The Pragmatic Engineer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

This is a follow-up to the article Paying down tech debt , written by industry veteran Lou Franco. Lou has been in the software business for over 30 years as an engineer, EM, and executive. He’s also worked at four startups and the companies that later acquired them; most recently Atlassian as a Principal Engineer on the Trello iOS app. Later this year, he’s publishing a book on tech debt.

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Confessions of a Data Guy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

It is a Brave New World out there these days. The new tools and features come out faster than your mom on Sunday morning getting you ready for church. The same goes for the context and advice being produced on a myriad of platforms, the ole’ Like and Subscribe, and all that bit. It does […] The post Data Modeling in the Brave New Lakehouse World appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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databricks

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Mosaic AI Model Training now supports fine-tuning up to 131K context length for Llama 3.1 models. More efficient training at long sequence lengths is made possible by several optimizations highlighted in this post.

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KDnuggets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In Python, functions often require multiple arguments, and you may find yourself repeatedly passing the same values for certain parameters. This is where partial functions can help. Python’s built-in functools module allows you to create partial functions.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The value of Generative AI, the deepened investment Databricks has made in the space, and how customers have benefited from the certification.

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KDnuggets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

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KDnuggets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Image generated with FLUX.1 [dev] and edited with Canva Pro The 10 GitHub Repository Education Series has been a hit among readers, so here is another list to help you master the basics of deep learning. This collection will guide you through understanding popular deep learning frameworks and various model architectures. In short, you.

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Snowflake

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Data is increasingly becoming critical for the public sector — from guiding decisions in higher education to enhancing citizen services and streamlining government operations. Government agencies are overwhelmed with data, whether it be structured, like incident logs, or unstructured, like satellite images. Harnessing the vast amount of data can become a burden for any organization, yet the insights have the potential to significantly improve quality of life and strengthen national security.

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Precisely

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Key Takeaways: Data integrity is essential for AI success and reliability – helping you prevent harmful biases and inaccuracies in AI models. Robust data governance for AI ensures data privacy, compliance, and ethical AI use. Proactive data quality measures are critical, especially in AI applications. Using AI systems to analyze and improve data quality both benefits and contributes to the generation of high-quality data.

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ArcGIS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Guide to TEMPO NO2 multidimensional analysis in ArcGIS Pro 3.3. Track air quality changes and gain insights for public health and environmental monitoring.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Striim

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

What makes MotherDuck and DuckDB a game-changer for data analytics? Join us as we sit down with Jacob Matson, a renowned expert in SQL Server, dbt, and Excel, who recently became a developer advocate at MotherDuck. During this episode, Jacob shares his compelling journey to MotherDuck, driven by his frequent use of DuckDB for solving data challenges.

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Knowledge Hut

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Are you working on many big projects with lots of smaller tasks that all depend on each other? If you become a PgMP-certified pro, you can make things run smoothly. You can learn more about this by taking a PgMP certification course. Getting PgMP certified doesn't just help your career—it also teaches you important things about how organizations work.

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Pinterest Engineering

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Li Tang; Sr. Software Engineer | Saurabh Vishwas Joshi; Sr. Staff Software Engineer | Zhiyuan Zhang; Sr. Manager, Engineering | At Pinterest, we operate a large-scale online machine learning inference system, where feature caching plays a critical role to achieve optimal efficiency. In this blog post, we will discuss our decision to adopt Cachelib project by Meta Open Source (“Cachelib”) and how we have built a high-throughput, flexible feature cache by leveraging and expanding upon the capabili

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Snowflake

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Building on the momentum from Snowflake Summit , where Snowflake announced the rollout of dozens of new features, this year’s Industry Day showcased the numerous ways these capabilities can be put to use, particularly in an AI- and ML-driven world. In his keynote address , Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy explained how the AI Data Cloud aligns with customers’ AI and data strategies, highlighting the platform’s unique position to achieve enterprise AI goals.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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