Niels Berglund

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 19, 2023

ADX as Vector DB & Similarity search. Polars for Rust. ChatGPT and Pandas = PandasAI. Real-time streaming ecosystem and other cool stuff.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, May 14, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 8, 2023

This week I cover Linux containers on Apple Silicon. There is also how to use Mastodon, Kafka and Open Search together. Let us not forget my post about leaderboards and Azure Data Explorer.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, February 26, 2023

Interesting Stuff - Week 40, 2022

Kafka 3.3 released, Kafka Stream Designer, Polybase & SQL Server 2022, and other interesting topics.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, October 9, 2022

Interesting Stuff - Week 26, 2022

Kafka & KStreams state store, SQL Server 2022 blog links, Azure Data Explorer & Playfab, Databricks Data Vault, other interesting topics!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, July 3, 2022

Interesting Stuff - Week 24, 2022

Kafka & Confluent Cloud incidents, performant software, tools 4 SQL Server, Azure Data Explorer features, and other interesting topics!

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, June 19, 2022

Interesting Stuff - Week 11, 2022

Kafka & new features in ksqlDB 0.24.0, how to run MSDTC and SQL server in containers on Kubernetes, and other interesting stuff.

Posted by nielsb on Sunday, March 20, 2022

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