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An educational side project

The Pragmatic Engineer

I’d like to share a story about an educational side project which could prove fruitful for a software engineer who’s seeking a new job. Juraj created a systems design explainer on how he built this project, and the technologies used: The systems design diagram for the Rides application The app uses: Node.js

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dbt multi-project collaboration

Christophe Blefari

cross-project dependencies ( credits ) Over the last few years, dbt has become a de facto standard enabling companies to collaborate easily on data transformations. Whatever the number, there will be a critical point at which a single project no longer scale. Cross-project references is a key enabler to data team decentralisation.

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How to build a data project with step-by-step instructions

Start Data Engineering

Introduction 2. Parts of data engineering 3.1. Requirements 3.1.1. Understand input datasets available 3.1.2. Define what the output dataset will look like 3.1.3. Define SLAs so stakeholders know what to expect 3.1.4. Define checks to ensure the output dataset is usable 3.2. Identify what tool to use to process data 3.3. Data flow architecture 3.

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Zenlytic Is Building You A Better Coworker With AI Agents

Data Engineering Podcast

The team at Zenlytic have leaned on the promise of large language models to build an AI agent that lets you converse with your data. Are data agents harder to build? What are the most interesting, unexpected, or challenging lessons that you have learned while working on building an AI agent for business intelligence?

Building 278
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Why “Build or Buy?” Is the Wrong Question for Analytics

Every time an application team gets caught up in the “build vs buy” debate, it stalls projects and delays time to revenue. Partnering with an analytics development platform gives you the freedom to customize a solution without the risks and long-term costs of building your own. There is a third option.

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Kafka to MongoDB: Building a Streamlined Data Pipeline

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Data is fuel for the IT industry and the Data Science Project in today’s online world. We know that streaming data is data that is emitted at high volume […] The post Kafka to MongoDB: Building a Streamlined Data Pipeline appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Building cost effective data pipelines with Python & DuckDB

Start Data Engineering

Project demo 3. Building efficient data pipelines with DuckDB 4.1. Introduction 2. Use DuckDB to process data, not for multiple users to access data 4.2. Cost calculation: DuckDB + Ephemeral VMs = dirt cheap data processing 4.3. Processing data less than 100GB? Use DuckDB 4.4.

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The Essential Guide to Building Analytic Applications

What should product managers keep in mind when adding an analytics project to their roadmap? Download this eBook to discover insights from 16 top product experts, and learn what it takes to build a successful application with analytics at its core.

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3 Challenges of Building Complex Dashboards with Open Source Components

Speaker: Ryan MacCarrigan, Founding Principal, LeanStudio

Watch this webinar with Ryan MacCarrigan, Founding Principal of LeanStudio, to learn about key considerations for launching your next analytics project. But what happens when you have a growing user base and additional feature requests?

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How to Find and Test Assumptions in Product Development

Watch this webinar with Laura Klein, product manager and author of Build Better Products, to learn how to spot the unconscious assumptions which you’re basing decisions on and guidelines for validating (or invalidating) your ideas. You'll learn: Why every product leader goes into a new project with untested, hidden assumptions.

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The Definitive Guide to Embedded Analytics

We hope this guide will transform how you build value for your products with embedded analytics.

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New Study: 2018 State of Embedded Analytics Report

Why do some embedded analytics projects succeed while others fail? We surveyed 500+ application teams embedding analytics to find out which analytics features actually move the needle. Read the 6th annual State of Embedded Analytics Report to discover new best practices. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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Modern Data Architecture for Embedded Analytics

Every data-driven project calls for a review of your data architecture—and that includes embedded analytics. Download the whitepaper to see the 7 most common approaches to building a high-performance data architecture for embedded analytics.