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Meta is reportedly evaluating a significant reduction in its workforce, with internal discussions suggesting cuts could reach 20% or more of its employees. According to a Reuters report, such a move...
As we move deeper into 2026, a dominant theory in artificial intelligence is hardening into conventional wisdom. It’s a theory built on three pillars: Alignment, Control, and Power. I believe this...
A $2 billion undersea cable, central to Meta's plan to connect billions of new users, is paralyzed by a problem engineering cannot solve: war. The 2Africa Pearls cable, a 45,000-kilometer ring...
In a field often defined by soaring predictions, John Carmack’s latest statement is a sobering counterweight. The programming pioneer, who now leads AI startup Keen Technologies, posted a simple,...
In 2026, ChatGPT is no longer just a chatbot. It’s evolving into a central hub for daily tasks, thanks to direct integrations with a growing list of popular apps. By linking your accounts, you can...
In a Hollywood increasingly defined by its relationship with artificial intelligence, Steven Spielberg offers a perspective that cuts through the noise. His concern isn't with the machines...
We’re excited to announce that serverless workspaces are now Generally Available on Azure, ...
In this post, we explain how P-EAGLE works, how we integrated it into vLLM starting from v0.16.0 (PR#32887), and how to serve it with our pre-trained checkpoints.
Even seemingly simple engineering tasks — like updating an API — can become monumental undertakings when you’re dealing with millions of lines of code and thousands of engineers, especially if...
Metadata management improves discovery, governance, performance, and trust in modern data systems.
AI agents are automating data pipeline maintenance in 2026. Learn how we built pipeline repair, schema migration, and data quality agents that cut incident response from 45 minutes to 3.
A hands-on guide to building MCP servers that connect Claude and LLMs to your databases, dbt catalogs, and Airflow pipelines. Complete Python code included.
A dbt power user's honest review of SQLMesh after six months. Virtual environments, plan/apply workflow, and why it might be the best dbt alternative in 2026.
A practical guide to deploying open-source LLMs in production. GPU requirements, vLLM setup, cost comparison with GPT-4, and when self-hosting actually pays off.
Learn how to build fast, memory-efficient ETL pipelines with Polars. Covers lazy evaluation, streaming, Airflow integration, and when Spark is still better.
An honest evaluation of GPU databases like HeavyDB, Kinetica, and SQream plus RAPIDS cuDF for GPU analytics. Benchmarks, costs, and when the ROI works.
A deep dive into Apache Arrow, Parquet internals, Arrow Flight, and emerging formats like Lance and Vortex — with Python examples and benchmarks.
A practical guide to ML-specific CI/CD pipelines with data validation, automated evaluation gates, canary deployments, and rollback strategies.
A practical guide to data lakehouse architecture in 2026: core components, medallion pattern, implementation options, governance, and real cost modeling.
An honest review of Snowflake Cortex AI after 3 months in production: LLM functions, vector search, ML forecasting, cost analysis, and where it falls short.
A data engineer's honest exploration of Rust in the data ecosystem: Polars, DataFusion, Arrow-rs, Delta-rs, PyO3, performance benchmarks, and learning curve.
A hands-on guide to integrating LLMs into ETL pipelines for data classification, cleaning, and enrichment with Python code, cost analysis, and fallback patterns.
Creator of GPT and ChatGPT, leading AI research lab
AI safety company building Claude, focused on reliable AI systems
Google's AI research division behind Gemini and AlphaFold
Meta's AI research producing LLaMA and open-source models
GPU computing leader powering AI training and inference
Unified analytics platform, creators of Apache Spark and Delta Lake