Data all the way

Always keep one hand firmly on data, Amos liked to say.

Data is what set psychology apart from philosophy, and physics from metaphysics.

Amos Tversky (The undoing project)
Data Warehouse Subsystem

Data Warehouse Subsystems

Developing a data warehouse means assembling a lot of subsystems in order to create a whole and coherent data application.

Discovers the 34 Kimball Subsystems and drill down to discover them

Data Warehouse Subsystems

Card Puncher Data Processing

Data Processing

Data processing has changed a lot since 1940 :) and luckily, we are not using punch card anymore.

Stream processing is becoming the norm in data integration task while batch processing stays the king in data analysis.

Data Processing

ENIAC, 1946

The first fully electronic digital computer

Eniac 1946

Table Recursion Rectangle

Data Modeling

Data Modeling is the translation of process into the world of data. The process is tricky but not insurmountable.

Data Modeling

Snowflake
Dimensional Data Modeling

Dimensional Data Modeling permits you to model a (hyper)cube and analyse a process through different perspective. You define dimensions, measures and metrics.

Dimensional Data Modeling

Most programs process some input to produce some output; that’s pretty much the definition of computing.

Function Home

Function

A Function is the basic block of all reusable code component. It is also becoming the central component of any serverless architecture.

Function

Knowledge isn't free. You have to pay attention.

Computing Division at the Department of the Treasury, mid 1920s

Computing Division At The Dept Of The Treasur 1920

Remington Rand Univac

Medieval Counting Table

Table / Relation

The table format (known also as a relation) is the most important data structure used in data analysis. Did you know that its name originate from the medieval counting table ?

Table

Education isn't something you can finish.

Richard Feynman
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