How to Build a Data Platform: Now on YouTube!
My colleague Mike has taken my “How to Build a Data Platform“ guide and is now making a video series!
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Failed attempts to replace SQL: a history lesson.
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Issue #33: Podcast, Practical Data Modelling, and Reviewing Databases in 2023
Plus: Automated dbt Test Generation, BigQuery Design Deep Dive and Data Exploration in Stream Processing
Issue #32: Reviewing 2023 and Not-So-Bold 2024 Predictions
Plus: Make a Massive Impact on the Bottom Line with Analytics, Understanding Data Lakehouses, Idempotence Explained, Spatiotemporal Data Analysis, Composable Data Systems and New Snowflake Git Feature
Issue #31: Microsoft Fabric is Generally Available - Should You Adopt It?
Also: Text to SQL LLMs and Knowledge Graphs vs. Semantic Layers, The State of Streaming, Why You Need a Data Catalog to Build Data Products and Automatic Data Platform Optimisation.
Issue #30: How Self-Service Analytics Impact Data Platforms
Hi all, this week we have:
Issue #29: How Data Platform Foundations Impact AI and ML Applications
Plus Current 2023 Conference Retrospectives, Apache Paimon: the Streaming Lakehouse and dbt Tests are expensive
How to Build a Data Platform: People & Teams
Roles required, Effective Delivery, Team Design, Communication and Scaling Data Teams.
Issue #28: Fancy Data Stack and Data Contract Retrospectives
Plus: SRE Insights, Elementary for dbt, Principles of Data layers in Data Platform, and Data - The Land DevOps Forgot
How to Build a Data Platform: Data Governance
Why is Data Governance important?, "Agile" Data Governance, Ownership Over Tooling and Do I Need a Data Catalog