All Hands on Data #53
This week's AHoD features something for everyone. We have posts about AI, data teams, and soccer. Check them out below!
Retros for data teams
There is some pushback in the data industry that data teams are shifting to hard to run in sprints like software teams. Faith gives a breakdown of how working in a sprint-like fashion helped from a team-building and socio-emotional perspective; it goes deeper than team efficiency. - Arynn Martin-Post
Fighting AI with AI Fraud Monitoring for Deepfake Applications
This article address one of the largest challenges and threats brought forth by the AI revolution: Deep Fakes. At a high level, the author covers how deep fakes are generated, and more importantly, how they are detected. In the future it will be interesting to see how both the generation and detection of deep fakes evolves - Wes Poulsen
6 barriers to becoming a data-driven company
This article paints the interesting challenges organizations face when looking to become "data driven" - Angel Catalan
How Data Experts Overcome the Toughest Web Scraping Challenges
Cerniauskas offers a glimpse into the world of web scraping through a survey's findings. The results shed light on the hurdles faced by teams when acquiring and processing scraped data. Although not exhaustive in addressing these challenges, the overview presents a compelling snapshot of the current state of the data industry. - Katt Baum
Top 10 Data Engineering Books
I love that this article gives a loud shout out to data engineers, who are often overlooked in favor of data scientists and analysts (who we also love). I'm also impressed with the book recommendations, which can benefit long time pros and those newer to data engineering. - Shawn Fergus
The Data Champions League: A Soccer-Inspired Guide to Balancing Data Access and Security
Data access is a process that doesn't always get the attention that it deserves. Honestly, I just don't think its an interesting enough topic to be on the forefront of data conversations. However, I think this article does a great job talking about the topic in an interesting way that can help organizations prioritize data access and security. - Steven Johnson