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Hands-On Analytics Engineering Project30m
Hands-On Analytics Engineering Project
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Complete Guide to Analytics Engineering4h
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Connor Dickson posted thisOne of the core responsibilities of data engineering is data ingestion, right? Does that mean that any break in the flow of data after ingestion could be called indigestion? Are bug fixes pepto-bismol? #dataengineering #analyticsengineering
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Connor Dickson shared thisFirst Spotify wrapped, then YouTube wrapped, now LinkedIn wrapped? Yuki Kakegawa was the person I interacted with most this year. Which sounds about right. Who was yours?
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Connor Dickson shared this2025 is nearly over and I spent a lot of my free time listening to audiobooks and crocheting. I saw a video the other day where someone posited that sci-fi and fantasy are like “slop” for your brain. I wholeheartedly disagree. Reading fiction opens your mind to different mindsets, different opinions, different possibilities, different struggles. Reading anything will improve your vocabulary, your grammatical skills, and your attention span. I don’t read much non-fiction and that’s ok. I’m reading space operas, adventures, and apocalyptic horrors. One of my life mottos is that “I like making cool shit”. So while I’m listening to books I’m often making something with my hands. I learned three different patterns for beanies this year. Which is your favorite? And what should be on my reading list for next year?
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Connor Dickson posted thisI got my first job in “tech” in 2018, I graduated college in 2019. Sometimes it feels like I caught the last helicopter out of Saigon with that timing. Since then, there’s been multiple economic downturns, massive tech layoffs, the proliferation of LLMs for coding, etc. It’s gotten harder and harder to break into data since that time. I got my first job in data essentially for my soft skills, my knowledge of excel, and the most basic of SQL skills. Now, it seems you need a laundry list of skills and technologies to even be considered for a low level analytics job. If you’re in that boat, I feel for you. My advice is to use LinkedIn religiously. Make connections, post content, rekindle old friendships. Every job but one that I’ve had in my career came from a friend on LinkedIn. The data landscape has changed dramatically in seven years, but there still countless companies needing quality analysts and engineers. Anyone else graduate or transition to data around the same time as me and feel similarly?
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Connor Dickson shared thisIt’s not an unpopular opinion, but it is a hard pill to swallow: Data engineering and analytics will look very different in ten years time. Here are my top three trends I see transforming the space in the near future. 1. More data is being generated than ever before and that trend will continue as cloud data storage becomes easier and more economical. Data centers are being built at an alarming rate in preparation for all the data that will be created. Companies are collecting more and more data about their customers in both ethical and non-ethical ways. 2. I foresee a couple of companies becoming one stop shop for all your data needs. FiveTran recently merged with dbt and Snowflake recently purchased Select Star. I don’t see data engineering teams picking and choosing five or six tools for their data stack in ten years but instead see them picking one tool for all ingestion, transformation, storage, and visualization. It will be less customizable and more plug and play. 3. Here’s the obvious one, AI will replace the lowest skilled analysts and engineers. AI makes a lot of mistakes and doesn’t understand context, but that won’t matter to executives who think one AI analyst can replace five real people. We’ve seen huge improvements in LLM’s capabilities in just three years, it will continue to improve in the next ten years. Do you agree or disagree? What would you add to my list?
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Connor Dickson shared thisMy local library has a cool service where you’re automatically delivered an electronic version of a magazine every month, completely free. I enjoy flipping through Popular Mechanics every once in a while. Yesterday I stumbled upon an article about microscopic 3D printing inside of cells. Mind blowing right? But this cool article was shadowed by an accompanying image that appears, to me, to be AI generated. Obviously they probably can’t take a picture of the tiny 3D printed elephant inside a cell, but resorting to a lifeless AI generated image in a hugely popular magazine like Popular Mecahnics? Does anyone else feel like they’re getting better and better at spotting AI slop these days? Or am I wrong? Is this not an AI generated image? Comment below what you think.
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Connor Dickson posted thisWhat’s your often overlooked soft skill superpower? Mine is probably my ability to write decently well. In college, I could write a mean research paper and at a fast pace. At my day job, I think I’m decent at breaking down a project into clear objectives, steps, and acceptance criteria. For my two newest LinkedIn Learning courses I estimate I wrote around 80,000 - 100,000 words across the one hundred videos they contain. I write here on LinkedIn for fun, because I enjoy putting my thoughts down on my page. This soft skill superpower helps everday: — It makes communication quick — De-escalates stressful situations — Helps others learn — Cuts down on wasted time It’s often overlooked but I’m feeling really grateful for my ability to write lately. What’s your often overlooked soft skill superpower?
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Connor Dickson shared thisA year ago I made the biggest blunder of my career. I used an UPDATE command on a postgres table with a WHERE clause that ended up updating the whole table instead of the intended rows. I was complacent and didn’t use a transaction so I couldn’t ROLLBACK. I thankfully had saved a backup of the table but it was still a pretty stressful evening spent fixing what I broke. Experiences like this happen from time to time. It’s always best to be careful. I saw this meme the other day and laughed.
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Connor Dickson posted thisI was bummed when I heard Fivetran purchased Tobiko the creator of SQLMesh. Now that Fivetran has announced their merger with dbt I’m very nervous. I’ve spent the majority of my career working on small scrappy data engineering teams. Teams with small budgets who couldn’t afford expensive tools like Fivetran. So when I hear that Fivetran has purchased the majority of the data modeling market I fear this will really hurt the small data teams. Will we be forced to package dbt with Fivetran? Will they kill the open source portion of SQLMesh? I love competition, it breeds improvement. But when one company is allowed to purchase the whole market they can stop innovating and increase prices because who will stop them? What are your opinions on this merger?
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Connor Dickson reacted on thisConnor Dickson reacted on thisMy wife and I just celebrated 7 years of marriage. 2012: 🏫 Met in college 2015: 🫶 Started dating 2017: 💔 Broke up 2018: 🙌 Got back together 2018: 💍 Got engaged 2019: 💒 Got married 2022: 👶 First child 2024: 😅 Second child 2026: 💪 Still going strong We've had quite the journey together. And one thing is certain, doing life with your best friend is a lot of fun!
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Connor Dickson liked thisConnor Dickson liked thisIt’s finally time...companies can get rid of data engineers and save millions. Just check out what the data engineering subreddit has to say! - No one understands this 180 line query someone vibe coded - Vibe / Citizen Developers bringing our Datawarehouse to it's knee's - We're paying $100,000 for Databricks to manage 100,000 rows
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Connor Dickson liked thisConnor Dickson liked thisIt’s exciting to finally announce I’m one of the Women in Data® Twenty in Data & Tech Series 8! 🎉 From the moment I got the phone call it has been the hardest secret to keep. Thankfully I’ve got more words now to express my gratitude than the “Oh my god” that the WID Team heard. I remember watching Series 6 announced at my first ever Flagship in 2024 and thinking I know so many wonderful women that could be on that stage. Little did I know in two years time that would be me. This year’s “Make Your Move” theme is one of inspiration. Challenging norms and having the courage to push ahead. These are traits I see mirrored in my own journey through personal challenges and triumphs. There are so many amazing women in this year’s Series 8 and it’s an honour to be one of them ❤️ #womenindata #womenintech #TwentyinDataAndTech
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Connor Dickson reacted on thisConnor Dickson reacted on thisBased on my LinkedIn inbox history of inbound messages, I'm one of the most impressive and exciting people you'll ever meet. Not to brag or anything, but yeah you should be impressed 💅🏼
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Connor Dickson reacted on thisConnor Dickson reacted on thisMy whole life I felt like an alien. I finally found out why. In school, I was often "too much". Too loud, too restless, too everything. I felt kind of different than all the other children. And I did things differently than most of them. I didn't have words for any of it back then. Just a feeling, that something's off with me. What was easy for others, was kind of hard for me. By age 8 or 9, I had core beliefs locked in: I'm weird. I'm not disciplined enough. I'm not trying hard enough. I'm not allowed to be who I am. A study by Michael Jellinek found that children with ADHD receive around 20,000 corrective or negative comments by age 10 in school alone. (link in comments 👇) ↪️ "Try harder." ↪️ "Stop being so sensitive." ↪️ "Why can't you just focus?" You hear that enough, you stop questioning the feedback. You question yourself instead. And that just quietly runs your life for decades. By accident, I made a life-changing discovery: Three years ago, I found out I'm highly sensitive (HSP). A few weeks ago, another piece clicked: I'm very likely on the ADHD spectrum. It's not rare that these two occur together. I've read tonnes of blog posts, listened to podcasts and watched interviews with adults who got diagnosed late. Everything makes so much more sense to me now. 𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁. It takes in way more stimuli (sounds, emotions, details). At the same time, I have limited impulse control. Imagine 1000 sensors receiving everything without a filter. So the picture is a very good representation of the chaos in my head I feel most days 😆 𝗜 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟯𝟬+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗻. That something out there would fix me. I got an obsession with finding the ONE productivity hack that would finally make me function like a normal person. Turns out nothing is wrong with me. My brain is just wired differently. And that can be a challenge or a superpower. That's a relief. A weird, complicated and sometimes overwhelming one. But it helps me to finally work on these false beliefs. Both on my own and with professional support. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 "𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗜 𝗮𝗺." Start asking who wrote that story. Most of the time, it wasn't you. You're not broken. You just haven't met yourself on your own terms yet ❤️ PS: I'm still looking for the perfect productivity system, though. Just one that finally works 𝘧𝘰𝘳 my brain instead of against it. 😉 --- Hi, I'm Fabian👋 Most of the time I write about lean & actionable data systems on GCP - today I wrote about my brain :) 👉 Hit Follow ♻️ Repost, if you found this useful
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Connor Dickson liked thisConnor Dickson liked this👋 Hey there, bittersweet moment: we are headed home after living in Spain! It has been an amazing, difficult, 3 months, and I learned a ton. I loved speaking Spanish. I loved living by the beach. I loved walking every where. I loved the laid-back lifestyle. I loved traveling to new cities. I loved the sunny, warm days. I loved spending more time with my family. I did not love the food. I did not love our apartment. I did not love the wind & rain. I did not love the siesta hours. I did not love my working hours. I did not love getting sick constantly. It was INCREDIBLE. I am so lucky to have called this place home. I'm excited to get back home. Get back to work. And as a fair warning... I've been in the lab cooking. Make sure to hit follow. The next 6 months are gonna be crazy. Avery
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Connor Dickson liked thisConnor Dickson liked thisOur first LinkedIn Learning course is LIVE!! This has been a GOAL of mine for years. And now it's come true.. thanks to the incredible LinkedIn Learning squad ♥️ Our course is on 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 analytics & reporting workflows, using n8n. Any data professional has been through this: • Hours each week pulling data from multiple sources • Copy-pasting the same report into 5 Slack channels • Those "hey can you resend that report?" messages But n8n makes it so easy to automate, without code! You can even add an AI layer to • Highlight the most important insights • Create metric summaries • Draft emails We so appreciate any support you can give! Take our course here: https://lnkd.in/g_V3_Ux3 ♻️ Repost so others can see it!
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Connor Dickson reacted on thisConnor Dickson reacted on thisRemember that incredible girlfriend? The one doing the nonprofit? She’s my fiancée now :) Happy to share a glimpse of my personal life with my professional circle. And now back to our regularly scheduled programming 😂
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Xavier Harmon
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🧵 Hearing "GraphQL" for the first time years ago at a conference made me think I needed to dust off my old TI-85 and remember how to graph equations. Not really, but I did realize I was way in over my head. I was still early in my career as an Analyst learning SQL, and now there's this new Query Language? How do you use it? Why do we have it? What is the purpose and function? What does graphing have to do with any of it? Spoiler: nothing. The "graph" refers to graph theory. Now, I'm going back to basics to learn more about GraphQL: It's a query language for APIs that lets clients ask for the data they need, nothing more and nothing less. One endpoint, strongly typed, and self-documenting. Why dust this off now? - It's everywhere, with big tech companies running GraphQL in production - Microsoft Fabric now has native GraphQL support. You can spin up a fully typed API endpoint directly from your Lakehouse or Warehouse with zero code - It changes how you think about data modeling. Designing a schema forces clarity about relationships and what consumers actually need - It's strongly typed by default, which means better tooling, autocomplete, and catching errors before they reach production Looking forward to sharing what I learn, and hearing from others on this journey. #GraphQL #APIDevelopment #DataEngineering #MicrosoftFabric #LearningInPublic
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anthony letendart
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Fully aligned with this vision, regardless of the data-visualization tool being used, true value can only be achieved when insights are designed with—and for—end users. This means focusing on directly actionable KPIs that exist not just to look good, but to drive real decisions and spark meaningful actions.
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Gustave Mutombo, MBA
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Xavier Harmon
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John Cook
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LaShi H., MHIT
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Valentine Ailenoator
Aya Data • 786 followers
𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗯𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹��𝗼𝗽... I’m transitioning into a new company, but right now, let's talk about the "Annotation" role... As long as AI keeps growing, humans will be needed to label, review, and refine data. That part isn’t changing anytime soon. What needs to be clearly understood is the structure of the work. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱. Yes, you can sign contracts with companies, you get to work on projects whenever it's available. Yes, the pay can be good. I’ve worked on projects paying $5, $10, $17–$20 per hour. But it's mostly project-based Some projects can last two months. Others run more.. A few stretches close to a year. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆... 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝗱!, 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗱𝗼? One of the smartest ways to create security in data annotation is diversification. Instead of depending on one platform or a single annotation type, smart annotators combine: Data annotation, data review / QA, transcription, content evaluation, AI training support, even non-ai oriented work. When you build multiple income streams: You don’t panic when a project wraps up. You stay financially steady while waiting for the next opportunity. And you have options. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗺𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲, you’ll see I’ve worked across multimodal annotation: LLMs, video, audio, image. Different techniques, different industries, different project lengths... 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁? 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗫 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 Smart work! 😉 You can book a consult with me to learn more about our algorithm (TITA). 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/egAuK7ak #DataAnnotation #AITraining #HumanInTheLoop #AIWork #FutureOfWork #FXTrader #TechAndFinance #TITAAlgorithm #MachineLearning #LLMEvaluation #AIAnnotation #TechCareers #RemoteWork #SmartWork
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Digamber Jha
Wings of AI • 2K followers
Stop lumping data analysts in with IT. Analysts are business strategists. They don’t troubleshoot hardware. They don’t manage logins. And they’re not tucked away cranking out dashboards no one uses. Their role is to embed with marketing, product, ops - wherever decisions happen and translate data into actionable insight. If they’re siloed in IT, disconnected from the business, you don’t get clarity. You get lifeless spreadsheets. The real value shows up when analysts are in the mix: → Marketing says, “We’re rolling out a new initiative.” → Analyst says, “Here’s what succeeded before, here’s where you’ll burn budget.” That’s influence. And that’s the gap between “data support” and “growth partner.” If your analysts don’t speak the language of the business, they’re just pricey report machines. — ♻️ Repost if you’ve seen analytics buried in IT. → Follow me, I share interesting stuffs that actually makes sense
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Kosisochukwu Mbachu-Igwe
Freelance • 1K followers
𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗜𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 Hot take. Most people get excited about regression models and predictive analytics. But in healthcare? Data wrangling determines whether your model even makes sense. You can build the most beautiful model… But if: • ICD codes were grouped incorrectly • Null values weren’t handled • Cohorts weren’t defined properly Your prediction is noise. In my experience, 60–70% of the work is data cleaning and validation. Modeling is the final layer — not the foundation. Agree or disagree? 〰️Kosi Clean data. Clear decisions. Better healthcare.
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Joshua Adeyemo
Outlier AI • 2K followers
5 things that shocked me when I built my first real training pipeline: Training rarely happens once, it’s scheduled. Data inconsistencies matter more than model accuracy. Your pipeline needs a backup pipeline. Most bugs aren’t ML bugs; they’re infrastructure bugs. Logging is your best friend until you realize you didn’t log enough. Real ML engineering is humbling. In the best way. Share your humbling moment in the comment section. #AIEngineering #Model #JoshuaAdeyemo #MLEngineering #RealWorldTrainingPipeline.
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Jack Beckwith
The DataFace • 3K followers
Where’s data viz headed in 2025? New tools, new formats, and new expectations are reshaping how we design with data. These are some of the trends I’m watching closely (and already leaning into). 1) 𝗔𝗜-𝗔𝘂𝗴𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: There’s lots of hype right around tools like bolt.new and Lovable right now. But the results still feel too basic and formulaic to me. I’m honestly more interested in tools like Relume and Visual Electric, which aim to enhance the design process in specific ways, not replace it. 2) 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀: When Observable announced the debut of Data Canvases last week, I was stoked. We’ve had real-time collaboration in design tools like Figma for years. I’ve always wanted the equivalent for data teams and this feels like a big step. 3) 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀: More and more clients are asking us to create animated videos with their data. Think short GIFs (<30 seconds) featuring a slick chart and a single, sharp insight, designed to stand out in a crowded social feed. In a world driven by TikTok and short-form video, this makes sense creatively and strategically. 4) 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗚𝗟 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀: If you're looking to make your visuals pop, WebGL and custom shaders let you push the browser to its creative limits. We’re using them to build visuals that feel dynamic, immersive, and a little bit magical. 5) 𝗡𝗼-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀: Tools like Webflow and Framer are democratizing web development and taking dev timelines from months to weeks. We’re leaning into this on specific projects more and more. 6) 𝗜𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝟯𝗗 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: The rise of Three.js and Blender is helping 3D find its place in data storytelling. A few years ago, I would have dismissed this as a fad. But recent examples from NYT and Washington Post, where they’ve used 3D to great effect, have convinced me otherwise. Data people, what’s on your radar this year?
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Eric Summers
ABOUT Healthcare • 10K followers
Permissions don’t break loudly. They drift quietly. Most Tableau environments don’t fail because of one bad decision. They get harder to operate because of small inconsistencies that pile up. So, here’s this week’s admin pattern. This script gives you visibility into your groups, what exists, how many there are, and where users are assigned, before you change anything. It’s not glamorous. But it answers a foundational question: Do I actually understand the structure I’m operating? Before refactoring permissions. Before tightening governance. Before automating anything. Run it. Scan the output. Notice what surprises you. I’ll share what I noticed midweek. #TableauOps #Tableau #TableauAdmin #OperationalExcellence #DataOps
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SHARMILA BOGADHI
Centene Corporation • 2K followers
Just got back from the Kansas City Data Professionals meetup on "The Data Product Revolution" and honestly, it was exactly what I needed to hear. The whole premise hit home: we don't have a data problem, we have a trust problem. How many times have we built faster pipelines, added more dashboards, only to have teams still arguing over which numbers are "right"? Or rebuilding datasets that already exist because nobody trusts what's there? The session broke down what "Data as a Product" actually looks like in practice - not the buzzword version, but real talk about: Why ownership matters more than we think Why governance keeps failing (hint: stop bolting it on at the end) How to actually build trust into your data from the start No fluff, no vendor pitch. Just practical stuff you can actually use. Shoutout to David Traynham, Melanie Traynham, MSN, RN, CPN, and Matthew Copple, CDMP for organizing. If you're in KC and dealing with data headaches, this group is worth checking out. Great meeting some awesome data folks too - Nathan Hayden, Bonnie Why, Cynthia Stacks, and Matt Denney. Love this community! #DataEngineering #KansasCityData #DataProducts #DataGovernance #Networking
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Mohit Agarwal
AuxoAI • 1K followers
Most people think migrating legacy ETL is a "lift and shift." It's not. It's archaeology. I've spent months rewriting 60+ legacy XML mappings into clean, modular models across Sales, Supply Chain, Procurement, and Manufacturing. Thousands of lines of code. Here's what surprised me most: The code you can see is only half the picture. Legacy systems hide logic in places you'd never think to look: → Transformations chained 5-6 layers deep, each quietly renaming columns along the way → Lookup logic that behaves completely differently depending on a single config setting with zero documentation explaining why → Fallback defaults hardcoded years ago by someone who left the company long before you arrived And the real kicker? Not all the logic lives in the code. There are workflow-level configs, pre-processing scripts, and runtime settings that are crucial to how a table gets built, but they sit in completely different files. If you only read the main code, you're migrating with blind spots. What worked for me: stop treating it as a rewrite. Treat each mapping like a puzzle. Trace every column from source to target. Rebuild it one layer at a time. Document what the original never did. 60+ mappings later, I realized: migrating legacy systems isn't an engineering problem. It's an investigation. Your job isn't to rewrite code. It's to figure out what the code was trying to say. Anyone else dealt with this? What surprised you the most about working with legacy systems? #DataEngineering #dbt #Snowflake #ETLModernization
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