Tue.Oct 29, 2024

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Unapologetically Technical Episode 14 – Cliff Crosland

Jesse Anderson

Unapologetically Technical’s newest episode is now live! In this episode of Unapologetically Technical, I interview Cliff Crosland, the co-founder and CEO of Scanner.dev. Cliff Crosland is a data engineer passionate about helping people wrangle massive log volumes. He sees logs as a treasure trove of insights and believes effective log analysis is critical in today’s complex systems.

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Fine-Tuning GPT-4o

KDnuggets

Learn how to enhance GPT-4o performance for legal text clarification on your old laptop with just a few lines of code.

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Differential Backups in MyRocks Based Distributed Databases at Uber

Uber Engineering

Learn about how the Storage team at Uber significantly reduced costs and improved speed for backups of its Petabyte-scale, MyRocks-based distributed databases by devising a Differential Backups solution.

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10 Useful Python One-Liners for Data Cleaning

KDnuggets

Here are some useful Python one-liners for common data cleaning tasks.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Upgrading Uber’s MySQL Fleet  to version 8.0

Uber Engineering

Learn all about our journey of successfully upgrading our MySQL fleet at Uber from v5.7 to v8.0, enhancing performance and reliability.

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Model Selection and Experimentation Automation with LLMs

KDnuggets

Automate the machine learning modelling important step with LLMs.

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Understanding K-Fold Target Encoding to Handle High Cardinality

Towards Data Science

Balancing complexity and performance: An in-depth look at K-fold target encoding Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash Introduction Data science practitioners encounter numerous challenges when handling diverse data types across various projects, each demanding unique processing methods. A common obstacle is working with data formats that traditional machine learning models struggle to process effectively, resulting in subpar model performance.

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Making Uber’s ExperimentEvaluation Engine 100x Faster

Uber Engineering

Learn how Uber was able to reduce evaluation latencies by a factor of 100x in their Experimentation platform, which is used to empower decision making across the company by processing over 10 million evaluations per second.

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How to Measure Design System at Scale

Uber Engineering

Learn how Uber made a breakthrough in tracking design metrics across Figma, Android, and iOS with Design System Observability.

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Streamlining Financial Precision: Uber’s Advanced Settlement Accounting System

Uber Engineering

Discover how Uber’s cutting-edge settlement accounting system processes over 1.2 billion transactions monthly, ensuring precise financial tracking, preventing fraud, and managing regulatory compliance with unmatched efficiency.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

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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Shifting E2E Testing Left at Uber

Uber Engineering

Learn how we achieved diff-time E2E testing for thousands of microservices at Uber.

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Lucene: Uber’s Search Platform Version Upgrade

Uber Engineering

Search powers critical business operations across Uber like in-app geo search and matching riders to drivers. Dive into how Uber performed a multi-version Lucene upgrade across a complex monorepo to enhance search accuracy.

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Transforming Executive Travel: Delegate Booking with Uber

Uber Engineering

Find out how Uber for Business launched delegate profiles on Administrative Professionals Day, empowering executive assistants to manage executive travel, streamlining processes, and optimizing efficiency.

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