Category: Courses
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Best practices: scalable architectures for data systems
Scalable data architectures in 2025 demand more than adding servers—they require modularity, elasticity, and deep observability. This guide breaks down modern best practices, from event-driven designs and data mesh to storage-compute decoupling and AI-native architectures, with real-world case studies from Netflix, Uber, and Spotify.
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Empirical: algorithm benchmarks
Algorithm benchmarking defines the empirical backbone of modern computing. This article explores how high-performance teams measure, compare, and optimize algorithmic efficiency across CPUs, GPUs, and distributed systems — covering reproducibility, statistical rigor, and the tools that make empirical benchmarking a science rather than an art.
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Expert: interactive pipelines and parametrized runs
Interactive and parametrized pipelines are redefining workflow engineering in 2025. This article dives deep into dynamic configuration, runtime interactivity, and expert design strategies that allow modern data and ML pipelines to adapt, experiment, and respond in real time — with examples in Python using Dagster, Prefect, and other leading tools.
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Empirical: benchmarks of Cython, Numba, and PyPy
This deep-dive empirically benchmarks Cython, Numba, and PyPy in 2025 across real workloads. It reveals their strengths, weaknesses, and tuning considerations for CPU-bound, recursive, and dynamic tasks. The post provides detailed code comparisons, results tables, and expert guidance on when to use each optimization tool.
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Best practices for ensemble tuning
This post dives into modern best practices for ensemble tuning in machine learning. It covers effective hyperparameter optimization, meta-learning strategies, and workflow automation using frameworks like Optuna, Ray Tune, and AutoGluon. By following these methods, data scientists can maximize the predictive power and reliability of their ensembles in production.
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Tools: dbt, Redshift Spectrum, Athena
This article explores how dbt, Redshift Spectrum, and Amazon Athena form a modern, cloud-native data engineering stack. It explains their roles, integration patterns, performance tuning strategies, and best practices for scalable analytics in 2025. The focus is on combining transformation, metadata, and serverless querying for efficient lakehouse workflows.
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Introduction to benchmarking in Python
Benchmarking is one of the most valuable skills for Python developers aiming to write efficient and scalable code. This post introduces the fundamentals of benchmarking in Python, from basic timing techniques to powerful libraries like timeit and pytest-benchmark.
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Best practices for consistent style with PEP8
Consistent code style is not just about aesthetics — it is about clarity, maintainability, and collaboration. This post explores the key principles and best practices for adhering to Python’s PEP8 standard, along with tools like Black, Flake8, and Ruff for automation and enforcement.
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Expert: event-driven orchestration with EventBridge and Step Functions
In complex distributed architectures, orchestrating event-driven workflows reliably is a core challenge. This article explores how AWS EventBridge and Step Functions combine to deliver powerful, maintainable, and scalable event-driven orchestration.