<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Data Tinkerer: Data Roundup]]></title><description><![CDATA[Data Roundup is a curated collection of in-depth articles, case studies, and analysis from across the data world. Each edition highlights practical insights for data scientists, analysts and engineers.]]></description><link>https://www.datatinkerer.io/s/data-roundup</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JEdj!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6bea5ccd-f356-4154-a1db-16268300510e_500x500.png</url><title>Data Tinkerer: Data Roundup</title><link>https://www.datatinkerer.io/s/data-roundup</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:15:10 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.datatinkerer.io/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Data Tinkerer]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[datatinkerer@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[datatinkerer@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Data Tinkerer]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Data Tinkerer]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[datatinkerer@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[datatinkerer@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Data Tinkerer]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[What the Data Crowd Was Reading in July 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tools, techniques and deep dives worth reading that I came across in July 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.datatinkerer.io/p/what-the-data-crowd-was-reading-in-july-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.datatinkerer.io/p/what-the-data-crowd-was-reading-in-july-2026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Data Tinkerer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:01:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/68ec7423-07a1-473d-a85e-cca81662fc36_500x500.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fellow Data Tinkerers</p><p>It&#8217;s time 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It includes videos, courses, projects and can be filtered by tech stack (Python, SQL, Spark and etc), skill level (Beginner, Intermediate and so on) provider name or free/paid. So if you know other people who like staying up to date on all things data, please share Data Tinkerer with them!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.datatinkerer.io/leaderboard?&amp;utm_source=post&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Refer a friend&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.datatinkerer.io/leaderboard?&amp;utm_source=post"><span>Refer a friend</span></a></p><p>Without further ado, let&#8217;s get to the round up for July!</p><div><hr></div><h3>Data science &amp; AI</h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://sebastianraschka.com/blog/2026/kimi-k3-architecture-notes.html">Kimi K3 Architecture Notes</a> (4 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Sebastian Raschka, PhD&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:27393275,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61f4c017-506f-4e9b-a24f-76340dad0309_800x800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;95a9e03c-186b-4fd9-9bc3-dad7ba6bb431&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> dissects Kimi K3&#8217;s sparse architecture, attention residuals, NoPE design and inference-efficiency trade-offs</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lKmq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6352d0e9-0676-4b29-b607-1683ce136dca_1538x2090.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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targeted post-training can improve open-weight models more economically than scaling pre-training alone.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://lsl.zone/blog/2026/a-taxonomy-of-self-evolving-agents/">A Taxonomy of Self-evolving Agents</a> (14 minute read)</strong><br>Shilong Liu proposes a practical taxonomy for agents that adapt their memory, tools, prompts or policies through experience.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YNPm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae93db7e-b19b-44ea-be76-b229de350ffe_1414x794.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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I Use LLMs Anyway.</a> (19 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Jeremy Theocharis&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:154232420,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ca216f4d-2f66-47de-9e4a-8f7ec48bcf55_144x144.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;b6f7324f-cf2f-454d-b170-8d8bdccc9ff0&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> accepts the strongest criticisms of language models while explaining the disciplined uses that still make them valuable.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://thinkroom.kieranklaassen.com/d/njrS5TJhis">Closing the Verification Loop</a> (12 minute read)</strong><br>Kieran Klaassen argues that agents become dependable only when verification is built into the loop rather than left to a final human check.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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explain the real mechanics and economics of inference.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.decodingai.com/p/how-to-implement-a-unified-memory-from-scratch">How to Implement a Unified Memory From Scratch</a> (16 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Paul Iusztin&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:110559689,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0714d360-396c-4b41-a676-1b58dc1dc5f3_1470x1470.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;514b9c9d-440e-43e0-8113-17f510dbbc00&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> builds a unified memory layer from scratch and explains how agents can retain useful state without turning context into clutter.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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fragmented ownership and unclear operating rules create a measurable data-anarchy tax that keeps teams in reactive work.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://pipeline2insights.substack.com/p/the-most-expensive-system-design-mistake-for-data-engineers">The Most Expensive Mistake in System Design</a> (12 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Erfan Hesami&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:277538242,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcW2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9e2692f-48e0-43a5-9f33-7eebb007bd6e_1641x1641.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;8c996509-08ed-4731-b03b-58175372ac54&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains why designing for imagined scale too early can make data systems harder and more expensive to operate than the problem requires.</p><div 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://hatchet.run/blog/postgres-survival-guide">The Startup&#8217;s Postgres Survival Guide</a> (11 minute read)</strong><br>Alexander Belanger lays out pragmatic Postgres choices for startups that need reliability without prematurely adopting a more complex data platform.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/your-data-warehouse-isnt-integrated">Your Data Warehouse Isn&#8217;t Integrated Just Because the Tables Are in One Place</a> (12 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;SeattleDataGuy&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:4963622,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ec905aa-9a7b-4f21-b0ff-fec92e8916d1_512x512.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;9d287999-dcdd-48cc-9e77-3dbf8905ab70&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues that co-locating tables is not integration when semantics, contracts and ownership remain fragmented.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rhed!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F28ddac9b-1427-44fd-aa3a-77278326ebe2_500x916.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/p/so-is-data-modeling-dead">So, is data modeling dead?</a> (16 minute read)</strong><br>Daniel Beach examines what AI-assisted development changes about data modelling and why deliberate structures still matter.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://thesis.optoinvest.com/posts/backfilling-most-underrated-feature/">Backfilling: The Most Underrated Feature of a Data Pipeline</a> (10 minute read)</strong><br>Lucie Thimus explains why safe, repeatable backfills are a core capability for correcting history and evolving production pipelines.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://read.futureproofds.com/p/fastapi-for-model-serving-the-standard">FastAPI for Model Serving: The Standard You Should Actually Use</a> (12 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andres Vourakis&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:135808578,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9ebf6fc-4ed6-47e1-938e-a1fa37a2347e_1601x1646.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;263ecc97-4fbe-46f6-b615-b8c2f6eef12f&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> shows how to structure a FastAPI service for model inference with production concerns such as validation and deployment in mind.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Data analysis and visualisation</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://dataanalysis.substack.com/p/the-model-is-smart-your-company-is-problem">The Model Is Smart. Your Company Is the Problem</a> (10 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Olga Berezovsky&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:10490439,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DpYS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c458316-65d0-4bcb-a698-dca783e2f875_3224x3224.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;d08fd25e-8bca-4daa-bd6d-d007ae0360ea&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues that failed AI analysis is often rooted in unclear metrics and organisational fragmentation rather than model capability.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://ericmjl.github.io/blog/2026/7/23/going-bayesian-automates-data-analysis/">Going Bayesian Automates Your Manual Data Analysis</a> (9 minute read)</strong><br>Eric J. Ma shows how robust likelihoods and hierarchical Bayesian models can replace manual outlier handling with a reproducible analytical process.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Other interesting reads</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-tech-workers-are-feeling-in-2026">How Tech Workers Are Feeling in 2026: A Workforce Splitting in Two</a> (22 minute read)</strong><br>Interesting analysis by <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Noam Segal&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2755827,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/668e1086-bafa-4fee-a2f5-111edc40aa5c_2304x3072.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;e39a78ab-d24b-4543-89dd-5a63b2e47460&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> and <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Lenny Rachitsky&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1849774,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/afba5161-65bb-4d99-8d6b-cce660917fa1_1540x1540.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;560f508e-9a4c-403d-b6b4-a7fce4d6c04c&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> using a large sentiment survey to show how AI is dividing tech workers between amplification and destabilisation while burnout rises.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MGIO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52e7aa85-3177-4c24-aa81-96718481be9b_1456x996.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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It includes videos, courses, projects and can be filtered by tech stack (Python, SQL, Spark and etc), skill level (Beginner, Intermediate and so on) provider name or free/paid. 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Grici&#363;nas&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:14122259,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F746f0396-fc7f-4690-b75c-ef482a8cb1c7_3684x3683.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;15eb82c3-6882-41c7-853d-8a58466c847f&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains why production AI needs monitoring built around quality, behaviour, cost, feedback and changing data rather than ordinary web-service health metrics.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PG0l!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F052ab015-f4b4-44d9-8e81-6d4c2859cb34_1456x1037.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> provides a decision framework for separating genuine retrieval problems from issues better solved with tools, semantic layers or improved context.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/using-local-coding-agents">Using Local Coding Agents</a> (34 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Sebastian Raschka, PhD&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:27393275,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F61f4c017-506f-4e9b-a24f-76340dad0309_800x800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;4e31fe99-dca1-4ef0-843a-e20c07119c29&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> tests open-weight models in local coding-agent setups and examines how close they come to replacing hosted coding subscriptions.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.artificialintelligencemadesimple.com/p/stateful-swarms-how-persistent-memory">Stateful Swarms make AI 100x More Intelligent per Dollar</a> (24 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Devansh&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:8101724,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/48081c70-8afa-41e3-a44e-b0f917bc7577_1200x1600.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;e957b86b-0591-46b7-aca4-e6c39ff825ff&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> examines how persistent memory changes multi-agent performance, coordination and cost compared with stateless agent architectures.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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characteristics that still favor gradient-boosted trees over increasingly capable tabular foundation models.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://vickiboykis.com/2026/06/15/running-local-models-is-good-now/">Running Local Models Is Good Now</a> (8 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Vicki Boykis&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:919000,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5f0220a-eaa9-474c-8017-696fadd92d53_400x400.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;43fb24a2-a15c-49e1-a1a0-6f4a82b1b5f6&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> draws on hands-on experiments to explain why local models have become practical for coding, research and personalised development assistance.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://lilianweng.github.io/posts/2026-06-24-scaling-laws/">Scaling Laws, Carefully</a> (25 minute read)</strong><br>Lilian Weng provides a careful guide to neural scaling laws, covering their mathematical foundations, practical value and important limitations.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Data engineering</h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://motherduck.com/blog/vibe-coding-dangerous-agentic-engineering-wes-mckinney/">Vibe Coding Is Dangerous, Agentic Engineering Isn&#8217;t</a> (15 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Wes McKinney&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1503262,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/442b959f-0662-4cb1-b505-580e7b4922ce_330x330.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;59ce55f2-8d35-4d38-a417-81ff791bc3ad&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues that coding agents become useful when humans remain responsible for specifications, architecture, tests and review.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://practicaldatacommunity.substack.com/p/how-to-build-a-simple-bulletproof">How to Build a Simple, Bulletproof Data Pipeline</a> (9 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Bruno Masciarelli&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:336274146,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/990d2653-abc7-4767-ae6a-6e29469e17a2_1313x1313.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;e5b9c2e6-6e77-4456-88ae-14a606f59952&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> demonstrates how a deliberately simple batch pipeline can deliver robustness and maintainability without unnecessary real-time infrastructure.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pNUu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3bb3d64a-a71d-4b17-a913-0bffa1a67c33_1456x206.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pNUu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3bb3d64a-a71d-4b17-a913-0bffa1a67c33_1456x206.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pNUu!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3bb3d64a-a71d-4b17-a913-0bffa1a67c33_1456x206.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pNUu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3bb3d64a-a71d-4b17-a913-0bffa1a67c33_1456x206.webp 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://blog.dataengineerthings.org/5-dbt-mistakes-i-see-in-every-startup-c638ed24b95d">Five dbt Mistakes I See in Every Startup</a> (11 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Joachim Hodana&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:511445552,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:null,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;a821ef7e-4511-4781-a8d7-e7c3a09a5b33&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> examines five recurring dbt mistakes involving CI, contracts, incremental models, sources and environment separation.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://jack-vanlightly.com/blog/2026/6/3/broker-visible-vs-client-local-parallelism">Broker-Visible vs Client-Local Parallelism</a></strong> <strong>(6 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Jack Vanlightly&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:11641302,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/36fa2b79-6627-467b-96c2-48656d28edff_1384x923.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;93aaca00-ff5a-4919-9e26-c16b86f20b60&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> compares two approaches to messaging parallelism and explains how each affects coordination, throughput and failure handling.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iA2R!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3cb368ba-a21b-4878-a058-653b788f63c0_736x343.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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adopting more complicated distributed-processing patterns.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.confessionsofadataguy.com/what-is-apache-arrow-flight/">What Is Apache Arrow Flight?</a> (13 minute read)</strong><br>Daniel Beach builds an Arrow Flight server and client to explain how Arrow and gRPC move columnar data without traditional serialisation overhead.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/in-2026-the-data-fundamentals-matter">In 2026, the Data Fundamentals Matter More Than Ever</a> (12 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;SeattleDataGuy&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:4963622,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ec905aa-9a7b-4f21-b0ff-fec92e8916d1_512x512.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;a8e34e10-11b2-44eb-9a3e-8fda50623cb4&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues that modelling, SQL and dependable data foundations remain the real constraints on AI adoption despite the focus on agents and new tools.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://learnanalyticsengineering.substack.com/p/how-ai-changes-4-core-data-roles">How AI Changes Four Core Data Roles</a> (7 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Madison Mae&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:66148605,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F85ad6273-a9b9-4151-b1ee-17bcf78e036b_48x48.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;e1afc270-1a95-437e-a93c-e1df64077234&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> examines how AI is changing the responsibilities and required skills of analysts, analytics engineers, data engineers and data scientists.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Data analysis and visualisation</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://pivotal.substack.com/p/on-data-quality-1-basics">On Data Quality</a> (12 minute read)<br></strong>Great article by <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Abraham Thomas&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:39368691,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ab57baf9-6914-4aff-b158-95778cf60286_3248x3248.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;9a03a25c-bb3e-43ca-b8e9-340f26b2302a&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> arguing that data quality is conditional on use and should be evaluated according to the decisions and outcomes the data must support.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!971e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe16872bf-061c-4260-804d-6189d24624a7_1456x790.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Big Consulting Isn&#8217;t</a> (8 minute read)<br></strong>Interesting take by <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Dylan Anderson&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:14172622,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F128526c2-c66d-497b-ab50-f95deb8ce0fc_800x800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;cab152e7-20ec-4259-92de-7cd8ca7ef4e5&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> arguing that AI threatens the economics of large consulting firms more than the value of independent specialist expertise.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://joereis.substack.com/p/what-id-do-as-a-junior-candidate">What I&#8217;d Do As a Junior Candidate in Mid-2026</a> (6 minute read)</strong><br>practical advice by <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Joe Reis&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:3531217,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6e4716b1-c223-41e3-b943-def0291bf217_1175x783.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;f649ada9-83cb-4b09-9747-d559b095b912&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> for junior candidates trying to develop credible skills and stand out in a difficult data job market.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Quick favor - need your take</strong></h3><div class="poll-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;id&quot;:769568}" data-component-name="PollToDOM"></div><p><strong>Was there any standout article or topic from June I missed? 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Grici&#363;nas&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:14122259,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F746f0396-fc7f-4690-b75c-ef482a8cb1c7_3684x3683.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;ba197984-3a37-477a-a06c-c8949eb5a4a1&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains how production feedback, observability and evals create a flywheel that helps AI agents improve with every release.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IAaX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1a13a138-8c7b-4d59-90c3-3bfd9085d39f_1456x825.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> comparing labeled property graphs and RDF knowledge graphs, offering a practical framework for choosing between them.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://memory.cobanov.dev/?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">How AI agent memory works</a> (14 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Mert Cobanov&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:31478538,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0ff124f2-833e-40f4-911d-68af7d13794d_419x418.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;9b7ceba5-bde0-47f0-8311-2ebca8475e00&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> walks through how AI agents use context, embeddings, retrieval and memory stores to remember useful information across conversations.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 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shows how to build a Claude Skill that checks whether an analysis is correct, answers the right question and can be trusted before it reaches stakeholders.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://vas-blog.pages.dev/qwen-censorship?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">What political censorship looks like inside an LLM&#8217;s weights</a></strong> <strong>(45+ minute read)</strong><br>This article finds that Qwen 3.5&#8217;s political censorship is a small, identifiable circuit layered over facts the model already knows.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://cameronrwolfe.substack.com/p/agent-evals">Agent Evaluation: A Detailed Guide</a> (60+ minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Cameron R. Wolfe, Ph.D.&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:29736521,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/69aba7df-b571-4609-aa47-fc2d031c11b8_1242x1595.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;ce36e501-600d-47a2-986d-c95a654bf6cc&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains how to evaluate AI agents using realistic tasks, outcome-based metrics and detailed analysis of their tool use and decision paths.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!n94B!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5f359079-838e-438f-9c0f-7cfd85ad7a75_1456x878.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://datascienceconfidential.github.io/r/predictive-models/2026/05/14/is-logistic-regression-regression.html">Is logistic regression regression?</a> (6 minute read)<br></strong>Richard Vale explains why logistic regression is genuinely regression because it predicts a probability, only becoming classification once a cutoff is applied.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://arpitbhayani.me/blogs/rag-production?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">What Matters in Production RAG</a> (13 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Arpit Bhayani&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:5901422,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cde06b4c-2818-4e8d-a271-e3df5fbc61cb_400x400.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;06d08327-b497-424a-9c40-e3e59e9dacaa&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains how production RAG depends on thoughtful chunking, reliable index updates and retrieval tracing that shows why the system returned a particular answer.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.datatinkerer.io/p/how-lyft-uses-ai-to-scale-translation">How Lyft Uses AI to Scale Translation Across 150+ Products</a> (18 minute read)<br></strong>This article walks through how Lyft used an LLM drafting and evaluation loop to cut translation times from days to minutes across 150+ services.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Data engineering</h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://vutr.substack.com/p/quick-insights-on-materialized-views">Quick insights on materialized views</a> (11 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Vu Trinh&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:167177248,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UWAa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4805f673-db97-4f7c-85c4-44b345a8de80_256x256.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;4ef9842b-afd5-4f68-a3ca-e0bd9c4659be&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains how materialized views speed up queries, how incremental refresh keeps them current and when they make sense for real-time processing.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0VGA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6eb49bef-de58-45ea-afec-ad135ed1ea0a_1456x1040.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0VGA!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6eb49bef-de58-45ea-afec-ad135ed1ea0a_1456x1040.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0VGA!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6eb49bef-de58-45ea-afec-ad135ed1ea0a_1456x1040.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0VGA!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6eb49bef-de58-45ea-afec-ad135ed1ea0a_1456x1040.webp 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://ghostinthedata.info/posts/2026/2026-05-02-five-worlds-data-engineering">Five Worlds of Data Engineering</a> (12 minute read)<br></strong>Chris hillman explains why data engineering advice often clashes because teams operate across five very different worlds, each with its own tools, constraints and priorities.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://pipeline2insights.substack.com/p/why-i-didnt-choose-databricks">Why I Set Up Databricks and Then Walked Away From It</a> (17 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Erfan Hesami&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:277538242,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rcW2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb9e2692f-48e0-43a5-9f33-7eebb007bd6e_1641x1641.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;c04a9141-1191-4a3f-942c-2a66510a33ea&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> walks through why he dropped Databricks for a simpler open-source stack that better matched his company&#8217;s data scale, budget and team maturity.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.theseattledataguy.com/does-elt-vs-etl-even-still-matter">Does ELT vs. ETL Even Still Matter?</a> (9 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;SeattleDataGuy&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:4963622,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ec905aa-9a7b-4f21-b0ff-fec92e8916d1_512x512.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;5388cd6a-4d3a-4f12-a7ae-21f4762a1fb2&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues that ETL versus ELT matters far less than building reliable, affordable pipelines that help the business make better decisions.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://performancede.substack.com/p/complete-end-to-end-build-of-etl">Complete End-To-End Build of ETL Pipeline in AWS</a> (12 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Matt Martin&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:241269744,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e7789bbc-370b-46d9-a2b1-5442df7ef54e_1040x1040.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;c69bfe5a-5038-41d7-b82e-d0cafc22fc64&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> walks through building ETL with DuckDB and ECS Fargate on AWS for under 50 cents.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EP4g!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F26e3b82e-bd97-4652-9cd5-56680ad01aa5_1456x1099.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Beach&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:21715962,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81caaeec-9053-487c-a59c-ba5f8e4644ad_256x256.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;48cd4bc2-79a8-40ec-b8b0-6a4289134062&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> on how AI coding has turned senior engineers into exhausted code reviewers, forever one giant AI-generated pull request away from chicken farming.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://agentblueprint.substack.com/p/event-driven-vs-polling-architectures">Event-Driven vs. Polling Architectures for Agent Triggers</a> (17 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Michel Tricot&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:130764979,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fb6f25cc-9d44-44ad-88fa-d2bbc2f9462b_800x800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;08733e13-192e-4da9-add0-c09dc157c6b5&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains why production agent triggers need a mix of events, reconciliation polling, idempotency and durable runtimes rather than relying on webhooks alone.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://thepipeandtheline.substack.com/p/progressive-disclosure-the-core-pattern">Progressive Disclosure: The Core Pattern for Analytics Agents</a> (10 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Alejandro Aboy&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:22949723,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/de90c745-7f5a-404e-b2d6-eaab9420dd98_881x881.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;fdbe66e1-4e2e-44ea-acae-d4bd7d5b1a49&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains why analytics agents should load only the schema and business context they need, when they need it, to reduce confusion and hallucinated queries.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://boringsql.com/posts/strong-views/?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">Strong views on PostgreSQL VIEWs</a> (24 minute read)<br></strong>Radim Marek explains why PostgreSQL views remain useful abstractions, but hidden dependencies, rigid schemas and complex migrations make them easy to misuse.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.datatinkerer.io/p/how-grab-reclaimed-hundreds-of-data-engineering-hours-with-multi-agent-ai">How Grab Reclaimed Hundreds of Data Engineering Hours With Multi-Agent AI</a> (17 minute read)<br></strong>This article explains how Grab used specialist AI agents to cut repetitive data support from hours to minutes and return hundreds of engineering hours to roadmap work.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DZr6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13d6219a-73b4-4866-9f12-68e99cf41b71_968x930.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!DZr6!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13d6219a-73b4-4866-9f12-68e99cf41b71_968x930.webp 424w, 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Cassar&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:511976164,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kqmc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9459aa1c-a443-491a-9ad9-ee352bf17def_144x144.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;d7a0b497-ed03-4982-afd1-684ee37e6bc9&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues that AI makes analysts faster at coding and drafting, but still struggles with the judgement, context and consistency needed for reliable analysis.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://thedatavist.substack.com/p/dead-on-arrival-the-ai-dashboard">Dead on Arrival: The AI Dashboard Problem</a> (17 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Darragh Murray&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:14917256,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5b3c4263-9ccc-441d-9d3f-cf3c58ab765e_495x495.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;20be8385-ff59-4dfa-8a22-19d828686bd8&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues that AI can build polished dashboards in minutes, but good analysis, domain knowledge and human judgement still decide whether anyone should trust them.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://nastengraph.substack.com/p/how-to-visualize-plan-vs-actual">How to Visualize Plan vs Actual</a> (6 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Anastasiya Kuznetsova&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:99725349,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2E6h!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7eb9d9c-d4e0-4f30-bc37-73eb9ffe4d53_516x534.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;0671ea36-7f5a-41a3-8ab5-b9384f189e0a&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains how to make plan-versus-actual gaps obvious through distinct visual styles, selective color and the right choice of bars or lines.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7TKk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F35e41170-a214-4798-b861-fd78994c8d6d_1456x305.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Other interesting reads</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://vinvashishta.substack.com/p/cloudflare-and-meta-just-told-you">Cloudflare And Meta Just Told You Which Jobs Get Cut Next</a> (12 minute read)<br></strong>Vin Vashishta argues that AI-driven layoffs will move from reporting roles to coordination roles and finally anyone whose work cannot be tied to measurable business value.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.interconnects.ai/p/notes-from-inside-chinas-ai-labs">Notes from inside China&#8217;s AI labs</a> (18 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Nathan Lambert&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:10472909,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dad13b2b-20b2-44e0-a84d-732f3be8bee7_4128x4128.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;52758795-ea1e-4b52-a568-f9b9eb48e29d&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> shares what he learned inside China&#8217;s leading AI labs, from their fast-moving research culture and open-model mindset to their hunger for more compute.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://epochai.substack.com/p/the-economics-of-superstar-ai-researchers">The economics of superstar AI researchers</a> (10 minute read)</strong><br>Interesting article looking at how small differences in research ability can lead to enormous pay gaps when one researcher&#8217;s work reaches billions of users and cannot be replicated by simply hiring more people.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Quick favor - need your take</strong></h3><div 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models fail before they start, showing how stationarity checks, visual diagnostics and transformations like differencing can stop models from chasing trends instead of learning real signal.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://claude.com/blog/multi-agent-coordination-patterns?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">Multi-agent coordination patterns: Five approaches and when to use them</a> (5 minute read)</strong><br>Anthropic breaks down five multi-agent coordination patterns, showing when to use generator-verifier, orchestrator-subagent, agent teams, message bus or shared state instead of overcomplicating agent systems too early.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4n4L!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe79b92a5-8d07-4e98-8407-b2ac4433eee2_1600x901.png" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dKpC6wHFqDrGZwnah/ais-can-now-often-do-massive-easy-to-verify-swe-tasks-and-i?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">AIs can now often do massive easy-to-verify SWE tasks and I&#8217;ve updated towards shorter timelines</a> (20 minute read)<br></strong>Ryan Greenblatt argues that AIs are now much better at massive, easy-to-verify software engineering tasks than expected, which has pushed him toward shorter AI timelines even though judgment-heavy work remains a major bottleneck.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://brandonrohrer.org/ds_roles?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">Being a Staff+ Data Scientist in 2026</a> (14 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Brandon Rohrer&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:2260656,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5840b407-c014-451c-bc68-33f6b8785189_6240x4160.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;25ba772b-a789-4c4e-9f24-b44d77dc1e2d&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues staff+ data science is less about fancy models and more about navigating messy stakeholder incentives, uncertainty, self-serve myths and the human work needed to turn data into decisions.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.datatinkerer.io/p/how-pinterest-used-multimodal-ai-to-help-shoppers">How Pinterest Used Multimodal AI to Help Millions of Shoppers</a> (14 minute read)<br></strong>Pinterest turned billions of products into 4.2 million shopping landing pages and improved search performance by 35%. This piece breaks down how Pinterest used vision-language models, contrastive learning and distributed inference to make products easier to discover.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3>Data engineering</h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/p/architectural-foundations-and-infrastructure?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">Architectural Foundations &amp; Infrastructure</a> (12 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Daniel Beach&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:21715962,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81caaeec-9053-487c-a59c-ba5f8e4644ad_256x256.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;43c2f8dd-6b64-4227-890f-6335483c9bfd&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> kicks off a good data platform architecture series, arguing that good infrastructure choices start with business requirements, data shape and boring fundamentals like scalability, resilience, modularity, observability and cost.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7sGV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc9e0b80-8c7a-4c29-b868-dc3a83392d90_1456x971.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7sGV!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbc9e0b80-8c7a-4c29-b868-dc3a83392d90_1456x971.webp 424w, 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/the-5-silent-failures-in-data-pipelines?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">The 5 Silent Failures in Data Pipelines</a> (11 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;SeattleDataGuy&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:4963622,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ec905aa-9a7b-4f21-b0ff-fec92e8916d1_512x512.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;d7ff8631-7d15-4706-8fcf-38a601868fef&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> breaks down five silent pipeline failures, from schema drift to stale data and brittle logic, showing how bad data can reach dashboards without throwing a single error.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sFK4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88911cad-2907-4473-b1c8-71bc9dec4ea9_500x500.webp" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sFK4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88911cad-2907-4473-b1c8-71bc9dec4ea9_500x500.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sFK4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88911cad-2907-4473-b1c8-71bc9dec4ea9_500x500.webp" width="500" height="500" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://pipeline2insights.substack.com/p/data-observabilty-fundamentals-for-data-engineers?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">Data Observability Fundamentals for Data Engineers</a> (18 minute read)<br></strong>Good article by <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Pipeline to Insights&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:42238863,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd98ddb69-fdec-4599-b3f2-906f7673c8de_408x408.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;7ac1188c-ef1b-4917-a668-daade1118ab5&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explaining data observability as a tool-agnostic way to catch silent pipeline failures, using freshness, volume, schema, quality and lineage signals to keep data and AI systems trustworthy.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://luminousmen.substack.com/p/the-power-of-data-sketches-a-comprehensive?utm_source=datatinkerer&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">The Power of Data Sketches: A Comprehensive Guide</a> (19 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;luminousmen&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:29227863,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffead33a9-5e35-4522-b96e-c1a523419524_300x297.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;3328d5e8-8d61-45ea-bce7-15a7c30b6596&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> explains how data sketches trade perfect accuracy for tiny memory, fast queries and bounded error, making them useful when exact counts and aggregations become too expensive at scale.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!92yl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6f03b264-f6cc-43dd-a475-235e5af02190_1456x1017.webp" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://andreaskretz.substack.com/p/stop-letting-tools-lead-your-platform?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">Stop Letting Tools Lead Your Platform Decisions</a> (5 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Andreas Kretz&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:181692620,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/30eec9a4-a54a-4412-b304-761478dcccb6_4000x6000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;2fa00c43-c188-4f16-8c5c-a1751a04ddd1&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues data platform decisions should start with use cases, constraints and users, not fashionable tools, because the simplest architecture is often the one that actually fits.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://arpitbhayani.me/blogs/defensive-databases?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">Databases Were Not Designed For This</a> (16 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Arpit Bhayani&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:5901422,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cde06b4c-2818-4e8d-a271-e3df5fbc61cb_400x400.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;ee108bd8-586d-4c31-9542-171327c240eb&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> argues agentic AI makes databases riskier, so teams need defensive patterns like least privilege, timeouts, idempotency, soft deletes and query tagging before giving agents access to production data.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://arturastutkus.substack.com/p/the-last-mile-to-apache-iceberg-building?utm_source=datatinkerer.io&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">The Last Mile to Apache Iceberg - Building a Basement Data Platform</a> (13 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Arturas Tutkus&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:6157692,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bd98183d-5d24-4396-935e-ad3697e8c44e_191x191.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;4b4fec92-bf6e-4d28-8c55-8d9a40c3b04a&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> shows how he solved the &#8216;last mile&#8217; into Apache Iceberg by building a tiny low-cost event ingestion path for side-project analytics without Kafka, SaaS pipelines or a scary cloud bill.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://www.junaideffendi.com/p/lyft-data-tech-stack">Lyft Data Tech Stack</a> (5 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Junaid Effendi&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:21393641,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb06559f3-ee33-46f8-bfa0-50964179f235_1200x1200.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;ff415716-01fc-41a9-81a3-4649b502adc3&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> breaks down Lyft&#8217;s data stack, showing how Kafka, Flink, Trino, Airflow, Flyte and 100+ PB on S3 support real-time analytics, ML and millions of daily rides.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Costs by 100x</a> (16 minute read)<br></strong>Airtable moved petabytes of archive data out of MySQL, made storage 100x cheaper and kept interactive query latency intact. This piece breaks down how Airtable handled the migration, why it chose DataFusion and the optimizations that made cold storage feel fast.</p></li></ul><div><hr></div><h3><strong>Data analysis and visualisation</strong></h3><ul><li><p><strong><a href="https://thaiscooke.substack.com/p/the-data-role-is-being-reborn">The data role is being reborn</a> (8 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Thais Cooke&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:61993584,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G0X2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb384f538-870a-44af-809c-33b4fc046389_800x800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;03dc6ca1-96af-4a2b-94b9-c10c5ff2ef5a&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> thinks the data role is being reborn, with AI shrinking old output-heavy analyst work while increasing the need for judgment, business context and decision-shaping.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://nastengraph.substack.com/p/stop-coloring-retention-tables-the?utm_source=datatinkerer&amp;utm_medium=newsletter">Stop Coloring Retention Tables the Classic Way</a> (3 minute read)</strong><br><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Anastasiya Kuznetsova&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:99725349,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2E6h!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7eb9d9c-d4e0-4f30-bc37-73eb9ffe4d53_516x534.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;baf9405f-e466-4d4e-8e35-d8befab61b81&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> shows that retention tables become much more useful when you color cohorts by deviation from the period average, rather than using classic gradients that mostly show the obvious decline over time.</p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u_3F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64bcd7c1-b1b3-40a2-8dc8-23a2708e702f_1456x789.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u_3F!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64bcd7c1-b1b3-40a2-8dc8-23a2708e702f_1456x789.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u_3F!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F64bcd7c1-b1b3-40a2-8dc8-23a2708e702f_1456x789.webp 848w, 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Electricity (Not Dot-Com) Is the Right AI Analogy</a> (12 minute read)<br></strong>Interesting article by <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Joe Reis&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:3531217,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6e4716b1-c223-41e3-b943-def0291bf217_1175x783.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;fe21d8c6-46e2-4240-bdfb-e3b0f5f54f56&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> arguing AI is less like the dot-com boom and more like early electricity: the technology works but the real productivity gains will only come when companies redesign their workflows, org structures and data &#8220;factories&#8221; around it.</p></li><li><p><strong><a href="https://epochai.substack.com/p/keeping-up-with-the-gpts">Keeping up with the GPTs</a> (24 minute read)<br></strong><span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Anson Ho&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:327131465,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YpJm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9a56c6b-d918-48a9-b335-58313d2bb76f_3097x3182.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;6f22e237-cddd-46a8-b6b7-55af4dcc389a&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> thinks compute-poor AI labs can narrow the gap through efficiency tricks like distillation, but compute still dominates, so catching up with frontier labs is much easier than overtaking them</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U5Co!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a8d75fb-229e-4b73-b14b-03f20a7ddb4e_1026x1283.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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It includes videos, courses, projects and can be filtered by tech stack (Python, SQL, Spark and etc), skill level (Beginner, Intermediate and so on) provider name or free/paid. So if you know other people who like staying up to date on all things data, please share Data Tinkerer with them!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.datatinkerer.io/leaderboard?&amp;utm_source=post&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Refer a friend&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.datatinkerer.io/leaderboard?&amp;utm_source=post"><span>Refer a friend</span></a></p><p>Without further ado, let&#8217;s get to the round up for December!</p>
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It includes videos, courses, projects and can be filtered by tech stack (Python, SQL, Spark and etc), skill level (Beginner, Intermediate and so on) provider name or free/paid. So if you know other people who like staying up to date on all things data, please share Data Tinkerer with them!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.datatinkerer.io/leaderboard?&amp;utm_source=post&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Refer a friend&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.datatinkerer.io/leaderboard?&amp;utm_source=post"><span>Refer a friend</span></a></p><p>Without further ado, let&#8217;s get to the round up for October.</p>
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