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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…
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    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…
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    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…
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    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
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    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
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    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.
    Go to the profile of Victor Oketch Sabare
    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…
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    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?
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    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.”
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    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.
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    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
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    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…
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    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
    Go to the profile of Nitin Jha
    Nitin Jha
    Jul 10
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