Niels Berglund

Interesting Stuff - Week 07, 2025

AI is accelerating fast! This week's roundup covers superhuman coding AI, the rise of the AI Architect role, and Klarna's AI assistant handling work for 700 staff. Plus, we dive into research on large reasoning models, AI-driven GPU optimisation, and how real-time data innovations are shaping the future of AI.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, February 16, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 45, 2024

This week's blog explores cutting-edge advances in Generative AI, from multi-agent frameworks to real-time LLM improvements, alongside Databricks' latest tools for faster data analytics. In the WIND section, I share exciting updates on the upcoming Data & AI Community Day and my talks at .NET Conf 2024 South Africa. It's a thrilling time to be in tech!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, November 10, 2024

Interesting Stuff - Week 38, 2024

We explore this week cutting-edge advancements in AI and data streaming. From optimizing RAG systems and LLM-driven software engineering to CodeMaker AI's breakthrough in code generation and Confluent's new VS Code integration for real-time data streams, it's a must-read for tech enthusiasts.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, September 22, 2024

Interesting Stuff - Week 11, 2024

This week: featuring breakthroughs from causal graphs to LDB frameworks, RAGs, and the innovative RAT method. Plus, get excited for the upcoming Data and AI Community Day in Durban!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, March 17, 2024

Interesting Stuff - Week 46, 2023

This week we delve into the dynamic world of AI and streaming technologies, starting with the unexpected ousting of Sam Altman from OpenAI and the latest advancements in Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems. We also explore OpenAI's newest tools, DALL-E 3, GPT-4 Vision, and GPT-4 Turbo, and much more.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, November 19, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 17, 2023

The man that beat roulette, hooking up Azure Data Explorer and Kafka, real-time machine learning pipelines. Spark loader for Hugging Face datasets, processing data from multiple streaming platforms using Delta Live Tables and the real-time streaming ecosystem.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 30, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 13, 2023

This week: be cool, read about Polar vs Pandas. How to ingest data into ADX. On the streaming side really interesting about how to do Canary releases for streaming platforms. Also something extremely interesting: Machine Learning and Data Streaming!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 2, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 44, 2022

Kafka and ETL, Pinterest using realtime user actions, Niels going to PASS, and other interesting topics!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, November 6, 2022

Interesting Stuff - Week 43, 2022

Kafka, debugging ksqlDB joins, Kafka schema registry course, Pinterest pin recommendations, and other interesting topics.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, October 30, 2022

Interesting Stuff - Week 15, 2022

Kafka internals, Kafka & Trino @ Uber, Feathr feature store, IoT & Azure Data Explorer, and other interesting topics.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 17, 2022

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