All Hands on Data #93
If April showers bring May flowers, then these article and podcast recommendations will help you stay dry until its time to check out the flowers.
Article Recommendations
Data Science vs Data Engineering: An In-Depth Comparison
As the data world evolves, so does the nature of the roles that serve organizations with data. While the lines are often blurred at many organizations, this article makes some very important and clear distinctions between Data Engineering and Data Science to help folks understand the skillsets required to be successful in each role. - Angel Catalan
Data Center Tour & Technical Deep Dive into the Power, Data and Cooling Infrastructure!
There is no cloud, only someone else's server. This is a really cool breakdown, that I only partially understood, of the physical infrastructure that goes into a data center. Worth a watch! - John Forstmeier
How to design resilient and large scale data systems
Excellent article on how to think about data pipelines from an architectural design standpoint. When discussing data system design, most people want to jump right into the implementation details (the code), but before you can come to that step you need to consider the architecture of the system. This article provides a great summary of some of the considerations to account for - Wes Poulsen
Data Science to Implement a Circular Economy
Developing a circular economy in the context of fast fashion can be good for the Earth and a company's bottom line, but there is a lot to consider moving from vision to reality. From ML algorithms to optimize the sorting of used clothes, to analyzing customer behavior and tailoring incentives to motivate sustainable actions, Saci argues that data science plays a crucial role in building the infrastructure needed to support such a goal. - Katt Baum
Podcast Recommendations
Practical AI: Machine Learning, Data Science - AI vs software devs
This special episode samples talks about AI's impact on software developers. Clips discuss the Devon coding assistant, using AI tools to augment skills instead of replace jobs, and how creators of programming languages view AI's influence.
Gradient Dissent: Conversations on AI - Navigating the Vector Database Landscape
Edo Liberty, founder of leading vector database Pinecone, shares his expertise on building vector databases, their role in powering AI applications, and overcoming challenges to get AI into production