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2026 29 articles

As Humans Write Less Code: Workloads Shift from Human to Agent Verification with Iterative Test Suites Nov 03

14 min

Data Engineering Is the Cache Invalidation Problem Ft. Josh Wills Oct 15

19 min

Why We Need Yet Another (OSS) Semantic Layer Oct 13

16 min

A Year of Linux, a Month of Omarchy Quattro—Part 3 Sep 19

13 min

Obsidian Vault to Enterprise Company Brain: Where Agents Write, Branch and Merge Sep 15

18 min

The Grammar of Data: From Definition to Execution Sep 14

16 min

Context, Semantics, and Ontology: A Primer for the Agentic Era Sep 12

19 min

If You Always Enjoy It, You're Not Pushing It Hard Enough—Benn Stancil (Show Your Workflow #1) Sep 11

17 min

Writing really is an Emotional Rollercoaster Aug 28

9 min

Figma for Agents: How Airflow's Creator Coordinates AI ft. Maxime Beauchemin Aug 06

17 min

The Act and the Outcome of Creation Jul 16

5 min

The Grammar of Data: Define Once, Run Anywhere with Cross-Engine Expressions Jul 08

11 min

Where AI Agents Belong in Data Engineering: The Correctness Layer Jul 07

12 min

The Process of Smart Note-Taking Jun 28

10 min

Operationalizing Data Orchestration: Best Practices for DevOps, Infra, and Code Locations Jun 27

17 min

Vibe Coding Is Dangerous, Agentic Engineering Isn't—Wes McKinney Jun 11

14 min

Beyond the Semantic Layer: Building a Context Layer for the Agentic Era Jun 11

16 min

The Dagster Almanack: From Complexity to Composability May 26

16 min

Plan Mode All the Time, Substrait over SQL, and the End of the DE Role ft. Chris Riccomini May 26

21 min

Internal vs. External Storage? What's the Limit of External Tables May 14

25 min

AI Reveals Why BI Still Matters Apr 21

15 min

Specs Over Vibes: Consistent AI Results ft. Mark Freeman Apr 08

17 min

Building an Agent-Friendly, Local-First Analytics Stack with MotherDuck and Rill Apr 07

23 min

Ten Years of Writing in Public: Why I still Blog Mar 06

36 min

Git for Data Applied: Comparing Git-like Tools That Separate Metadata from Data Mar 04

20 min

Building an Obsidian RAG with DuckDB and MotherDuck Feb 13

21 min

Arch Linux (Omarchy) — 8 Months Later: The Good, the Bad, and the Fixable Feb 10

16 min

Why Coinbase and Pinterest Chose StarRocks: Lakehouse-Native Design and Fast Joins at Terabyte Scale Feb 09

28 min

A Diary of a Data Engineer Jan 13

14 min

2025 32 articles

Well Being in Times of Algorithms Dec 22

13 min

Opinionated Data Platforms vs. Open-Source: The Chef’s Choice for Your Data Platform Dec 10

18 min

Simplicity of a Database, but the Speed of a Cache: OLAP Caches for DuckDB Dec 09

18 min

Dlt+ClickHouse+Rill: Multi-Cloud Cost Analytics, Cloud-Ready Dec 04

13 min

Branch, Test, Deploy: A Git-Inspired Approach for Data Dec 03

16 min

Multi-Cloud Cost Analytics: From Cost-Export to Parquet to Rill Nov 21

17 min

Boredom is the New Luxury Nov 18

6 min

4 Senior Data Engineers Answer 10 Top Reddit Questions Nov 03

26 min

Data Modeling for the Agentic Era: Semantics, Speed, and Stewardship Oct 17

27 min

Beyond Basic ETL: Enterprise Data Capabilities Without the Complexity Oct 13

14 min

Why I Don't Research; and Write from Experience Sep 17

2 min

Data Modeling Guide for Real-Time Analytics with ClickHouse Sep 05

23 min

Why Semantic Layers Matter—and How to Build One with DuckDB Aug 24

21 min

My Journey from macOS to Arch Linux with Omarchy Aug 07

12 min

Summer Data Engineering Roadmap Aug 06

15 min

Why Are We Here on Earth? True Happiness, Giving Up Control, or the Trap of Worshipping Earthly Things? Aug 02

62 min

The Data Engineering Toolkit: Infrastructure, DevOps, and Beyond Jul 10

15 min

Has Self-Serve BI Finally Arrived Thanks to AI? Jul 09

18 min

Universal Data Orchestrator in Action: Enterprise Best Practices Jun 17

14 min

The Open Lakehouse Stack: DuckDB and the Rise of Table Formats Jun 16

22 min

Self-Host & Tech Independence: The Joy of Building Your Own Jun 07

11 min

The Open Table Format Revolution: Why Hyperscalers Are Betting on Managed Iceberg May 20

27 min

Configure, Don't Code: How Declarative Data Stacks Enable Enterprise Scale May 20

13 min

The Data Engineer's Guide to Efficient Log Parsing with DuckDB/MotherDuck Apr 21

26 min

The Universal Data Orchestrator: The Heartbeat of Data Engineering Apr 15

16 min

What «Shifting Left» Means and Why it Matters for Data Stacks Apr 14

22 min

Vector Technologies for AI: Extending Your Existing Data Stack Mar 28

16 min

Scaling Beyond Postgres: How to Choose a Real-Time Analytical Database Mar 11

21 min

A Beginner’s Guide to Geospatial with DuckDB Feb 26

22 min

Finding Flow: Escaping Digital Distractions Through Deep Work and Slow Living Feb 14

14 min

Why Pivot Tables Never Die Feb 03

21 min

The Data Engineering Toolkit: Essential Tools for Your Machine Jan 22

17 min

2024 10 articles

Designing a Declarative Data Stack: From Theory to Practice Dec 20

28 min

Semantic Layer and AI: The Future of Data Querying with Natural Language Dec 19

9 min

Universal Semantic Layer: Capabilities, Integrations, and Enterprise Benefits Dec 04

14 min

Building with Bluesky: Inside the New Open Social Network Nov 27

8 min

Exploring the Semantic Layer Through the Lens of MVC Nov 19

8 min

15+ Companies Using DuckDB in Production: A Comprehensive Guide Nov 12

21 min

BI-as-Code and the New Era of GenBI Nov 05

18 min

The Enterprise Case for DuckDB: 5 Key Categories and Why Use It Oct 16

14 min

The Rise of the Declarative Data Stack Oct 16

19 min

My Obsidian Note-Taking Workflow Jul 25

15 min

2023 9 articles

The Plain Text Workflow: How Vim and Markdown Became My Backbone Dec 10

8 min

Data Modeling - The Unsung Hero of Data Engineering: Architecture Pattern, Tools and the Future (Part 3) May 26

22 min

Data Modeling – The Unsung Hero of Data Engineering: Modeling Approaches and Techniques (Part 2) May 03

15 min

Data Modeling – The Unsung Hero of Data Engineering: An Introduction to Data Modeling (Part 1) Apr 03

15 min

Pandas 2.0 and its Ecosystem (Arrow, Polars, DuckDB) Mar 08

11 min

Finding My Pathless Path Feb 25

21 min

Modern Data Stack: The Struggle of Enterprise Adoption Jan 09

15 min

Why Vim Is More than Just an Editor – Vim Language, Motions, and Modes Explained Jan 04

15 min

The Open Data Stack Distilled into Four Core Tools Jan 03

10 min

2022 7 articles

Data Integration as Code: Configuring Airbyte and dbt with Python (Dagster) Dec 19

9 min

Rust for Data Engineering Oct 19

9 min

The Rise of the Semantic Layer Sep 29

23 min

Data Lake / Lakehouse Guide: Powered by Data Lake Table Formats (Delta Lake, Iceberg, Hudi) Aug 25

17 min

Data Orchestration Trends: The Shift From Data Pipelines to Data Products Jun 14

17 min

Personal Knowledge Management Workflow for a Deeper Life — as a Computer Scientist Apr 06

31 min

Building an Analytics API with GraphQL: The Next Level of Data Engineering? Jan 22

17 min

2021 3 articles

How to Take Notes in 2021? Sep 28

9 min

Saying Goodbye to WordPress, a Homecoming Apr 05

2 min

Building a Data Engineering Project in 20 Minutes Mar 09

21 min

2020 1 article

Business Intelligence meets Data Engineering with Emerging Technologies Jun 14

21 min

2019 1 article

Email, and the way we (should) communicate at work Apr 25

12 min

2018 5 articles

Open-Source Data Warehousing – Druid, Apache Airflow & Superset Nov 29

6 min

OLAP, what’s coming next? Nov 23

10 min

Today’s Office – The Location Independent Lifestyle Jun 18

6 min

Tools I Use – Part III Apr 07

8 min

Data Engineering, the future of Data Warehousing? Mar 08

13 min

2017 8 articles

Data Warehouse vs Data Lake | ETL vs ELT Oct 26

10 min

Tools I Use – Microsoft OneNote – Part II Aug 22

6 min

What Data Warehouse Automation tools are on the market Jul 25

4 min

Why automate? What does Data Warehouse Automation for us? Jul 07

3 min

Why Data Warehouse Automation is not more popular Jun 28

11 min

Data Warehouse Automation (DWA) – Series Jun 28

2 min

Tools I Use May 22

6 min

The more you share the more you get.. May 10

2 min

2016 3 articles

Migrate from Oracle to Microsoft (Views) – Part III Sep 24

3 min

Migrate from Oracle to Microsoft (Views) – Part II Sep 24

2 min

Migrate from Oracle to Microsoft (Views) – Part I Sep 24

6 min

2015 5 articles

SSAS Cubes – Dynamic generation of partition Oct 09

4 min

Need any Headphones? Oct 09

1 min

Do you listen to music while working? Oct 09

1 min

Annoying advertising, what you can do Sep 19

1 min

ORDER BY Oracle vs. Microsoft SQL Sep 19

1 min

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