Gradient Flow

Category: Data Engineer

  • Metadata services can lead to performance and organizational improvements

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show podcast: Joe Hellerstein on data wrangling, distributed systems, and metadata services. In this episode of the O’Reilly Data Show, I spoke with…

  • Compressed representations in the age of big data

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Emerging trends in intelligent mobile applications and distributed computing When developing intelligent, real-time applications, one often has access to a data platform that can wade through…

  • Investing in big data technologies

    The O’Reilly Data Show podcast: A fireside chat with Ben Horowitz, plus Reynold Xin on the rise of Apache Spark in China. [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Subscribe to the O’Reilly…

  • Building a scalable platform for streaming updates and analytics

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show podcast: Evan Chan on the early days of Spark+Cassandra, FiloDB, and cloud computing. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore…

  • Graph databases are powering mission-critical applications

    The O’Reilly Data Show Podcast: Emil Eifrem on popular applications of graph technologies, cloud computing, and company culture. [This piece was co-written by Shannon Cutt. A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Subscribe…

  • Architecting big data applications in the cloud

    The O’Reilly Data Show podcast: Jai Ranganathan on the Hadoop ecosystem, the recent surge in interest in all things real time, and developments in hardware.   [This piece was co-written by Shannon Cutt. A version of…

  • Building systems for massive scale data applications

    The O’Reilly Data Show podcast: Tyler Akidau on the evolution of systems for bounded and unbounded data processing. [This piece was co-written by Shannon Cutt. A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Subscribe…

  • How intelligent data platforms are powering smart cities

    [A version of this post appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] Smart cities and smart nations run on data. According to a 2014 U.N. report, 54% of the world’s population resides in urban areas, with further urbanization…

  • Resolving transactional access and analytic performance trade-offs

    [A version of this article appears on the O’Reilly Radar.] The O’Reilly Data Show podcast: Todd Lipcon on hybrid and specialized tools in distributed systems. Subscribe to the O’Reilly Data Show Podcast to explore the opportunities…

  • Specialized and hybrid data management and processing engines

    A new crop of interesting solutions for the complexity of operating multiple systems in a distributed computing setting The 2004 holiday shopping season marked the start of Amazon’s investigation into alternative database technologies that led to…