Confessions of a Data Guy
AUGUST 29, 2024
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.
Jesse Anderson
AUGUST 28, 2024
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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KDnuggets
AUGUST 27, 2024
A step-to-step guide to navigate you through training your own transformer-based language model.
databricks
AUGUST 26, 2024
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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Apache Airflow® is the open-source standard to manage workflows as code. It is a versatile tool used in companies across the world from agile startups to tech giants to flagship enterprises across all industries. Due to its widespread adoption, Airflow knowledge is paramount to success in the field of data engineering.
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Christophe Blefari
AUGUST 24, 2024
News again. ( credits ) It's been 3 weeks. Summer continues and I hope this new edition finds you well, having had a great vacation and a nice break before getting back to business in September. Content and articles have been a little slow over the last few weeks and that's to be expected, but I feel it gonna get back to business as usual soon.
Data Engineering Digest brings together the best content for data engineering professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
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KDnuggets
AUGUST 27, 2024
Learn how to use regular expressions in Python for data cleaning.
databricks
AUGUST 30, 2024
Learn how companies can create repeatable and scalable workflows that enable users to quickly turn GenAI innovation from experimentation to reality.
ArcGIS
AUGUST 27, 2024
You can replicate Quantity by Category symbology in ArcGIS Pro 3.3 by classifying a Size or Color visual variable.
Engineering at Meta
AUGUST 28, 2024
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.
Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate
In this new webinar, Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate, will walk you through many Airflow best practices and advanced features that can help you make your pipelines more manageable, adaptive, and robust. She'll focus on how to write best-in-class Airflow DAGs using the latest Airflow features like dynamic task mapping and data-driven scheduling!
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KDnuggets
AUGUST 28, 2024
Check out these 5 IBM specialisation courses specific to those who want to learn more about generative AI.
databricks
AUGUST 27, 2024
We recently announced the general availability of serverless compute for Notebooks, Workflows, and Delta Live Tables (DLT) pipelines. Today, we'd like to explain.
ArcGIS
AUGUST 26, 2024
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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Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.
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KDnuggets
AUGUST 30, 2024
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.
databricks
AUGUST 30, 2024
Skechers has been at the forefront of the e-commerce industry, focusing on hyperpersonalized experiences to meet customer expectations better. Following significant growth during.
Edureka
AUGUST 26, 2024
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.
ArcGIS
AUGUST 25, 2024
Mosaic datasets are the backbone of imagery layers, but provide much more to your organization than simply creating imagery layers.
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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?
KDnuggets
AUGUST 29, 2024
Discover how to translate text quickly and accurately between languages with just a few simple steps using MarianMT.
databricks
AUGUST 26, 2024
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.
Striim
AUGUST 28, 2024
To the data scientists pushing the boundaries of what’s possible, the AI experts and enthusiasts who see beyond the horizon, and the techies building tomorrow’s solutions today — this manifesto is for you. The key to unlocking AI’s full potential lies in real time data. Traditional methods no longer suffice in a world that demands instant insights and immediate action.
Snowflake
AUGUST 26, 2024
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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With over 30 million monthly downloads, Apache Airflow is the tool of choice for programmatically authoring, scheduling, and monitoring data pipelines. Airflow enables you to define workflows as Python code, allowing for dynamic and scalable pipelines suitable to any use case from ETL/ELT to running ML/AI operations in production. This introductory tutorial provides a crash course for writing and deploying your first Airflow pipeline.
KDnuggets
AUGUST 28, 2024
Embrace these five best-practices boost the effectiveness of your trained machine learning solutions, no matter their complexity
databricks
AUGUST 28, 2024
Databricks Workflows now supports single task looping with For Each! Streamline repetitive processes into a single, easy to author, manage, and monitor task.
Cloudera
AUGUST 27, 2024
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.
Snowflake
AUGUST 29, 2024
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.
Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
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.
KDnuggets
AUGUST 26, 2024
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
databricks
AUGUST 30, 2024
Within the Databricks Community, there is a technical blog where community members share best practices, tutorials and insights on data analytics, data engineering.
Data Engineering Weekly
AUGUST 25, 2024
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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