Niels Berglund

Interesting Stuff - Week 34, 2024

This week’s blog dives into the why behind a hedge fund’s custom database, explores Microsoft’s latest AI models, and celebrates 5 years of Confluent Cloud connectors. Plus, a recap of my Generative AI talk at the Season of AI event in Cape Town, with Johannesburg up next!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, August 25, 2024

Interesting Stuff - Week 27, 2024

This week's tech roundup explores the evolution of data processing, the role of agents in AI workflows, and innovative time series forecasting techniques. Plus, discover Microsoft's EventHouse for real-time searches and exciting updates on Data & AI Community Day Durban: Season of AI!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 7, 2024

Interesting Stuff - Week 15, 2024

This week's tech insights: on Scalable databases in the cloud, Microsoft's new Redis alternative, and transformative AI developments in data engineering and autonomous agents. Dive into practical applications in finance and streaming technology, and don't miss our updates on the upcoming Data and AI Community Days.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 14, 2024

Interesting Stuff - Week 12, 2024

In this week's blog we explore the cutting-edge of tech: from the evolution of OLTP databases and AI-driven 'Self Learning GPTs' to Microsoft's AutoDev revolutionizing software development. Plus, get the highlights from Kafka Summit London 2024, where data streaming and Gen AI took center stage.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, March 24, 2024

Interesting Stuff - Week 41, 2023

Dive into the latest tech trends this week: F1 DB, GPT-4 AI agents, LangChain 101, AutoGen LLM apps, and real-time social media monitoring.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, October 15, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 27, 2023

This week I cover: Explore vector databases, Azure OpenAI updates, generative AI insights, streaming trends, Data Saturday in Durban, and more!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 9, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 4, 2023

This roundup, which arrives one day earlier than usual, looks at cloud OLTP databases and whether we can get them to be really scalable. There is a link to a post looking at *Azure Data Explorer** together with Azure Serverless functions - very cool! An interesting post about ML in online gaming, plus a lot of other cool stuff.

Posted by nielsb on Saturday, January 28, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 3, 2022

Kafka, ksqlDB, Confluent Cloud, real-time OLAP databases, Azure Data Explorer at SQLBits 2022, and other interesting topics.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, January 23, 2022

Interesting Stuff - Week 10, 2021

Kafka Summit 2021, new heap in .NET Core, database talks, and other interesting topics.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, March 7, 2021

Interesting Stuff - Week 3

Weekly roundup of what interesting stuff I have found.

Posted by nielsb on Saturday, January 21, 2017

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