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antruok··on Databricks acquires Neon
I wonder why Singlestore has been so unpopular (at least I never hear about it). Quick guess is that HTAP itself isn’t a significant feature requirement, maybe just a cherry on top of other major db features.
antruok··on Databricks acquires Neon
Enterpise also often wants a full data platform (like Databricks), not a plain data warehouse.
antruok··on Databricks acquires Neon
In my experience, one factor is databricks releasing features fast but unpolished.

I like how they’re innovating, but it can be rough around the edges sometimes.

antruok··on Databricks acquires Neon
In addition to the AI use cases, sometimes you wanna share the data warehouse data in oltp way for fast lookups and high concurrency. Not sure whether Neon will do that but I hope so.

One example from Snowflake is hybrid tables which adds rowstore next to columnar.

OLAP + OLTP = HTAP

antruok··on Databricks and Neon
the new cost-optimized mode is very promising, though
antruok··on A sequel to SQL? An intro to Malloy
The query structure does look nice indeed! The usage of the pipe character feels odd but I suppose there are benefits in the end
antruok··on What Is Dbt and Why Are Companies Using It?
So apparently the check_cols parameter didn't help either?

I'm trying to learn about the critical pain points of dbt, and this case seems interesting.

antruok··on What Is Dbt and Why Are Companies Using It?
The snapshots feature should handle the slowly changing dimensions. But are you saying it's not flexible enough for certain edge cases?
antruok··on Effective Airflow Development
It's OK, but I noticed that my colleagues started cursing a lot more after we started using it. It's still a bit rough around the edges, and there are interesting pitfalls you just learn after failing.

We mainly use the K8sOperator, and the logic is mainly inside independent containers. Therefore our development and testing is not so tightly coupled to Python or Airflow.

antruok··on Introduction to D3
Same here, too much work just for simple charts
antruok··on Windows Desktop Application Automation Using AutoIt
AutoItX: https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/177167-using-autoit...
antruok··on Windows Desktop Application Automation Using AutoIt
AHK is good for hotkeys and keyboard/mouse overrides. And maybe some mini window automation.

If the logic grows and automation becomes complex, AutoIt is more suitable.

antruok··on Digdag Workflow Engine: Looks great but why no one is talking about it?
Airflow is the king of workflow engines, but in my short experience, it seems unpolished.

Does anyone have experience with Digdag?

The workflow DSL looks so nice.