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Listen "#51 - Data Engineering, Open Source and productivity with Simon Späti"
Episode Synopsis
🎙️ Who is Simon Späti?
Simon is a Data Engineer and Technical Writer with over 20 years of experience in the field. Simon is a master at productivity combining being an author and blogger interested in stoicism and minimalism. As I am writing those lines he just released a book called "Data Engineering Design Patterns" for free (link below).
💡 In this episode...
... we discuss Simon's journey of becoming an open source data engineer, the importance of design patterns and data architecture in modern data engineering, and the key components and tools for building the foundation of modern data engineering. We also discuss about the future evolution of data querying and storage optimization and shares tips for aspiring data engineers. Simon is also an author and blogger, and he discusses his writing process and how it helps him to organize and share his knowledge with others. He shares his tips for streamlining tasks and boosting productivity with tools like Obsidian and Vim Motions and discusses stoicism and minimalism.
Simon Späti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sspaeti/
Simon's NEW book DEDP (free): https://www.dedp.online/
Thomas Bustos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasbustos/
Artistic Direction & Video: Maxence Kerhoas
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Simon is a Data Engineer and Technical Writer with over 20 years of experience in the field. Simon is a master at productivity combining being an author and blogger interested in stoicism and minimalism. As I am writing those lines he just released a book called "Data Engineering Design Patterns" for free (link below).
💡 In this episode...
... we discuss Simon's journey of becoming an open source data engineer, the importance of design patterns and data architecture in modern data engineering, and the key components and tools for building the foundation of modern data engineering. We also discuss about the future evolution of data querying and storage optimization and shares tips for aspiring data engineers. Simon is also an author and blogger, and he discusses his writing process and how it helps him to organize and share his knowledge with others. He shares his tips for streamlining tasks and boosting productivity with tools like Obsidian and Vim Motions and discusses stoicism and minimalism.
Simon Späti: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sspaeti/
Simon's NEW book DEDP (free): https://www.dedp.online/
Thomas Bustos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasbustos/
Artistic Direction & Video: Maxence Kerhoas
Follow Let's Talk AI:
✉️ Newsletter 👉 http://eepurl.com/ijZ8qz
🎙️ Podcast 👉 http://smartlink.ausha.co/let-s-talk-ai/
📹 Youtube 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@lets-talk-ai
📷 Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/lets_talk_ai/
🎞️ TikTok 👉 https://www.tiktok.com/@letstalkai/
🌐 Website 👉 https://lets-talk-ai.com/Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
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