Niels Berglund

Interesting Stuff - Week 18, 2025

AI is transforming everything — from coding at Microsoft to how junior developers are leading the agent revolution. This week's roundup covers the rise of small language models, the true spirit of vibe coding, and the convergence of streaming with Confluent and Databricks. Plus, an update on the fast-approaching Data & AI Community Day Durban: Season of AI – The Age of Agency!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, May 4, 2025

Interesting Stuff - Week 10, 2024

This week we explore groundbreaking advancements in Generative AI and Streaming, from revolutionizing sales with SalesGPT to Uber's scalable chat solutions. Plus, don't miss out on the upcoming Data and AI Community Day Durban, a must-attend for tech enthusiasts!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, March 10, 2024

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 26, 2023

This week I cover Hoptimator for data pipelines, using Confluent Kafka to reduce churn, materialized views and streaming tables for Databricks SQL, and Data Saturday Durban.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 2, 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 16, 2023

In this week's roundup, I cover some 'cool stuff': Azure Databricks Delta Engine, multi-platform Docker image for Kafka Connect and Kusto Sink. Generative AI for Synthetic Data creation. Using Databricks SQL together with LLMs.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, April 23, 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 30, 2022

Kafka & Data Mesh, CI/CD with Kafka, Azure Data Explorer book, Databricks vs. Snowflake, and other interesting topics.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 31, 2022

Interesting Stuff - Week 28, 2022

Kafka & Confluent Stream Catalog, Databricks & Kafka to handle risk management, Azure Data Explorer workshop videos, and other interesting topics.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 17, 2022

Interesting Stuff - Week 27, 2022

Kafka & ingestion into data lakes, Delta Lake open-sourced, Niels renewed as MVP, and other interesting topics.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 10, 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.