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Sven Balnojan
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Data Mesh in Action
Data Mesh in Action

Revolutionize the way your organization approaches data with a data mesh!

2022

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Unpacking Business Open Source

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How To Build the Next Mega Open Source Project

8 lessons learned from a 3-dimensional framework for understanding how to turn your open-source project into the next WordPress or Linux. — “Open Source projects exhibit natural increasing returns to scale. That’s because most developers are interested in using and participating in the largest projects, and the projects with the most developers are more likely to quickly fix bugs, add features and work reliably across the largest number of platforms. …

Data

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How To Build the Next Mega Open Source Project
How To Build the Next Mega Open Source Project
Data

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Unpacking Business Open Source

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How to Become The Next 30 Billion $$$ Data Company

14 thoughts on the economics of the open-source data space and how to become the next MongoDB or Databricks — The data space is booming, with companies like mongoDB (valued at 18 billion USD), databricks (30 billion), or Confluent, and many others. The startup space is overflowing with money and lots of founders want a share of the pie. But in my opinion, the data space is set up to…

Business

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How to Become The Next 30 Billion $$$ Data Company
How to Become The Next 30 Billion $$$ Data Company
Business

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Nov 1

Unleashing the Power of Data: 9 Stories of Triumph and Caution From The World Leaders in Data

“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge … is the only guardian of true liberty.” — James Madison Some people think data is all there is and that it will dominate the future of our world. Some think data isn’t that important after all, and that change will happen slowly. The…

Data

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Unleashing the Power of Data: 9 Stories of Triumph and Caution From The World Leaders in Data
Unleashing the Power of Data: 9 Stories of Triumph and Caution From The World Leaders in Data
Data

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Oct 27

From Gut-Feel to Data-Real: 9 Small Things You Can Do Right Now If You’re Struggling With Data-Driven Decisions

The Scotts have a saying: many a little makes a mickle. Some jobs aren’t fun, but you must plod along to get them done. Becoming “data-driven”, and making data-inspired decisions as a manager, as a knowledge worker, and as a company definitely falls into this category. There is no sense…

Data

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From Gut-Feel to Data-Real: 9 Small Things You Can Do Right Now If You’re Struggling With…
From Gut-Feel to Data-Real: 9 Small Things You Can Do Right Now If You’re Struggling With…
Data

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Oct 12

These 8 Articles Changed How I See Data Engineering

Reading is a superpower, knowledge a person has accumulated over years you get to ingest in minutes. But it also comes with dangers, the danger of ingesting crap, to spend hours filtering through content that isn’t good at all. And yet, from time to time, you stumble over unique articles…

Data

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These 8 Articles Changed How I See Data Engineering
These 8 Articles Changed How I See Data Engineering
Data

6 min read


Oct 9

8 dbt Myths That Need To Be Busted

On the 7th of January 2021, I started my newsletter about data for one reason: Because of an open-source tool called dbt. I got introduced to dbt early, together with an introduction to the fishtownanalytics mentality around ELT. I was blown away by their visionary approach and the ease of…

Dbt

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8 dbt Myths That Need Busting
8 dbt Myths That Need Busting
Dbt

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·Sep 25

Semantics Schmemantics, Why Fast Moving Start Ups Ignore Them

Why datasetcentric visualization is better than query-based or semantic layer-based visualization for companies that want to move fast. — Do you know the classic “semantic layer”? It’s a super confusing term. The classic semantic layer is called a “layer” because it sits between your data store and your visualization. The classic semantic layer usually was built into your visualization tool, your Pentaho, your Microstrategy, etc.

Data Engineering

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Semantics Schmemantics, Why Fast Moving Start Ups Ignore Them
Semantics Schmemantics, Why Fast Moving Start Ups Ignore Them
Data Engineering

5 min read


Sep 25

Tutorial — Building LLM applications with Meltano in 30 minutes or less

Chatting with a PDF file? No problem, build it on top of a LLM. Chatting with your database without SQL? Same story. Building a chatbot into your Slack channel? These types of applications utilize LLMs like ChatGPT to build their backbone. Yet precisely, this backbone work is heavy data lifting…

ChatGPT

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Tutorial — Building LLM applications with Meltano in 30 minutes or less
Tutorial — Building LLM applications with Meltano in 30 minutes or less
ChatGPT

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Geek Culture

·Sep 1

17 Things I Wish I’d Done Earlier as a Data Engineer

I don’t like to dwell on the past. And a lot of times, it is essential to make mistakes yourself. And yet, I find myself recommending many practices to new data engineers. Because I felt the pain personally, and it wasn’t fun. I spent two months early on my job…

Data Engineering

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17 Things I Wish I’d Done Earlier as a Data Engineer
17 Things I Wish I’d Done Earlier as a Data Engineer
Data Engineering

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Geek Culture

·Jun 27

Explain like I’m 5 — Vector Database Hype

A simple explanation of what vector databases & embeddings are and why they are so hot right now! — Gazillions of dollars are being poured into vector databases like Pinecone and Weaviate. But why? Both companies were founded already five years ago. To understand, you need to understand the essence of three things, vectors embeddings vector databases Luckily, I got a story ready for you that makes it easy…

Data

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Explain like I’m 5 — Vector Database Hype
Explain like I’m 5 — Vector Database Hype
Data

7 min read

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