dbt Explained
dbt: The Data Engineer's Superhero Sidekick Let’s face it: writing SQL is fun… until you’re juggling 47 versions of the same query, hunting down broken dashboards, or explaining to your…
Building Your First DAG with Apache Airflow
Apache Airflow is a powerful platform for orchestrating complex workflows. After learning the Fundamentals and installing Airflow with Docker, it’s time to dive into one of its most essential features…
Warehouses, Lakes, and Lakehouse
The modern data ecosystem is like a real estate market for your bytes except instead of bidding wars, we’ve got schema-on-write vs. schema-on-read drama. Let’s break down the contenders: Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, Lakehouses, and crack open…
Installing Apache Airflow with Docker
Apache Airflow is a powerful workflow orchestration tool used for scheduling, monitoring, and managing complex workflows. Read my previous blog on the Fundamentals of Apache Airflow. Installing Airflow can sometimes…
Fundamentals of Apache Airflow
Modern data workflows involve numerous interconnected tasks, dependencies, and schedules. Manually managing these workflows or using basic schedulers like cron jobs quickly becomes inefficient as complexity grows. This is where…
Comprehensive Python Programming Guide – Part 3
Advanced Python – OOP, Data Science, Debugging, and Error Handling Python’s elegance lies not just in its simplicity, but in its depth - a language that scales seamlessly from scripting…
Data Chaos: Where Did It Go Wrong This Time?
I hear Data Catalog, Data Discovery, Data Observability, and Data Governance thrown around almost every day. But when these terms are used loosely, it reminds me of that iconic line from The Princess Bride: "You keep…
Comprehensive Python Programming Guide – Part 2
Building Functional Code – Control Structures and Data Management In this second section, we shift from basics to practical programming. Here, you’ll learn to add logic and structure to your code…
Comprehensive Python Programming Guide – Part 1
Introduction to Python Python is a high-level, versatile programming language renowned for its readability and ease of use. Its clear syntax and extensive standard library make it an excellent choice…
Anatomy of Modern Data Stack
I’ve spent countless hours exploring new data tools, only to find myself overwhelmed by the sheer number of options - many promising to solve the same problems in slightly different…