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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Xebia

The following is a review of the book Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley, published by O’Reilly in June of 2022, and some takeaway lessons. This book is as good for a project manager or any other non-technical role as it is for a computer science student or a data engineer.

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Analytics operating system Redbird makes data more accessible to non-technical users

TechCrunch

Data engineers have a big problem. Almost every team in their business needs access to analytics and other information that can be gleaned from their data warehouses, but only a few have technical backgrounds. ” Tracking venture capital data to pinpoint the next US startup hot spots.

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1. Streamlining Membership Data Engineering at Netflix with Psyberg

Netflix Tech

By Abhinaya Shetty , Bharath Mummadisetty At Netflix, our Membership and Finance Data Engineering team harnesses diverse data related to plans, pricing, membership life cycle, and revenue to fuel analytics, power various dashboards, and make data-informed decisions. What is late-arriving data?

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Through the Looking Glass: Exploring the Wonderland of Testing AI Systems

Xebia

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are becoming ubiquitous: from self-driving cars to risk assessments to large language models (LLMs). As we depend more on these systems, testing should be a top priority during deployment. Tests prevent surprises To avoid surprises, AI systems should be tested by feeding them real-world-like data.

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Data Engineering

The Programmer's Paradox

The foundation of all software systems is persistent data. That is, a big part of any solution provided by a software system is the ability to digitize events, inventories, and conversations. You have to capture the data as it exists. You can’t flatten structural data without losing information. All of them.

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Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

A few months ago, I wrote about the differences between data engineers and data scientists. An interesting thing happened: the data scientists started pushing back, arguing that they are, in fact, as skilled as data engineers at data engineering. Data engineering is not in the limelight.

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Big Data Engineer: Role, Responsibilities, and Job Description

Altexsoft

That’s why a data specialist with big data skills is one of the most sought-after IT candidates. Data Engineering positions have grown by half and they typically require big data skills. Data engineering vs big data engineering. Big data processing. maintaining data pipeline.