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How to Build an On-Call Culture in a Data Engineering Team

Towards Data Science

Systematically resolve data issues in production Continue reading on Towards Data Science »

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Top 5 SQL Interview Questions With Implementation

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction In today’s world, technology has increased tremendously, and many people are using the internet. This results in the generation of so much data daily. This generated data is stored in the database and will maintain it. SQL is a structured query language used to read and write these databases. In simple words, SQL is used […] The post Top 5 SQL Interview Questions With Implementation appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

The Pragmatic Engineer

It’s been a wild weekend, starting Friday. In case you somehow missed it: we went through the fastest bank run in history, in an event that impacted about half of all VC-funded startups in the US and UK. On Friday night, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was shut down by regulators, triggering a weekend of fear and uncertainty for many people and businesses with questions like: “can we make payroll next week?

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Introduction to Apache Spark History

Waitingforcode

If you need to go back in time and analyze your past Apache Spark applications, you can use the native Apache Spark History server. However, it can also be an infrastructure problem because of the continuously increasing historical logs for streaming applications. In this blog post we'll try to understand this component and to see different configuration options.

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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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Data News — Week 23.11

Christophe Blefari

Took a few days with the ☀️ ( credits ) Hey you, I hope you had a great week. On my side I'm slowly starting to get on top of the things I had in queue. But, sadly, I work in LIFO so I feel that I'm never done. For people that are not use to it it means last in, first out. Which means that I get easily disturbed by a notification—or even a thought—and do something that I did not plan to do at first.

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Top 6 Azure Synapse Analytics Interview Questions

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Microsoft Azure Synapse Analytics is a robust cloud-based analytics solution offered as part of the Azure platform. It is intended to assist organizations in simplifying the big data and analytics process by providing a consistent experience for data preparation, administration, and discovery. It connects with various data sources and allows organizations to analyze their […] The post Top 6 Azure Synapse Analytics Interview Questions appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Amazon doubling down on return to office

The Pragmatic Engineer

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Data News — Week 23.10

Christophe Blefari

Sorting all the eggs of the landscape ( credits ) Dear readers, this week Data News lands on Saturday and will be a little bit different than usual because I found less relevant article and as promised last week I wanted to speak about the MAD Landscape. I hope you will enjoy this topic focus edition where I speak about economics even if I'm a newbie about economy.

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Announcing FawltyDeps - a dependency checker for your Python code

Tweag

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the Python packaging ecosystem is in need of a good dependency checker. In the least, it’s our hope to convince you that Tweag’s new dependency checker, FawltyDeps, can help you maintain an environment that is minimal and reproducible for your Python project, by ensuring that required dependencies are explicitly declared and detecting unused dependencies.

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Failure Mitigation for Microservices: An Intro to Aperture

DoorDash Engineering

When dealing with failures in a microservice system, localized mitigation mechanisms like load shedding and circuit breakers have always been used, but they may not be as effective as a more globalized approach. These localized mechanisms ( as demonstrated in a systematic study on the subject published at SoCC 2022 ) are useful in preventing individual services from being overloaded, but they are not very effective in dealing with complex failures that involve interactions between services, whic

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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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5 git Commands your Grandma uses.

Confessions of a Data Guy

The post 5 git Commands your Grandma uses. appeared first on Confessions of a Data Guy.

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Building a Media Understanding Platform for ML Innovations

Netflix Tech

By Guru Tahasildar , Amir Ziai , Jonathan Solórzano-Hamilton , Kelli Griggs , Vi Iyengar Introduction Netflix leverages machine learning to create the best media for our members. Earlier we shared the details of one of these algorithms , introduced how our platform team is evolving the media-specific machine learning ecosystem , and discussed how data from these algorithms gets stored in our annotation service.

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Multi-label NLP: An Analysis of Class Imbalance and Loss Function Approaches

KDnuggets

In this comprehensive article, we have demonstrated that a seemingly simple task of multi-label text classification can be challenging when traditional methods are applied. We have proposed the use of distribution-balancing loss functions to tackle the issue of class imbalance.

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Snowflake Connector for ServiceNow Available in Public Preview

Snowflake

ServiceNow, Inc. offers a well-known SaaS application, with companies in multiple industries using it to help manage digital workloads for a variety of departments and operations. What if it was as easy as just a few clicks to get ServiceNow data directly into your Snowflake account so you could combine it with other data sources, including ERPs, HRs, and CRMs?

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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What Is File Handling in Java?

U-Next

Introduction Due to its versatility, Java is still one of the most in-demand programming languages. We can work with files in Java, thanks to the File Class. The package java.io contains this File Class. Any programming language must include file handling since it enables us to store any program’s output in a file and carry out various operations.

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Career stories: Military commander turned Trust & Safety manager

LinkedIn Engineering

Avery's career in military IT took an unexpected turn when he caught wind of a LinkedIn Trust & Safety (QA) manager opportunity in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska. Now charged with keeping our LinkedIn platform safe, he shares his career transition into tech, and how his team has supported him as a dad and U.S. Army National Guard cyber-protection commander.

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5 More Command Line Tools for Data Science

KDnuggets

Use these tools to Access API, Manipulate CSV files, download datasets, and more from your terminal.

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Setting Uber’s Transactional Data Lake in Motion with Incremental ETL Using Apache Hudi

Uber Engineering

Uber’s Global Data Warehouse team leveraged Apache Hudi to drastically improve performance of traditional batch ETL pipelines by going incremental, improving business-critical data’s freshness, quality, and completeness.

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Improving the Accuracy of Generative AI Systems: A Structured Approach

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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How Will Artificial Intelligence Help Good Managers Become Great?

U-Next

Introduction – Adaptation and Evolution of AI in Management Several businesses use Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in management. The most significant AI tools are based on a vast amount of data, recognizing patterns, learning from them, and making definitive predictions. AI is becoming popular in project management because of its exceptional capacity to track particular trends and predict project situations and results.

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Start Paying Down Your Technical Debt Today

The Modern Data Company

Technical debt is an issue that often isn’t given the attention it deserves. Companies can even get away with ignoring it for quite a while. However, once it rears its ugly head, technical debt can be incredibly costly both in terms of money and reputation. Look no further than Southwest Airlines’ meltdown during the 2022 holiday season for an example of technical debt causing massive problems that hurt a company’s reputation as much as its balance sheet.

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What Are The Downsides of AI Advancement?

KDnuggets

While AI has certainly several positive uses to offer the world, it’s also displaying harm when it comes to academics, cybersecurity, the environment, jobs, and privacy.

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Get started with new role-based onboarding trainings for Databricks Lakehouse Platform

databricks

The demand for data, analytics, and AI talent continues to grow as organizations in every industry adopt new technologies to become more efficient.

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The Ultimate Guide To Data-Driven Construction: Optimize Projects, Reduce Risks, & Boost Innovation

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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Java 11 Features: A Brief Overview

U-Next

Introduction Java, one of the world’s most widely used and in-demand programming languages, has continued to develop since its introduction in 1995. Because of the periodic release cycle, it takes a little more work these days to keep up with the latest releases of Java. Every six months, Java releases a new version of its software. Java JDK 11 became accessible on September 25, 2018, thanks to Oracle.

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What is Metaverse? – Everything you need to know

Edureka

Despite the hype surrounding the metaverse, it is not yet a unified entity. Instead, a metaverse today comprises a variety of new technologies. The metaverse is how the internet’s future generation will function. Consider a virtual world in which billions of people live, work, shop, study, and communicate with one another from the comfort of their physical couches.

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GPT-4: Everything You Need To Know

KDnuggets

A new model by OpenAI with improved natural language generation and understanding capabilities.

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Reliable Data Exchange with the Outbox Pattern and Cloudera DiM

Cloudera

In this post, I will demonstrate how to use the Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) and its streaming solutions to set up reliable data exchange in modern applications between high-scale microservices, and ensure that the internal state will stay consistent even under the highest load. Introduction Many modern application designs are event-driven. An event-driven architecture enables minimal coupling, which makes it an optimal choice for modern, large-scale distributed systems.

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Business Intelligence 101: How To Make The Best Solution Decision For Your Organization

Speaker: Evelyn Chou

Choosing the right business intelligence (BI) platform can feel like navigating a maze of features, promises, and technical jargon. With so many options available, how can you ensure you’re making the right decision for your organization’s unique needs? 🤔 This webinar brings together expert insights to break down the complexities of BI solution vetting.

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Web Services in Cloud Computing: Definition, Types, and Various Architecture

U-Next

Introduction Cloud computing architecture is straightforward and lists all of its constituent parts and subparts in detail. Cloud computing is unquestionably here to stay. 60% of corporate data from companies is stored in the cloud, and cloud computing thus makes up a massive part of the corporate world. The benefits of cloud computing include adaptability, storage, sharing, upkeep, and many more.

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Production-Ready and Resilient Disaster Recovery for DLT Pipelines

databricks

Disaster recovery is a standard requirement for many production systems, especially in the regulated industries. As many companies rely on data to make.

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OpenChatKit: Open-Source ChatGPT Alternative

KDnuggets

OpenChatKit enables developers to fine-tune the model, maintain context in dialog, moderate responses, and effortlessly build their own custom chatbot applications.

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Cloudera DataFlow Designer: The Key to Agile Data Pipeline Development

Cloudera

We just announced the general availability of Cloudera DataFlow Designer , bringing self-service data flow development to all CDP Public Cloud customers. In our previous DataFlow Designer blog post , we introduced you to the new user interface and highlighted its key capabilities. In this blog post we will put these capabilities in context and dive deeper into how the built-in, end-to-end data flow life cycle enables self-service data pipeline development.

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Driving Responsible Innovation: How to Navigate AI Governance & Data Privacy

Speaker: Aindra Misra, Senior Manager, Product Management (Data, ML, and Cloud Infrastructure) at BILL

Join us for an insightful webinar that explores the critical intersection of data privacy and AI governance. In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, building robust governance frameworks is essential to fostering innovation while staying compliant with regulations. Our expert speaker, Aindra Misra, will guide you through best practices for ensuring data protection while leveraging AI capabilities.