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Apache Spark’s Most Annoying Use Case

Confessions of a Data Guy

I still remember the good ole days when Apache Spark was fresh and hot, hardly anyone was using it, except a few poor AWS Glue and EMR users … Lord have mercy on their ragged souls. It’s funny how that GOAT of a tool went from being used by a few companies for extremely large […] The post Apache Spark’s Most Annoying Use Case appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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Data Teams Survey 2024 Results

Jesse Anderson

In the spring of 2024, I ran a new survey to gather more data for my Data Teams book and update my 2023 and 2020 surveys. In total, we had 81 respondents. This survey was designed to get information about how management uses data teams, the value they’re creating, and how they’re creating it. The survey asked about the best and worst practices that teams are using or experiencing.

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Announcing Hybrid Search General Availability in Mosaic AI Vector Search

databricks

We're excited to announce the general availability of hybrid search in Mosaic AI Vector Search. Hybrid search is a powerful feature that combines.

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How to Build and Train a Transformer Model from Scratch with Hugging Face Transformers

KDnuggets

A step-to-step guide to navigate you through training your own transformer-based language model.

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Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization Is the Future of Manufacturing

Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

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How Meta enforces purpose limitation via Privacy Aware Infrastructure at scale

Engineering at Meta

At Meta, we’ve been diligently working to incorporate privacy into different systems of our software stack over the past few years. Today, we’re excited to share some cutting-edge technologies that are part of our Privacy Aware Infrastructure (PAI) initiative. These innovations mark a major milestone in our ongoing commitment to honoring user privacy.

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Display “Quantity by Category” Symbology in ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS

You can replicate Quantity by Category symbology in ArcGIS Pro 3.3 by classifying a Size or Color visual variable.

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5 Tips for Using Regular Expressions in Data Cleaning

KDnuggets

Learn how to use regular expressions in Python for data cleaning.

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Meta is getting ready for post-quantum cryptography

Engineering at Meta

The Quantum Apocalypse is coming. The advent of quantum computers has raised real questions about the future of data privacy over the internet. Someday, advances in quantum computing will make it possible to decrypt sensitive data that was encrypted using today’s complex cryptography systems. In the latest episode of the Meta Tech Podcast you’ll meet Sheran and Rafael, two engineers leading Meta’s post-quantum readiness work.

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Introducing the Rebuild Network Topology Add-In for ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and 3.1

ArcGIS

The Rebuild Network Topology Add-In provides the ability to rebuild the network topology for the current extent of an active map with ArcGIS Pro 2.9 and 3.1.

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Cost-effective, incremental ETL with serverless compute for Delta Live Tables pipelines

databricks

We recently announced the general availability of serverless compute for Notebooks, Workflows, and Delta Live Tables (DLT) pipelines. Today, we'd like to explain.

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Airflow Best Practices for ETL/ELT Pipelines

Speaker: Kenten Danas, Senior Manager, Developer Relations

ETL and ELT are some of the most common data engineering use cases, but can come with challenges like scaling, connectivity to other systems, and dynamically adapting to changing data sources. Airflow is specifically designed for moving and transforming data in ETL/ELT pipelines, and new features in Airflow 3.0 like assets, backfills, and event-driven scheduling make orchestrating ETL/ELT pipelines easier than ever!

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Generative AI Specialisation Courses from IBM for Every Profession

KDnuggets

Check out these 5 IBM specialisation courses specific to those who want to learn more about generative AI.

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Pinot for Low-Latency Offline Table Analytics

Uber Engineering

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Mosaic datasets: More than the sum of its parts

ArcGIS

Mosaic datasets are the backbone of imagery layers, but provide much more to your organization than simply creating imagery layers.

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Streamlining repetitive tasks in Databricks Workflows

databricks

Databricks Workflows now supports single task looping with For Each! Streamline repetitive processes into a single, easy to author, manage, and monitor task.

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Whats New in Apache Airflow 3.0 –– And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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Project Ideas to Master Data Engineering

KDnuggets

Data engineering is best learned by doing projects. But which ones? Here are six projects focusing on different data engineering skills to ensure you have it all covered.

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The Big Data London Guide: 2024 Edition

Monte Carlo

Another Big Data London is right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited. Coming in hot on September 18-19, Big Data London is easily the UK’s biggest data event of the year. And with an event as rare and prestigious as Big Data London, it’s normal to want to maximize your time. That’s why we put together our list of the top things to see and do at Big Data London this year—including the data reliability sessions we’re most excited about and the after-parties you don’t want to miss.

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Web Developer Roadmap: Front End, Back End, Full Stack

Edureka

A Web Developer Roadmap is just like a book of instructions that tells you what you need to learn to become a web developer. It directs the learner’s attention toward mastering only the relevant stuff at any particular time and avoids unnecessary complications and concentration problems. Think about being at the boundary of unfamiliar woodlands where every path is bound for that famous site for web programming.

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Stepping into personalized experiences for every customer with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform

databricks

Skechers has been at the forefront of the e-commerce industry, focusing on hyperpersonalized experiences to meet customer expectations better. Following significant growth during.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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How to Translate Languages with MarianMT and Hugging Face Transformers

KDnuggets

Discover how to translate text quickly and accurately between languages with just a few simple steps using MarianMT.

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AI Data Cloud for Energy: Strategies for Oil, Gas & Power

Snowflake

The Energy Sector's transformative shift Energy, the driver of the global economy, is undergoing one of the largest secular shifts of our time, propelled by hundreds of trillions of dollars in global investment in the next 25 years. This shift creates a tremendous opportunity for energy companies. And, at the heart of successfully navigating this change sit data and AI.

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Add Flexera’s State of the Cloud Report to Your Summer Reading List

Cloudera

It’s nearing the end of the summer in North America, and one report has been a staple on my reading list for more than a decade: the Flexera State of the Cloud Report. The annual survey of hundreds of global IT decision makers assesses cloud strategies, migration trends, and important considerations for companies moving to the cloud or managing cloud environments.

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How to perform change data capture (CDC) from full database snapshots using Delta Live Tables

databricks

Learn more about processing snapshots using Delta Live Tables and how you can use the new Apply changes from Snapshshot statement in DLT to build SCD Type 1 or SCD Type 2 target tables delivering incremental data and insights that would typically take months of effort on legacy platforms.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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5 Tips for Optimizing Machine Learning Algorithms

KDnuggets

Embrace these five best-practices boost the effectiveness of your trained machine learning solutions, no matter their complexity

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Startup Spotlight: Genesis’ Co-Worker Agents Lend AI-Powered Assistance

Snowflake

Welcome to Snowflake’s Startup Spotlight, where we ask startup founders about the problems they’re solving, the apps they’re building and the lessons they’ve learned during their startup journey. In this edition, we’ll learn why the founders of Genesis , Matt Glickman and Justin Langseth, decided to take on the challenge of creating AI-powered assistants to run generative AI workloads in Snowflake, and why “Eliza” and “Stuart” might soon be joining your team meetings.

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Data Engineering Weekly #186

Data Engineering Weekly

Try Fully Managed Apache Airflow for FREE Run Airflow without the hassle and management complexity. Take Astro (the fully managed Airflow solution) for a test drive today and unlock a suite of features designed to simplify, optimize, and scale your data pipelines. For a limited time, new sign-ups will receive a complimentary Airflow Fundamentals Certification exam (normally $150).

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Highlights from the Databricks Community

databricks

Within the Databricks Community, there is a technical blog where community members share best practices, tutorials and insights on data analytics, data engineering.

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What’s New in Apache Airflow® 3.0—And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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5 Tips for Getting Started with Language Models

KDnuggets

Break the ice and dispel any fears about this expanding branch of AI with these five pieces of advice that will help you know where to start learning

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A New Era of Lifecycle Marketing with the AI Data Cloud and AI Decisioning

Snowflake

Every business has key customer behaviors it aims to drive — whether it's encouraging repeat purchases, promoting product upgrades or boosting add-on services. Yet, despite access to advanced marketing technology and rich customer profiles, most businesses still rely on broad, generalized lifecycle marketing campaigns that fail to engage with customers.

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Use Business Analyst’s Target Marketing Wizard to find customers in a new area

ArcGIS

Identify the most promising customers in a new area using the Business Analyst Target Marketing wizard and Esri's Tapestry Segmentation.

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Welcome to the Data + AI World Tour 2024

databricks

We're thrilled to launch our 2024 Data + AI World Tour , a series of free in-person events in cities worldwide. Each stop.

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A Guide to Debugging Apache Airflow® DAGs

In Airflow, DAGs (your data pipelines) support nearly every use case. As these workflows grow in complexity and scale, efficiently identifying and resolving issues becomes a critical skill for every data engineer. This is a comprehensive guide with best practices and examples to debugging Airflow DAGs. You’ll learn how to: Create a standardized process for debugging to quickly diagnose errors in your DAGs Identify common issues with DAGs, tasks, and connections Distinguish between Airflow-relate