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Welcome to the Advancing Analytics blog. We’re a bunch of data and AI specialists who build modern platforms and make messy data behave.

You'll find a trove of posts and video here, focused on AI and machine learning, data engineering and analytics. Our blogs are all based on what we’re seeing in the real world - with lessons learned from the sharp end of delivery. 

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Grace OHalloran
Computer Network Basics
Introduction My motivation for writing this blog post was largely to share my own journey in...

21st December, 2021

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Gavita Regunath
Understanding The Difference Between AI, ML, And DL: Using An...
I debated whether to write this piece for a long time. This was due to several factors. At a...

15th December, 2021

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Anna Wykes
DevOps for Databricks: Getting Started
As a consultant and Data Engineer I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked “how...

13th December, 2021

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Falek Miah
Databricks Execution Plans
The execution plans in Databricks allows you to understand how code will actually get executed...

10th October, 2021

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Engineering Advancing Spark
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Falek Miah
Databricks Delta Cache and Spark Cache
As data sizes and demand increases as time goes on, you often see slowness on Databricks this...

26th September, 2021

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Chris Williams
Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD Type 2) with Delta and Databricks
From Warehouse to Lakehouse Pt.2 SCD Type 2 in SQL and Python Introduction For more...

26th September, 2021

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Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD Type 1) with Delta and Databricks
From Warehouse to Lakehouse Pt.1 SCD Type 1 in SQL and Python Introduction With the move to...

6th September, 2021

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Engineering Infrastructure As Code
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Falek Miah
Terraform Databricks Labs
In late 2020, Databricks introduced Databricks Labs a collection of Terraform Providers that...

1st September, 2021

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Engineering Serverless Computing
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Grace OHalloran
An Introduction to Serverless Computing and Function-as-a-Service
What is Serverless Computing? The term serverless computing can be misleading; how can you...

1st September, 2021

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Gavita Regunath
6 Ways AI is Transforming the Finance Industry
"AI is the 'new electricity' … just as electricity transformed many industries roughly one...

25th August, 2021

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