The Pragmatic Engineer

MARCH 19, 2024

👋 Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus, free issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter. In every issue, I cover topics related to Big Tech and startups through the lens of engineering managers and senior engineers. In this article, we cover one out of three topics from last week’s subscriber-only The Pulse issue. Today, full subscribers got access to a comprehensive Senior-and-above tech compensation research.

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Data Engineering Podcast

MARCH 17, 2024

Summary A significant portion of data workflows involve storing and processing information in database engines. Validating that the information is stored and processed correctly can be complex and time-consuming, especially when the source and destination speak different dialects of SQL. In this episode Gleb Mezhanskiy, founder and CEO of Datafold, discusses the different error conditions and solutions that you need to know about to ensure the accuracy of your data.

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Christophe Blefari

MARCH 22, 2024

Friday routine ( credits ) It's Friday and it's Data News. I don't go into too much detail about the magic of Data News, but every Friday is the same. At first, I'm: oh s**t, here we go again and 10 minutes later I'm lost in reading the content and picking too many articles to fit into a thousand word edition. Usually all the process takes me a whole Friday.

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Waitingforcode

MARCH 22, 2024

Apache Spark leverages the observer design pattern for the framework-to-code communication. One of the consumers' implementations is StreamingQueryListener.

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Confluent

MARCH 19, 2024

Seamlessly integrate Apache Kafka data into your lakehouse as Apache Iceberg tables, bridging the operational and analytical divide, with Tableflow. Read more in our blog post.

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databricks

MARCH 19, 2024

Today, we are thrilled to announce that Lilac is joining Databricks. Lilac is a scalable, user-friendly tool for data scientists to search, cluster.

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Snowflake

MARCH 19, 2024

A company’s data strategy is always in motion. Since the explosion of interest in generative AI and large language models (LLMs), that is more true than ever, with business leaders discussing how quickly they should adopt these technologies to stay competitive. Some emerging approaches may be seen in our newly released Snowflake Data Trends 2024 , looking at how users in the Data Cloud are working with their data.

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Cloudera

MARCH 22, 2024

As enterprise AI technologies rapidly reshape our digital environment, the foundation of your cloud infrastructure is more critical than ever. That’s why Cloudera and Red Hat , renowned for their open-source solutions, have teamed up to bring Red Hat Enterprise Linux ( RHEL ) to Cloudera on public cloud as the operating system for all of our public cloud platform images.

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KDnuggets

MARCH 20, 2024

Are you curious about what it takes to become a professional data scientist? Look no further! By following these guides, you can transform yourself into a skilled data scientist and unlock endless career opportunities.

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Confessions of a Data Guy

MARCH 18, 2024

Want to know how to grow to the Senior Engineering position? Take a look. The post The Path To Senior Engineer appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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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?

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Snowflake

MARCH 21, 2024

Snowflake is committed to helping our customers unlock the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive better decisions, improve productivity and reach more customers using all types of data. Large Language Models ( LLMs ) are a critical component of generative AI applications, and multimodal models are an exciting category that allows users to go beyond text and incorporate images and video into their prompts to get a better understanding of the context and meaning of the data.

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Confluent

MARCH 21, 2024

Learn the best practices for using Confluent Schema Registry, including using schema IDs, understanding subjects and versions, using data contracts, pre-registering schemas, and more.

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databricks

MARCH 21, 2024

We are excited to announce the release of the Databricks AI Security Framework (DASF) version 1.0 whitepaper! The framework is designed to improve.

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Knowledge Hut

MARCH 22, 2024

When I worked in the hospitality industry, the electricity abruptly went out while we were establishing the network and door locks. To my surprise, the door lock opened like any other door. This was the first time in my life that I had ever seen a fail-safe door lock. I have comprehensively analyzed the area of physical security, particularly the ongoing discussion surrounding fail safe vs fail-safe secure electric strike locking systems.

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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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KDnuggets

MARCH 22, 2024

GenAI has enabled new search engine platforms with unique features and advantages, challenging Google's dominance.

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WeCloudData

MARCH 20, 2024

Machine learning is revolutionizing traffic prediction, enhancing route planning and reducing congestion in urban commuting. Explore advanced algorithms like Uni-LSTM and BiLSTM for accurate forecasts, along with Google Maps' integration of deep learning for improved ETA accuracy. Discover the practical utility of machine learning in everyday life. The post Navigating your way: Traffic Prediction with Machine Learning appeared first on WeCloudData.

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databricks

MARCH 21, 2024

Benchmarking for training (dense) models at scale. We demonstrate great performance (very high MFU) and highlight our use of NVIDIA's Transformer Engine, along with PyTorch FSDP and DTensor.

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Knowledge Hut

MARCH 20, 2024

Employees who are in the profession today will change occupations considerably more much of the time than in past time. Thus, you should be aware and proactive in dealing with your profession. Yet, does this mean you need to yield in different parts of your life that are important to you? Our lives are sufficiently occupied balancing work and family without finding time for making out significant profession improvements also.

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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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KDnuggets

MARCH 20, 2024

Learn data science according to your expertise with these 4 different learning roadmaps.

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Robinhood

MARCH 18, 2024

The largest UK brokers typically charge UK investors, with a £10,000 portfolio, an average of £240 per year to invest in US stocks*–Robinhood offers no commission fees and no foreign exchange (FX) fees on trades.** Today, we’ve rolled all eligible customers off our waitlist and Robinhood is now officially available throughout the United Kingdom. With Robinhood, customers simply get more for their money, with no commission fees and no foreign exchange (FX) fees on trades, access to more than 6,00

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Engineering at Meta

MARCH 18, 2024

Systems and application logs play a key role in operations, observability, and debugging workflows at Meta. Logarithm is a hosted, serverless, multitenant service, used only internally at Meta, that consumes and indexes these logs and provides an interactive query interface to retrieve and view logs. In this post, we present the design behind Logarithm, and show how it powers AI training debugging use cases.

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Knowledge Hut

MARCH 19, 2024

Logical thinking skills play a significant role in developing careers because they help you reason through vital decisions, generate creative ideas, set goals, and solve problems. You may encounter multiple challenges in your life when you enter the job industry or advance your career. Therefore, need strong logical reasoning skills to solve your problems.

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KDnuggets

MARCH 19, 2024

Statistics is a must-have skill for data science. And here are 5 free books that’ll help you learn all the statistics you need as a data professional.

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Pinterest Engineering

MARCH 20, 2024

Adopted by Pinterest multiple user facing surfaces, Ads, and Board. Jianjin Dong | Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Quality; Qinglong Zeng | Senior Engineering Manager, Content Quality; Andrey Gusev | Director, Content Quality; Yangyi Lu | Machine Learning Engineer, Home Feed; Han Sun | Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Conversion Modeling; William Zhao | Software Engineer, Boards Foundation, Jay Ma | Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Lightweight Ranking LinkSage: Graph Neural Network ba

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Engineering at Meta

MARCH 20, 2024

At Meta, we support real-time communication (RTC) for billions of people through our apps, including Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. We’ve seen significant benefits by adopting the AV1 codec for RTC. Here’s how we are improving the RTC video quality for our apps with tools like the AV1 codec, the challenges we face, and how we mitigate those challenges.

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Knowledge Hut

MARCH 20, 2024

Today, in the growing dynamic environment, definitely the only non-changed thing is changing itself, whatever the driver is from, opportunity or threats from outside or inside your organization… Believing some of you already realized that more and more talents were being required in the market, since most of the developed organizations were investing more and more for building up or upgrading of the organization capability, for catering to the growing dynamic environment, that just is the capabi

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Speaker: Anindo Banerjea, CTO at Civio & Tony Karrer, CTO at Aggregage

When developing a Gen AI application, one of the most significant challenges is improving accuracy. This can be especially difficult when working with a large data corpus, and as the complexity of the task increases. The number of use cases/corner cases that the system is expected to handle essentially explodes. 💥 Anindo Banerjea is here to showcase his significant experience building AI/ML SaaS applications as he walks us through the current problems his company, Civio, is solving.

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KDnuggets

MARCH 19, 2024

Check out this beginner’s guide to understanding the role of Large Language Model Operations for seamless user experiences.

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Cloudera

MARCH 22, 2024

We’re excited to announce that Cloudera has been named the Best Medium Workplace in Ireland , one of the Best Workplaces in Costa Rica , and one of Ireland’s Best Workplaces for Women for 2024. These recognitions underscore Cloudera’s ongoing efforts to prioritize employee well-being, professional development, and collaborative work environments.

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Confluent

MARCH 19, 2024

Confluent Cloud's serverless Flink offering is now available on all major clouds, offering a unified, managed platform for real-time data processing.

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Knowledge Hut

MARCH 19, 2024

Choosing a good career after the 12th grade is a stressful process for students. The first question that comes to mind is “what should I do after 12th science?” Students seek their 12th standard in science as these are the prospective disciplines that most appeal to them. However, it is critical to conduct extensive studies on the various job opportunities in the science domain after 12th grade that match their preferences.

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Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.

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