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Data engineers vs. data scientists

O'Reilly Media - Data

It’s important to understand the differences between a data engineer and a data scientist. Misunderstanding or not knowing these differences are making teams fail or underperform with big data. I think some of these misconceptions come from the diagrams that are used to describe data scientists and data engineers.

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Fundamentals of Data Engineering

Xebia

The following is a review of the book Fundamentals of Data Engineering by Joe Reis and Matt Housley, published by O’Reilly in June of 2022, and some takeaway lessons. This book is as good for a project manager or any other non-technical role as it is for a computer science student or a data engineer.

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What is data architecture? A framework to manage data

CIO

The goal of many modern data architectures is to deliver real-time analytics the ability to perform analytics on new data as it arrives in the environment.

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How Mixbook used generative AI to offer personalized photo book experiences

AWS Machine Learning - AI

Today, Mixbook is the #1 rated photo book service in the US with 26 thousand five-star reviews. In this post we show you how Mixbook used generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in AWS to personalize their photo book experiences—a step towards their mission. DJ Charles is the CTO at Mixbook.

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Adobe makes agentic AI push with Agent Orchestrator, purpose-built agents

CIO

Data insights agent analyzes signals across an organization to help visualize, forecast, and remediate customer experiences. Data engineering agent performs high-volume data management tasks, including data integration, cleansing, and security.

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Sproutl is an online marketplace for gardeners founded by former Farfetch executives

TechCrunch

Sproutl CTO Andy Done also worked at Farfetch at some point as Director of Data Engineering. She previously wrote a best-selling gardening book called ‘How to Grow’. Anni Noel-Johnson, the CEO of the company, was the VP of Trading and Strategy at Farfetch. Hollie Newton is also going to be a key team member at Sproutl.

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Data Engineers of Netflix?—?Interview with Kevin Wylie

Netflix Tech

Data Engineers of Netflix?—?Interview Interview with Kevin Wylie This post is part of our “Data Engineers of Netflix” series, where our very own data engineers talk about their journeys to Data Engineering @ Netflix. Kevin, what drew you to data engineering?