Introduction It’s that time of year where thousands of nerds take over Las Vegas for the biggest tech conference of the year, AWS re:Invent (or watch from the sideline because their company doesn’t believe in sending people, but I digress). …

Introduction Yes, I’m a bit behind on this one, as I was just waiting to see if a few remaining talks from September’s Airflow Summit (the first one in-person!) were going to be uploaded or not. As that doesn’t look it may be the case, I’ve decided to summarize my favorite…

Introduction We’re getting to that wonderful time of year where (hopefully) things start to slow down work-wise. Yes, the holidays are a great opportunity to catch up on sleep and spend time with family and friends while work goes on pause. If you’re not going on vacation entirely, you may end…

Introduction Did you know that Databricks has a quarterly roadmap webinar? Sure enough, I joined for today’s call so I could see what’s coming our way in the future. The webinar can be accessed here, for those who want to check this out themselves. Workflows Enhancements I love seeing how powerful Databricks workflows…

Introduction I’m always a fan of Ben Rogojan’s posts, so I had to check out his post on high-performing teams (co-written with Phil Dakin) when it showed up in my inbox last night. …

Introduction Another week, another virtual conference as Monte Carlo hosted their annual IMPACT data summit yesterday. All the sessions can be found on the event website. Here were my main takeaways from yesterday. Data Democratization Data democratization, at its core, gives everyone the access and the ability to use data as needed. While…

Introduction I definitely am a fan of how Snowflake uses winter-related puns for all their events (although as someone who grew up in Florida, I can’t relate too well). Today was Snowflake’s annual Snowday event, where they announced some of their new features that are on the way. …

Introduction Are you aware that the FinOps Foundation has monthly summit calls to discuss major updates and go through various FinOps-related presentation? If not, you’re definitely missing out on some great learning material. The Foundation just held their October call, and here are my main takeaways from the event. Welcome Aboard AWS AWS was…

Introduction When Ben Rogojan and Data Engineer Things combine forces to host a summit, you join. It’s that simple, and as a result, here are some of my main takeaways from their DE & ML Summit (which was very well done!). You can check out the talks here in the meantime. Data Modeling …