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State of Data Engineering 2024 Q2

Data Engineering and AIChip Huyen, who came out of Stanford and is active in the AI space recently wrote an article on what she learned by looking at the 900 most popular open source AI tools. https://huyenchip.com/2024/03/14/ai-oss.html Image Credit: huyenchip’s blog In data engineering, one of our primary usages of AI is really just prompt engineering. Use Case 1: Data Migration…

April 16, 2024
Vietnam

Grandma and the Vietnam WarWhen I was young, friends would visit, and there was one photo on the shelf that caught their attention in my room. It was a photo of an elderly Caucasian lady and their first question to me was, “How come you didn’t take the stock photo out of the frame?” I…

April 13, 2024
The Unexpected $30,000 Benefit of the Pandemic: Haircuts

During the early pandemic, a topic came up I never thought I would need to worry about. Who would cut my hair? My Asian hair is a bit funky where it is similar to Wolverine in X-men. After a couple weeks the sides get really pointy and uncomfortable so I would go to the barber…

February 29, 2024