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Media Query Source: Part 47 - Reworked (US digital magazine); How Microsoft's Magentic-One benefits from being open source

* Reworked (US digital magazine) * How Microsoft's Magentic-One benefits from being open source * Its open source license is one of the most permissive * Strong communities lead to improvement and adoption The query responses I provided to Reworked on November 24, 2024: Reworked: How does Magentic-One's open-source nature

Media Query Source: Part 46 - CIO (US digital magazine); 10 key roles for AI success (2024 update)

* CIO (US digital magazine) * 10 key roles every AI team needs * Increased criticality of data engineer role * Data modeler role was missed in first piece My responses ended up being included in an article at CIO (October 17, 2024). Note that CIO overwrote the original June 7, 2022 article with

Blog Note: Part 3 - Blog migration underway

Thank you for visiting this version of my blog, which is currently under construction. I am working to migrate my blog from its longtime host, Typepad, to its new host, Ghost. The key reasons I've chosen to migrate to Ghost are as follows: * As of year-end 2020, Typepad

Community Comment: Part 37 - All code is disposable; only some code is trash

* All code is disposable; only some code is trash * The word "trash" has negative connotations * All portions of given code base have life cycle * Avoid miscommunication by being clear! The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Software Architect at Design & Construction Product Firm:

Community Comment: Part 36 - Data modelers need to understand patterns

* Data modelers need to understand patterns * Like programming, don't reinvent the wheel * Universal patterns & metapatterns exist * Remember "The Data Model Resource Book" The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Vice President at Data Modeling Training Firm: I am always wondering why

Community Comment: Part 35 - Despite naysayers, benchmarking can be valuable

* Don't repeat a quote before assessing it * Galanakis incorrect about unexecuted code * Execution required for relative performance * Benchmarking valuable despite naysayers The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Chief Challenge Writer at Coding Challenges: Some advice just never gets old. “Controlling complexity is the

Community Comment: Part 34 - Popular data engines use Java / the JVM because it ruled the enterprise for many years

* Reasoning behind popular data engines & Java * Java / the JVM long ruled the enterprise * Spark, Flink, Presto & Trino are all Java-based * Remember: Presto & Trino share some history The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Head of Product at Data Lakehouse Product Firm: 🤷‍♂️ GitHub PRs

New Book Review: "Leading the Leaders"

New book review for Leading the Leaders: How to Enrich Your Style of Management and Handle People Whose Style Is Different From Yours, by Ichak Kalderon Adizes PhD, Adizes Institute, 2004: This book is the third in a three-part series on "management" by Adizes, the first two being

Community Post: Part 5 - Databricks is the 2023 runner-up winner following acceptance of my proposal to include it in DB-Engines ranking

* DB-Engines ranking of DBMS products * Databricks climbs after my proposal to include * Databricks is runner-up winner for 2023 * Earlier rankings left out Databricks A well-received community post I recently made (re-posted 14 times at the time of this blog post): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erikgfesser_databricks-snowflake-dbengines-activity-7150225307155755008-E_uS Some of

Community Comment: Part 33 - With respect to Databricks vs Snowflake, actual usage is more interesting than account creation

* Snowflake vs Databricks account penetration * Account growth rates not divulged * Data can be easily misinterpreted * Databricks: AI advantage, closing in elsewhere The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Strategic Data & AI Advisor at Databricks: I always tell customers, if snowflake is able to justify their