Niels Berglund

Interesting Stuff - Week 40, 2023

This week: discover the latest in AI/ML with Ray's game-changing compute runtime, the quest for Artificial General Intelligence, and the power of data streaming in critical decision-making. Plus, master Apache Flink with a comprehensive blog series.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, October 8, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 36, 2023

This week: explore event-driven systems, AI compilers, and real-time data pipelines! Join me at Data Saturday Cape Town on September 30th, and mark your calendar for AI & Data Infusion Roadshow Durban on November 11th.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, September 10, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 34, 2023

This week: we delve into the cutting-edge realms of AI, GenerativeAI, and real-time data streaming. Uncover the magic of Reinforcement Learning and its role in mastering complex tasks, while demystifying AI, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Neural Networks. Read all about the revolutionary potential of the Streaming Plane in bridging real-time analytics and historical insights.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, August 27, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 29, 2023

This week read all about: Building a self-serve analytics platform with Azure Data Explorer and OpenAI, estimating customer lifetime value with Lakehouse architecture, Databricks + MosaicML, the best of Kafka Summit London 2023, and real-time order notifications with Confluent. Plus, don't miss the impressive lineup of industry experts and sessions at Data Saturday Durban!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 23, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 25, 2023

The roundup this week covers Microsoft Fabric, some cool AI/ML and LLM (Large Language Model) things, and a very interesting article on the real-time streaming ecosystem.

Posted by nielsb on Monday, June 26, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 24, 2023

This week I share how generative AI can help with analytics, content creation, and natural language queries, and how to train a machine learning model on a Kafka stream. Furthermore, I look at how to debug Jupyter notebooks in VSCode.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, June 18, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 22, 2023

This week's blog post covers generative AI for analytics, Microsoft Fabric, and real-time streaming. You will discover how to use natural language queries, Power BI, Kusto, stream processing platforms, and PII detection with machine learning.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, June 4, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 20, 2023

This week: Reinforcement Learning, Real-Time Streaming Ecosystem, Apache Spark Structured Streaming, Kafka Summit 2023, Data Saturday Johannesburg, Data Saturday Durban

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, May 21, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 15, 2023

This week: how Generative AI may shift focus from technology-driven to product-driven development. A game analytics framework/solution to help game developers analyze players. How to handle late-arriving events in Apache Flink. An introduction to materialized views and how they can help. Also, a plug for an upcoming post by me about how to build multi-platform Docker images.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 16, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 14, 2023

This week: **Azure Data Explorer** (ADX) workshop, the third post in the series of building a real-time leaderboard using Kafka and ADX. Also links to building a GPT-powered application and a really interesting intro to reinforcement learning.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 9, 2023

Technology musings about coding and data. Some topics: .NET, SQL Server, AI/ML, Big Data, Streaming, Kafka, Azure Data Explorer, and a lot more.