From Experimental Notebooks to Production: A Data Engineer's perspective of Scaling Data Science Applications
A Data Engineer's perspective on partnering with Data Scientists to take a Semantic Search and Theming application from notebook to production.
Building a Governed Data Lakehouse
A first-hand account of building a governed, standardised data lakehouse across an organisation — what the architecture decisions actually look like, why governance has to be structural rather than aspirational, and what happens when you skip it.
A Practitioner's Journey with Databricks AI/BI Genie
What building a natural language analytics layer over production customer data actually looks like — two months, 25 tables, a structured pilot, and a direct review from the Databricks team.
Data Architecture and Modeling — A Primer
A practitioner's primer on data architecture and modeling detailing how to assess requirements, think about design trade-offs, and implement solutions that remain relevant over time.
Building a data lake on Microsoft Azure.
Building and deploying a data lake on Azure infrastructure.