Towards Data Science

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, I want to focus on my on-again, off-again relationship with books and reading. I burned out spectacularly about a year into a PhD program, and my relationship with books ended for quite some time. Even if you haven’t read any of the books below, you’ve probably at least heard of some of them.

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Data Engineering Podcast

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

RudderStack Profiles takes the SaaS guesswork and SQL grunt work out of building complete customer profiles so you can quickly ship actionable, enriched data to every downstream team. It’s the only true SQL streaming database built from the ground up to meet the needs of modern data products. Introducing RudderStack Profiles.

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Data Engineering Podcast

JULY 16, 2023

In his recent book "Datapreneurs" he reflects on the people and businesses that he has known and worked with and how they relied on data to deliver valuable services and drive meaningful change. What are the most interesting, unexpected, or challenging lessons that you have learned while working on the Datapreneurs book?

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Data Engineering Podcast

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

If you hand a book to a new data engineer, what wisdom would you add to it? Your host is Tobias Macey and today I’m interviewing Martin Traverso about PrestoSQL, a distributed SQL engine that queries data in place Interview Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management?

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Data Engineering Weekly

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Airbnb restricted the range of booking probabilities for map pins, which led to significant booking improvements. Further iterations included tiered map pins and a map re-centering algorithm based on booking probabilities. link] Fernando Borretti: Composable SQL One of the biggest challenges in SQL is the unit testing.

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Cloudera

MAY 18, 2021

Flink SQL is a data processing language that enables rapid prototyping and development of event-driven and streaming applications. Flink SQL combines the performance and scalability of Apache Flink, a popular distributed streaming platform, with the simplicity and accessibility of SQL. You can view the code here.

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Data Engineering Weekly

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

[link] JBarti: Write Manageable Queries With The BigQuery Pipe Syntax Our quest to simplify SQL is always an adventure. The blog narrates a few examples of Pipe Syntax in comparison with the SQL queries. BigQuery's pipe syntax seems exciting to watch, and it is an interesting approach to how it gets adopted.

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Data Engineering Data Engineer Engineering Insurance 57

Data Engineering Podcast

APRIL 14, 2024

For data engineers who battle to build and scale high quality data workflows on the data lake, Starburst powers petabyte-scale SQL analytics fast, at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods, so that you can meet all your data needs ranging from AI to data applications to complete analytics. Your first 30 days are free!

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The Pragmatic Engineer

JUNE 13, 2023

Agoda is a leading online travel booking platform in Asia. It’s owned by Booking Holdings Inc, which also owns the popular travel sites, Kayak and Booking.com. For transactional databases, it’s mostly the Microsoft SQL Server, but also other databases like PostgreSQL, ScyllaDB and Couchbase.

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Data Engineering Podcast

DECEMBER 26, 2021

By acting as a virtual hub for data assets ranging from tables and dashboards to SQL snippets & code, Atlan enables teams to create a single source of truth for all their data assets, and collaborate across the modern data stack through deep integrations with tools like Snowflake, Slack, Looker and more.

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KDnuggets

JANUARY 15, 2020

This week: learn the 5 must-have data science skills for the new year; find out which book is THE book to get started learning machine learning; pick up some Python tips and tricks; learn SQL, but learn it the hard way; and find an introductory guide to learning common NLP techniques.

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Machine Learning Data Science SQL Python 59

databricks

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

As North America's largest book. In today's fast-paced business environment, the ability to quickly access and analyze data is crucial for maintaining a competitive edge.

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Data Analytics SQL Data Accessibility 83

Knowledge Hut

JUNE 30, 2023

Whether you're a beginner looking to dive into the foundations or an experienced practitioner seeking advanced techniques, the right books can be your guiding light. Books on data engineering serve as essential resources to guide you through the vast terrain of data engineering. What is Data Engineering?

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Data Engineering Weekly

MARCH 30, 2025

Airbnb defines and estimates three types of LTV: Baseline (total bookings over 365 days, predicted using machine learning), Incremental (baseline LTV adjusted for cannibalization from other listings, estimated via a production function) Marketing-induced incremental (additional LTV generated by Airbnb initiatives). Sonnet for assistance.

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Knowledge Hut

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Budding aspirants and students are constantly looking for reliable data science s, research material, and the top data science books to kickstart their careers in this field. Be it as a beginner or an experienced learner; you need to know which book is a reliable source of knowledge and is suited to your personal level of understanding.

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ProjectPro

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

ProjectPro has curated a list of the best Apache Spark books that cater to different levels of expertise, from beginner to pros. So sit back, grab a cup of coffee, and let's dive into the world of reading the top Apache Spark books. So sit back, grab a cup of coffee, and let's dive into the world of reading the top Apache Spark books.

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Team Data Science

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Structured Query Language (SQL) SQL has been in existence for some time now, and database systems are still prevalent and important in many companies. Data scientists should acquire some basic SQL functionality. Getting a practical knowledge of data processing will also help. See you later.

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Data Engineering Data Engineer Engineering Cloud Computing 130

Data Engineering Podcast

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Jean George Perrin has been so impressed by the versatility of Spark that he is writing a book for data engineers to hit the ground running. What was your motivation for writing a book about Spark? What have been some of the most interesting or useful lessons that you have learned in the process of writing a book about Spark?

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KDnuggets

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

10 Cheat Sheets You Need To Ace Data Science Interview • 7 Free Platforms for Building a Strong Data Science Portfolio • The Complete Free PyTorch Course for Deep Learning • 3 Valuable Skills That Have Doubled My Income as a Data Scientist • 25 Advanced SQL Interview Questions for Data Scientists • A Data Science Portfolio That Will Land You The Job (..)

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Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 11, 2023

There are many books on the market where you can learn and understand Power BI. This post will discuss the Top 10 Power BI books for beginners and advanced-level readers. From understanding the basics to mastering advanced techniques, these books are your gateway to harnessing the full potential of Power BI.

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Christophe Blefari

JANUARY 26, 2024

Data mesh by the book will not work, if you want to scale you can't just add more people in a central team. ClickHouse and the one billion row challenge — ClickHouse proposed a SQL solution with ClickHouse local to the a challenge consisting in aggregating 1B rows in a text file.

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Algorithm Google Cloud Data Java 130

Christophe Blefari

MARCH 22, 2024

Commun Corpus — A HuggingFace dataset collection including public domain texts, newspapers and books in a lot of languages. This is a nice way to mix SQL and Python code. This is a visualisation of the hours spent by Erin reading books in 2023. Designing RAGs — A super long and detailed article about RAG.

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Team Data Science

JANUARY 8, 2021

Data engineering function involve the fundamental understanding of data utilization skills such as coding, python, SQL database, relational database, AWS in the field of big data. It would even be an additional benefit for them to have expertise in computer networking as well. See you later.

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Sync Computing

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Book a Demo! In fact, the DBU rate of a large SQL warehouse is 40 DBUs/hr. If youre interested in understanding whats right for your companys Databricks usage, feel free to book a time that works for you here ! The post Databricks Compute Comparison: Classic Jobs vs Serverless Jobs vs SQL Warehouses appeared first on Sync.

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Data Engineering Podcast

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Datafold shows how a change in SQL code affects your data, both on a statistical level and down to individual rows and values before it gets merged to production. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold today to book a demo with Datafold. By the time errors have made their way into production, it’s often too late and damage is done.

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Data Engineering Podcast

JANUARY 30, 2022

In addition to that, the host curated the essays contained in the book "97 Things Every Data Engineer Should Know", using the knowledge and context gained from running the show to inform the selection process. Overview of the 97 things book How the project came about Goals of the book What are the paths into data engineering?

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Data Engineering Podcast

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Datafold shows how a change in SQL code affects your data, both on a statistical level and down to individual rows and values before it gets merged to production. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold today to book a demo with Datafold. By the time errors have made their way into production, it’s often too late and damage is done.

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Knowledge Hut

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Online cloud-enabled bookstore system This system can function as an internet bookstore by utilizing SQL and C#. The books would be divided into sections to help users find their desired book without becoming overwhelmed by a database. The system aims to enhance security and provide measures against SQL injection hacking.

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Data Engineering Podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2021

In this episode he discusses his experiences and how he approached the work of distilling them for his book "Fail Fast, Learn Faster" This is an entertaining and enlightening exploration of the business side of data with an industry veteran. Can you start by discussing the focus of the book and what motivated you to write it?

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Entertainment Big Data Data Lake Business Intelligence 100

Data Engineering Podcast

MARCH 10, 2024

For data engineers who battle to build and scale high quality data workflows on the data lake, Starburst powers petabyte-scale SQL analytics fast, at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods, so that you can meet all your data needs ranging from AI to data applications to complete analytics. Your first 30 days are free!

Data Lake 147

Data Lake High Quality Data Architecture Machine Learning 147

Knowledge Hut

JULY 7, 2023

SQL, or Structured Query Language, is one the most widely used programming languages, which has not changed in decades. SQL is responsible for fetching the relevant data as per the requirement from the vast data store known as databases. This blog aims to cover SQL projects which can help you enhance your SQL skillset.

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Monte Carlo

APRIL 8, 2025

So before you start writing SQL or labeling columns, it’s important to understand what youre working with. SQL lets you control who can see what with role-based access. You can even book a demo with just an email. Ask yourself: What kind of data are you storing? Now its time to set some ground rules.

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Data Engineering Podcast

JANUARY 15, 2022

In this episode Brian McMillan shares his work on the book "Building Data Products" and how he is working to educate business users and data professionals about the combination of technical, economical, and business considerations that need to be blended for these projects to succeed. Who is your target audience?

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Engineering Electronics ETL Tools Data Pipeline 100

Data Engineering Podcast

JUNE 19, 2022

Datafold shows how a change in SQL code affects your data, both on a statistical level and down to individual rows and values before it gets merged to production. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold today to book a demo with Datafold. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold today to book a demo with Datafold.

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Metadata Unstructured Data MongoDB MySQL 130

Data Engineering Podcast

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Datafold shows how a change in SQL code affects your data, both on a statistical level and down to individual rows and values before it gets merged to production. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold today to book a demo with Datafold. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold today to book a demo with Datafold.

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MongoDB MySQL Scala Machine Learning 130

Data Engineering Podcast

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Datafold shows how a change in SQL code affects your data, both on a statistical level and down to individual rows and values before it gets merged to production. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold today to book a demo with Datafold. Visit dataengineeringpodcast.com/datafold today to book a demo with Datafold.

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Rockset

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

A quick survey of my laptop folders reveals account statements, receipts, technical papers, book chapters, and presentation slides—all PDFs. Which is a great reason for Rockset to support SQL queries on PDF files, in our mission to make data more usable to everyone.

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