ARTICLES
Leveraging Dwell Time to Improve Member Experiences on the LinkedIn Feed | 6 min | AI/ML | Fengyu Zhang, Mohit Kothari, Birjodh Singh Tiwana | Linkedin Engineering Blog
Discover how LinkedIn uses dwell time to enhance Feed ranking with machine learning, optimizing user experience and content relevance.
The 6 Best LLM Tools To Run Models Locally | 13 min | LLM | Amos Gyamfi | Personal Blog
Learn about the top tools for running large language models locally, ensuring data privacy and security.
TUTORIALS
Introducing Netflix TimeSeries Data Abstraction Layer | 18 min | Data Engineering | Rajiv Shringi, Vinay Chella, Kaidan Fullerton, Oleksii Tkachuk, Joey Lynch | Netflix Tech Blog
Explore Netflix’s architecture for managing temporal data at scale with its TimeSeries Abstraction Layer.
Microsoft Fabric: Using Workspace Identity for Authentication | 7 min | Cloud Computing | Adrian Chodkowski | Seequality Blog
Learn how Workspace Identity simplifies role assignment and connections, making authentication smoother in Microsoft Fabric.
Serverless Sales Insights with Modal, Nile and a small Llama | 12 min | LLM | Gwen Shapira | Nile Dev Blog
This tutorial shows the process of building a Serverless Sales Insights application using Nile, Modal, and a custom Llama 3.1 model.
Metrics-Focused Data Strategy with Model-First Data Products | 11 min | Data Strategy | Animesh Kumar, Shubhanshu Jain, Samadrita Ghosh, Nikhil Singh | Modern Data 101
This guide explains how aligning data with key metrics using a model-first approach enhances business performance.
TOOL
Introducing Databricks Apps | 3 min | Data Engineering | Andre Furlan Bueno, Patrick Wendell, Shanku Niyogi, Akhil Gupta, Nick Kramer and Jackie Zhang | Databricks
Databricks Apps, now in public preview, allow for rapid development and deployment of internal data and AI apps with secure serverless computing.
PODCAST
Towards Self-Service Data Engineering with Taylor Brown, Co-Founder and COO at Fivetran | 50 min | Data Engineering | Richie Cotton, Taylor Brown | DataFramed Podcast
Join Richie and Taylor Brown as they dive into modern data stacks, self-service data, and AI’s impact on data engineering.
DATA TUBE
Unified Data + AI Governance with Unity Catalog | 25 min | Data Governance | Michelle Leon, Victoria Bukta | MLOps.community
Learn how Unity Catalog unifies governance across data formats and AI assets, making management seamless for organizations.
CONFS EVENTS AND MEETUPS
Introduction to Polars | Online | 22nd October
Polars, written in Rust, is exceptionally fast with out-of-core data streaming, multithreading, and a vectorized query engine, outperforming alternatives like Pandas, Dask, and Spark. This webinar will offer a sneak peek into the Polars API and include a Q&A with one of the founders.
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