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10 Hard Topics in Data Engineering That Will Skyrocket Your Career
10 Hard Topics in Data Engineering That Will Skyrocket Your Career
Ever scroll through Reddit and wonder, “What actually separates a good data engineer from a great one?” I did after stumbling on a…
Victor Oketch Sabare
Jun 22
Databricks Quietly Prepares Platform for Real-Time Data Apps — Starting with Databricks Apps and…
Databricks Quietly Prepares Platform for Real-Time Data Apps — Starting with Databricks Apps and…
In the age of intelligent applications, the next wave of digital transformation is being fueled by real-time Data Apps — systems that…
THE BRICK LEARNING
Jun 13
My Interview Experience for Senior Data Engineer at Walmart
My Interview Experience for Senior Data Engineer at Walmart
I’m here to share my Senior Data Engineer interview experience with Walmart from December 2024. If you’re preparing for this role, I hope…
Think Data
Feb 21
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Things Nobody Told Me About Data Engineering Until I Failed
Things Nobody Told Me About Data Engineering Until I Failed
Every Data Engineer Needs to Read This — Before It’s Too Late
Rooted in Data
Jul 16
Learning Day 13: How to Ingest Data into Existing Delta Tables Using MERGE INTO — The Right Way
Learning Day 13: How to Ingest Data into Existing Delta Tables Using MERGE INTO — The Right Way
Mastering Incremental Loads, CDC, and SCDs with Delta Lake
THE BRICK LEARNING
Jul 15
The Night I Caught a Fraud Ring in Real Time Using Kafka Streams & Neo4j
The Night I Caught a Fraud Ring in Real Time Using Kafka Streams & Neo4j
How I turned data chaos into instant alerts and how you can.
Victor Oketch Sabare
Jul 15
Is Kimball Still Relevant in the Age of Lakehouse and Data Lakes?
Is Kimball Still Relevant in the Age of Lakehouse and Data Lakes?
In the ever evolving world of data engineering, it’s easy to assume that older paradigms like Kimball’s dimensional modeling have lost…
Avinash Jha
Jul 15
Kibana vs Power BI: Two Data Worlds, One Decision
Kibana vs Power BI: Two Data Worlds, One Decision
Which Is Better for Your Team — Kibana or Power BI?
Nitin Jha
Jul 15
Why Airflow + Snowflake Is the Power Combo Every Data Engineer Needs
Why Airflow + Snowflake Is the Power Combo Every Data Engineer Needs
“In data engineering, it’s not about doing more — it’s about doing it smarter, faster, and at scale.”
Nitin Jha
Jul 12
How I Update Nested JSON in Databricks Using PySpark: A Step-by-Step Guide
How I Update Nested JSON in Databricks Using PySpark: A Step-by-Step Guide
A real-world PySpark solution to handle dynamic JSON arrays, root-level updates, and deep structure challenges in Databricks.
Rooted in Data
Jun 18
Databricks: 7 Must-Know Concepts for Any Data Specialist
Databricks: 7 Must-Know Concepts for Any Data Specialist
“These 7 Databricks Concepts Saved Me Hours — And They’ll Help You Too
Rooted in Data
Jul 11
How Salting Can Reduce Data Skew By 99%
How Salting Can Reduce Data Skew By 99%
Data skew means some values (like a user ID or product name) appear much more often than others. This causes one machine to get too much…
Avinash Jha
Jul 11
ETL vs ELT: The Big Shift in Data Transformation — Made Simple (With Snowflake as the Game-Changer)
ETL vs ELT: The Big Shift in Data Transformation — Made Simple (With Snowflake as the Game-Changer)
The Great Data Flip: ETL vs ELT Explained — And How Snowflake Leads the Charge
Nitin Jha
Jul 10
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