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How to Validate Datatypes in Python

Start Data Engineering

Introduction Using Native Python Using Pydantic Pydantic Caveats Conclusion Further reading References Introduction Data type issues are one of the biggest concerns when processing data in python. If you are wondering how to Make sure that a column is of a specific data type ( e.g.

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Containerizing Apache Hadoop Infrastructure at Uber

Uber Engineering

Introduction. As Uber’s business grew, we scaled our Apache Hadoop (referred to as ‘Hadoop’ in this article) deployment to 21000+ hosts in 5 years, to support the various analytical and machine learning use cases. We built a team with varied … The post Containerizing Apache Hadoop Infrastructure at Uber appeared first on Uber Engineering Blog.

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Announcing ksqlDB 0.19.0

Confluent

We’re pleased to announce ksqlDB 0.19.0! This release includes a new NULLIF function and a major upgrade to ksqlDB’s data modeling capabilities—foreign-key joins. We’re excited to share this highly requested […].

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Bringing The Metrics Layer To The Masses With Transform

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary Collecting and cleaning data is only useful if someone can make sense of it afterward. The latest evolution in the data ecosystem is the introduction of a dedicated metrics layer to help address the challenge of adding context and semantics to raw information. In this episode Nick Handel shares the story behind Transform, a new platform that provides a managed metrics layer for your data platform.

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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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Beginner’s Guide to Cloudera Operational Database

Cloudera

My name is Shanmukha Kota and I am a recent graduate from University at Buffalo. I interned with Cloudera last summer and joined Cloudera as a software engineer a couple of weeks ago and this is my first experience with CDP and CDP Operational Database. For a new hire college graduate in the industry with only academic experience with HBase, I can only say it is very simple and easy to set up and work with CDP Operational Database.

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Does Your Organization Need a Chief Data Officer? Probably

DataKitchen

The post Does Your Organization Need a Chief Data Officer? Probably first appeared on DataKitchen.

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Strategies For Proactive Data Quality Management

Data Engineering Podcast

Summary Data quality is a concern that has been gaining attention alongside the rising importance of analytics for business success. Many solutions rely on hand-coded rules for catching known bugs, or statistical analysis of records to detect anomalies retroactively. While those are useful tools, it is far better to prevent data errors before they become an outsized issue.

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#ClouderaLife Spotlight: Veda Kadam, Software Engineer

Cloudera

Meet Veda Kadam. She’s relatively new to the Cloudera family. She started her journey here in June of 2020 when she joined our first ever fully virtual intern program. Now she’s a full time employee working as a Software Engineer on our Data In Motion team. From an early age, Veda knew she wanted to work in the technology industry. Her father worked in pharmaceuticals and her mother worked in accounting.

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The Post-Pandemic Supply Chain: How to Build Resiliency Into our Decisioning

Teradata

Learn about the techniques and frameworks needed to build a more resilient, cost-effective, and efficient data & analytic decisioning support capability for the post-pandemic supply chain.

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15 NLP Projects Ideas for Beginners With Source Code for 2023

ProjectPro

In this blog, explore a diverse list of interesting NLP projects ideas, from simple NLP projects for beginners to advanced NLP projects for professionals that will help master NLP skills. As per the Future of Jobs Report released by the World Economic Forum in October 2020, humans and machines will be spending an equal amount of time on current tasks in the companies, by 2025.

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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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Scaling Real-Time Gaming Leaderboards with DynamoDB and Rockset

Rockset

Social gaming is on the rise. During COVID-19, 29% of consumers reported playing games on a weekly basis and the goal for many players was to connect with friends and family ( Deloitte: Games and Streaming Services Fight it Out During Pandemic from VentureBeat ). One of the challenges that gaming companies face is rapidly building features that can strengthen network effects.

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Data Impact Award Spotlight and Update on 2020’s Data Champion’s Winner: OVO

Cloudera

In the build-up to this year’s Data Impact Awards, we’re looking back at last year’s winners. We are reflecting on their accomplishments, finding out about further developments, and giving you a taste of what it takes to get the judges’ attention. Last year’s awards saw OVO crowned as Data Champions. This is the category for Cloudera customers whose IT administration provides the agility business requires, without putting organizations at risk, and who are embracing a pattern of technology adopt

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DataOps: The Foundation for Your Agile Data Architecture

DataKitchen

Learn about four data architectures patterns for agility - DataOps, Data Fabric, Data Mesh & Functional Data Engineering - & an example combining all four. The post DataOps: The Foundation for Your Agile Data Architecture first appeared on DataKitchen.

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Kafka vs RabbitMQ - A Head-to-Head Comparison for 2023

ProjectPro

As a big data architect or a big data developer, when working with Microservices-based systems, you might often end up in a dilemma whether to use Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ for messaging. Rabbit MQ vs. Kafka - Which one is a better message broker? You might find some articles across the web that conclude that Apache Kafka is better than RabbitMQ and few others that mention RabbitMQ to be more reliable than Kafka.

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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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Flying Blind in Retail

Teradata

Many Retailers & CPGs are missing huge opportunities to improve their margins & further enhance their customer experience due to broad brush data that lack insight. Read more.

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Pillars of Azure: 4 trends to watch in your cloud career

A Cloud Guru: Data Engineering

In this post, (based on my session from the recent ACG Community Summit) I’m going to lay out what I view as the four pillars of Azure, trends we’re seeing around these, where I think they’re heading, and how you might plan your cloud career around these areas. What are the pillars of Azure? Before […] The post Pillars of Azure: 4 trends to watch in your cloud career appeared first on A Cloud Guru.

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A Chat with Randy Bean on His Book, Fail Fast, Learn Faster

DataKitchen

Chris Bergh chats with author Randy Bean about his book, Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data & AI. The post A Chat with Randy Bean on His Book, Fail Fast, Learn Faster first appeared on DataKitchen.

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Development workflow for Reverse ETL

Grouparoo

Update (January 2022) The Grouparoo community is continually working to improve the developer experience for Reverse ETL. Here's our guide to Getting Started with Grouparoo to lead you through installation, configuration, running, and deploying projects. Grouparoo's recommend way to configure the application is through UI Config. An important enhancement to the workflow is the addition of Models.

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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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Teradata's Sleep Prediction Hackathon

Teradata

Read more about Teradata's “Sleep Prediction” Hackathon, based on Apple Watch data, to capture different stages of sleep based on heart rate and activity count.

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Keras vs Tensorflow - Deep Learning Frameworks Battle Royale

ProjectPro

Machine Learning and Deep Learning have experienced unusual tours from bust to boom from the last decade. Simmering in research labs, these two verticals of artificial intelligence became a savior for many companies. As there is a famous saying, "the larger, the better." But when it comes to large data sets, determining insights from them through deep learning algorithms and mining them becomes tricky.

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Presenting Rust and Python Support for Delta Lake

Scribd Technology

Delta Lake is integral to our data platform which is why we have invested heavily in delta-rs to support our non-JVM Delta Lake needs. This year I had the opportunity to share the progress of delta-rs at Data and AI Summit. Delta-rs was originally started by my colleague QP just over a year ago and it has now grown to now a multi-company project with numerous contributors, and downstream projects such as kafka-delta-ingest.

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How to Handle Nested Data in Apache Druid vs Rockset

Rockset

Apache Druid is a distributed real-time analytics database commonly used with user activity streams, clickstream analytics, and Internet of things (IoT) device analytics. Druid is often helpful in use cases that prioritize real-time ingestion and fast queries. Druid’s list of features includes individually compressed and indexed columns, various stream ingestion connectors and time-based partitioning.

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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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Preset Cloud As A Chart.io Alternative

Preset

Why Preset is the best alternative to Chart.io. Learn how to avoid lock-in with Preset, built on top of Apache Superset.

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25 Computer Vision Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

ProjectPro

Artificial Intelligence tools and technologies are moving at a rapid pace of innovation, so not to be surprised by the constant emergence of novel artificial intelligence and machine learning job roles like NLP Engineer , Computer Vision Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, AI Software Engineer, AI Research Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Engineer , Machine Learning Scientist , Data Scientist , and many more to mention.

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How Engineering Teams Use RudderStack to Support Marketing

RudderStack

Here’s an overview of the specific ways engineering teams support marketing from the data layer with RudderStack.

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Information Extraction at Scribd

Scribd Technology

Extracting metadata from our documents is an important part of our discovery and recommendation pipeline, but discerning useful and relevant details from text-heavy user-uploaded documents can be challenging. This is part 2 in a series of blog posts describing a multi-component machine learning system the Applied Research team built to extract metadata from our documents in order to enrich downstream discovery models.

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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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Embedding AI Into Every Aspect of Your Business

Cloudera

Most businesses, whether you are in Retail, Manufacturing, Specialty Chemicals, Telecommunications, consider a 10% market capitalization increase from 2020 to 2021 outstanding. But what would you say to your shareholders when they found out your competitors’ market capitalization grew 35%? A recent McKinsey report dove into the divergence between retail’s laggards and winners and found if there is one message in the retail sector’s stock market performance since the pandemic’s start, it is

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AI Engineer Salary- The Ultimate Guide for 2023

ProjectPro

Want to become an AI Engineer? Check out this detailed AI Engineer salary guide to understand how much can you make as an AI engineer based on various factors- experience level, companies, and location. Artificial Intelligence (AI) market will be worth 190 Billion USD by 2025. As of June 2022, there are 18,380 open vacancies for AI Engineers in the United States, while India has 2,740 openings for the role of an AI Engineer.