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Community Comment: Part 7

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6739765048434135041?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6739765048434135041%2C6746484892428754944%29 Managing Director at Educational Institution: Companies are trying to make the decision between building their next-generation pub/sub systems on

Community Comment: Part 6

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6747585009990852609?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6747585009990852609%2C6747641413837631488%29&replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6747585009990852609%2C6748184339915292672%29 Senior Software Engineer (ex-Facebook, ex-Netflix): A lot of data engineers

New Book Review: "Coding Concepts for Kids"

New book review for Coding Concepts for Kids: Learn to Code without a Computer, by Randy Lynn, Rockridge Press, 2020, reposted here: Copy provided by Amazon. I'm in the midst of reviewing a few programming minded books targeted specifically at children at middle school (intermediate school, junior high

Mentoring a Data Engineering Team while Running

A top 10 (US) grocer client contacted SPR to help them with their data lake. While we typically implement such solutions from scratch for our clients, the non-US division of this client had already put a solution in place, and the US division with which we worked was dependent on

New Book Review: "The Software Architect Elevator"

New book review for The Software Architect Elevator: Redefining the Architect's Role in the Digital Enterprise, by Gregor Hohpe, O'Reilly, 2020, reposted here: Copy provided by Amazon. While the title of this book makes use of the term "software architect", connotations will likely arise

Personal Reading List: 1Q2021

My personal reading list for January, February, and March 2021. Color Key: Special Notes, Completed Reading. Updated throughout the Quarter. At Bat (Schnell) The Model Thinker: What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You, by Scott E. Page, Basic Books, 2018. Learning Spark (Second Edition), by Jules

Media Query Source: Part 31

The responses I provided to a media outlet on December 16, 2020: Media: We are looking for the top reasons for why your MVP may fail or succeed. Gfesser: The top reason for MVP (minimum viable product) success or failure revolves around its very definition. Has consensus been reached amongst

Error in Official AWS Certified ML Specialty Exam Readiness Training

In working through the official AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty Exam Readiness training, I spotted an error. Can you see it? 🙂 The formula for accuracy is incorrect. As can be seen at this link, it should actually be presented as follows: Accuracy = ( TP + TN ) / ( TP + TN + FP + FN ) A few

Community Comment: Part 5

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6735773846621835264?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6735773846621835264%2C6735821661179797504%29&replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6735773846621835264%2C6736015871510147073%29 Senior Data Analyst at UK marketing and advertising firm: A

Community Comment: Part 4

The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6727853891293089793?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A6727853891293089793%2C6733693477084835840%29 Head of Artificial Intelligence at German consulting firm: This is how we have been building streaming data platforms five years