An Introduction to Data Engineering (Talk)

Very grateful to Argentina Programa and Fabricio Sodano for hosting me.

Stop using UUIDv4 for your primary keys. Use UUIDv7 instead.

A practical look at primary keys, index locality, and time-ordered UUIDs

Lessons in Data, Speed, and Systems. What Formula 1 Taught Me

This article reflects on how Formula 1 as a sport shaped my thinking about data, speed, and systems

First Principles Thinking in Data Engineering

Why asking “Why?” five times can save your data platform

Lessons Learnt Self-hosting an AI Assistant

A practical guide to self-hosting an AI assistant on Azure using OpenWebUI, Kubernetes, LiteLLM, and a custom RAG pipeline.

The AI-Native Data Platform We've All Been Waiting For

Why an AI-native data stack matters and how Nvidia is building toward it.