# challenges faced (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover challenges faced. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Complete Databricks Learning Roadmap for 2026](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/the-2026-mastering-databricks-roadmap) _2026-08-14 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ What to learn, what to skip, and the right order to master Databricks. ## [Junior data engineers build pipelines. Seniors build trust](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/data-engineering-was-never-about) _2026-06-30 · Sahar Massachi · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ You are the product owner for data. (Part 3 of our DE essentials series) ## [A well-architected secretary is 76 agents in a trenchcoat](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/ai-architecture-is-misunderstood) _2026-05-11 · Sahar Massachi · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ RAG and note takers won't save your business ## [The New Rules of Behavioral Interviews after AI](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/how-ai-is-changing-behavioral-interviews) _2026-04-28 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Our behavior needs to update faster than our tech ## [How do One Big Table and AI fit together](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/how-to-data-model-for-your-ai-context) _2026-04-06 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Dimensional Modeling is dead ## [Understanding Parquet Format for beginners](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/parquet-can-shrink-your-data-100x) _2026-03-03 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ A walk through of the most important file format to ever exist ## [Databricks is no longer about tuning knobs](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/databricks-is-for-data-analysts-not) _2026-02-24 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Databricks abstracts away almost all of the data engineering skills. Liquid clustering is the first place where things will get messy! ## [The 2026 AI Data Engineer Roadmap](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/the-2026-ai-data-engineer-roadmap) _2026-02-05 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ And how to avoid getting replaced ## [Processing 1 TB with DuckDB in less than 30 seconds](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/i-processed-1-tb-with-duckdb-in-30) _2025-12-23 · Matt Martin · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ And so can you ## [Data security shouldn't be an afterthought](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/how-to-secure-your-data-a-practical) _2025-11-26 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ A practical guide for Data Engineers ## [Ship software peacefully (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZdtdT1t2N63l) _2025-11-26 · **Sponsored**_ Deploy apps from your repo with auto-config, instant previews, scaling, and monitoring. ## [SCD-2 considered harmful! Part 2](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/stop-using-slowly-changing-dimensions) _2025-11-04 · Sahar Massachi · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Date stamp your data! ## [The Data Warehouse Setup No One Taught You](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/the-data-warehouse-setup-no-one-taught) _2025-10-24 · Sahar Massachi · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Storage is cheap, your time is not! ## [The 2025 AI + Data Engineering Roadmap](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/the-2025-breaking-into-data-engineering-roadmap) _2025-10-17 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Getting a data engineering job is complicated. ## [Stop grinding leetcode for data engineer interviews!](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/how-ai-will-change-data-engineer) _2025-09-24 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Landing a role in big tech and “grinding leetcode” have gone together like peanut butter and jelly for the last ten years. ## [DuckDB benchmarked against Spark](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/duckdb-can-be-100x-faster-than-spark) _2025-09-22 · Matt Martin · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ You Don't Always Need A Sledgehammer ## [Migrating 13,000 Iceberg Tables in 4 hours to Glue Catalog](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/how-i-migrated-13000-iceberg-tables) _2025-09-17 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ At midnight on September 16th, Jason Reid (data engineering advocate at Databricks) messages me on LinkedIn saying, “Tabular will be sunsetted in 24 hours. ## [Three Free Tech Bootcamps That Could Change Your Career](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/three-free-tech-bootcamps-that-could) _2025-08-27 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ How to become a Solutions Architect, Mastering the Foundations of Cybersecurity and the Absolute Basics in Data Engineering ## [Navigating AI's New Frontier with Chip Huyen](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/navigating-ais-new-frontier-with) _2025-08-25 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Building, Scaling and Thinking in the Age of AI ## [Stopping Silent Failures for Meta's Fake Accounts Pipeline](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/saving-metas-fake-accounts-pipeline) _2025-08-12 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Data Orchestration Challenges I Faced at Airbnb, Netflix & Facebook – Part IV ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7ILcgf3yGU16) _2025-08-12 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [How I got a 12x speed up in a 50 TB pipeline at Meta](https://blog.dataexpert.io/p/how-i-got-a-12x-speed-up-in-a-50) _2025-08-04 · Zach Wilson · DataExpert.io Newsletter_ Data Orchestration Challenges I Faced at Airbnb, Netflix & Facebook – Part III