Second day of Q&A around Data Mesh with IBM’s Technical Group about “ten lessons learned from building a Data Mesh.”
It’s painful how much data rules the world
Standing in front of the convention center, next to the statue of Sir Walter Raleigh. On September 15th, 2021, after more than 18 months, I was finally able to give…
Bringing vision to Apache Spark
Drsti (pronounced drishti) is an effortless data visualization that interfaces easily with Apache Spark
Get your own copy of Spark in Action 2e
Spark in Action, second edition is a favorite for the Big Bag Theory gang Spark in Action, second edition, has been out for about a month and was running a…
Hot July planning
Despite 2020 being a mess so far, and after a very calm period in terms of events, it’s time to get back on stage. July 2020 is going to be…
Awaited Apache Spark v3.0.0 is finally released
Apache Spark v3.0.0 hits the road, let’s celebrate! Apache Spark v3.0.0 has been released on June 18th, 2020, just before Spark + AI Summit 2020, which is being held virtually…
DataFriday: manipulating the schemas of Spark dataframes
A stretch… Data is organized by schemas, data is stored on disk (or memory), but nothing like a good old school disk. to illustrate data In this fifth episode of…
DataFriday: basic ETL ops with Apache Spark
In this episode, you will learn about doing a basic ETL (extract, transform, and load) operation using Apache Spark. You will load a basic CSV file with Apache Spark, make…
DataFriday: load a CSV file with Apache Spark
Starting today, I will host a weekly live show about data. You may join, attend “live,” and ask questions as I go through a data-oriented topic. For now, the topic…
Spark in Action, Second Edition MEAP Update
I just wanted to share with you the latest update on Spark in Action, second edition What’s new? Chapter 12, “Transforming your data” Chapter 13, “Transforming entire documents” Appendix K,…