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From Pandas to Upstream Control: The Evolution PyData Needs Next

Data Engineering

From Pandas to Upstream Control: The Evolution PyData Needs Next

The Python data stack gave us Pandas, Dask, and Arrow. But we've created a new crisis: the ingest-it-all-first tax that's drowning us in noise.

You Can't Unbake a Cake (or Why Data Isolation in the Age of AI is BASICALLY Impossible)

You Can't Unbake a Cake (or Why Data Isolation in the Age of AI is BASICALLY Impossible)

Legislators across the globe want your data removed from AI models. The EU's "right to be forgotten" under GDPR Article 17, California's CCPA, a dozen other privacy frameworks—all built on the assumption that stored data works like filing cabinets. Find your folder, pull

You Can't Unbake a Cake (or Why Data Isolation in the Age of AI is BASICALLY Impossible)

You Can't Unbake a Cake (or Why Data Isolation in the Age of AI is BASICALLY Impossible)

Legislators across the globe want your data removed from AI models. The EU's "right to be forgotten" under GDPR Article 17, California's CCPA, a dozen other privacy frameworks—all built on the assumption that stored data works like filing cabinets. Find your folder, pull

WASM's "Identity Crisis" Is Actually Its Superpower

WASM's "Identity Crisis" Is Actually Its Superpower

(Continuing the thoughts from last time...) I'm an enormous fan of Matt Butcher (CEO of Fermyon) - generally - but I loved this quote, "We haven't hit that key Docker moment yet, But we're getting close." He's right that we

WASM's "Identity Crisis" Is Actually Its Superpower

WASM's "Identity Crisis" Is Actually Its Superpower

(Continuing the thoughts from last time...) I'm an enormous fan of Matt Butcher (CEO of Fermyon) - generally - but I loved this quote, "We haven't hit that key Docker moment yet, But we're getting close." He's right that we

WebAssembly 3.0 and the Infrastructure We Actually Need

WebAssembly 3.0 and the Infrastructure We Actually Need

"We've finished the model... when do we get to the value?" Here's what I'm watching happen in real time: DevOps teams are spending $$$$$$ annually on cloud egress fees just to move ML models between environments, and flow data to centralized hosting. Platform

WebAssembly 3.0 and the Infrastructure We Actually Need

WebAssembly 3.0 and the Infrastructure We Actually Need

"We've finished the model... when do we get to the value?" Here's what I'm watching happen in real time: DevOps teams are spending $$$$$$ annually on cloud egress fees just to move ML models between environments, and flow data to centralized hosting. Platform

They Don't Have the Money (And Neither Do You): The Coming Era of Small Models

They Don't Have the Money (And Neither Do You): The Coming Era of Small Models

OpenAI is burning $115B through 2029. If they don't have the money, you definitely don't. The future of production AI isn't trillion-dollar datacenters—it's small, efficient, specialized models running on your infrastructure with your data.

They Don't Have the Money (And Neither Do You): The Coming Era of Small Models

They Don't Have the Money (And Neither Do You): The Coming Era of Small Models

OpenAI is burning $115B through 2029. If they don't have the money, you definitely don't. The future of production AI isn't trillion-dollar datacenters—it's small, efficient, specialized models running on your infrastructure with your data.