectively and autonomousl

Programming 79

Programming Engineering Management Education 79

KDnuggets

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The future of the multimodal large language model.

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Snowflake

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The Managed Detection & Response (MDR) industry finds itself in a new era with unprecedented challenges from platform giants and the migration of the attack surface to the cloud, with innovation becoming a requirement for survival. Companies built to provide clients with 24×7 “eyes on glass” now find themselves at the intersection of rapid technological advancements and evolving threat landscapes.

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Management Data Science Cloud Data Storage 88

Cloudera

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As Halloween night quickly approaches, there is only one question on every kid’s mind: how can I maximize my candy haul this year with the best possible candy? This kind of question lends itself perfectly to data science approaches that enable quick and intuitive analysis of data across multiple sources. Using Cloudera Machine Learning, the world’s first hybrid data cloud machine learning tooling, let’s take a deep dive into the world of candy analytics to answer the tough question on everyone’s

Data Mining 77

Data Mining Portfolio Machine Learning Data Science 77

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Many organizations today are unlocking the power of their data by using graph databases to feed downstream analytics, enahance visualizations, and more. Yet, when different graph nodes represent the same entity, graphs get messy. Watch this essential video with Senzing CEO Jeff Jonas on how adding entity resolution to a graph database condenses network graphs to improve analytics and save your analysts time.

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Monte Carlo

OCTOBER 31, 2023

I’m not sure what’s harder to believe – that we’re just a week away from IMPACT OR that it’s our third iteration of the world’s only Data Observability Summit ! 2023 has been a crazy year in data, with the rise of GenAI and LLMs eclipsing nearly everything else in tech. tk4,There’s plenty of hype – don’t get me wrong – but there’s also a lot to be excited about, and our speakers will address these opportunities, challenges, and forward-looking predictions for data and AI teams.

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Data Engineering Data Engineer Data Engineering 72

KDnuggets

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Use this knowledge to upskill yourselves.

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SQL 122

Confluent

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Empower your data analysts with real-time AI and data streaming so they can make better decisions, faster.

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Rockset

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Securing customer data is of the utmost importance for companies large and small. Regulation and hefty legal ramifications are front and center for security teams tasked with ensuring sensitive data stays out of the hands of unauthorized external and internal personnel. Encryption plays a key role in making the above possible. While Rockset applies its own encryption keys to customers’ data, some security teams want to own their own destiny when it comes to managing the rotation schedule as well

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Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Azure administrators are in more demand as businesses continue to use the cloud for their infrastructure requirements. The Azure platform from Microsoft has grown to be a popular option for companies looking for scalable and trustworthy cloud solutions. Establishing a solid foundation is essential for starting a successful career in cloud administration.

Data Lake 52

Data Lake Certification Government Cloud Computing 52

ArcGIS

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Learn how to use GIS and the geographic approach to improve the way you manage infrastructure and assets.

Management 65

Management Utilities 65

Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Businesses are increasingly depending on cloud platforms to manage and analyze their data in today's data-driven environment. Two of the most well-known cloud service providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, provide reliable data engineering solutions. Often, aspiring data engineers must choose between two options: AWS data engineer or Azure data engineer.

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Cloudera

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Enterprises see embracing AI as a strategic imperative that will enable them to stay relevant in increasingly competitive markets. However, it remains difficult to quickly build these capabilities given the challenges with finding readily available talent and resources to get started rapidly on the AI journey. Cloudera recently signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), reinforcing our relationship and commitment to accelerating and scaling cloud native data manag

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Speaker: Scott Sehlhorst

We know we want to create products which our customers find to be valuable. Whether we label it as customer-centric or product-led depends on how long we've been doing product management. There are three challenges we face when doing this. The obvious challenge is figuring out what our users need; the non-obvious challenges are in creating a shared understanding of those needs and in sensing if what we're doing is meeting those needs.

Certification

Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The SAFe Release Train Engineer certification is an important qualification for anyone involved in Agile and Lean processes. It provides professionals with the knowledge and expertise to lead large-scale Agile transformations, making them vital assets in today's competitive employment market. In this blog, I'll explore the complexities of the SAFe RTE certification cost, breaking down the costs and providing information on course fees, exam fees, and renewal costs.

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Engineering at Meta

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Meta’s Systematic Code and Asset Removal Framework (SCARF) has a subsystem for identifying and removing unused data types. SCARF scans production data systems to identify tables or assets that are unused and safely removes them. SCARF avoids tedious manual work and ensures that product data is correctly removed when a product is shut down. This is the third and final post in our series on Meta’s Systematic Code and Asset Removal Framework (SCARF).

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Data Metadata Coding Relational Database 90

Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 31, 2023

You won’t ever see any senior leader in any business approve or endorse a project without knowing its cost implications. A business leader has to understand the costs and understand the value that the project or task brings to the business. Projects or tasks can be costly, but business leaders and project managers have no problems taking the plunge if they deem it worth the investment.

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Certification Project Management IT 52

Picnic Engineering

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Every team wants to deliver new features to delight their users but if the application is not available even the best feature won’t have the intended effect. At Picnic, we prioritize our customers’ ability to place orders and receive groceries seamlessly at any time. To ensure this availability we need to be able to see what our systems are doing at any point making the observability of our systems essential.

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Java Aggregated Data Coding Python 52

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While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Project Management Professional or PMP is a professional certification for project managers offered by the Project Management Institute or PMI. This certification’s examination development processes are different from regular certification exam development practices. PMI has ensured that its certification process is aligned with the best practices of the industry.

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