jackattackson @lemm.ee I am into making the world a better place through data science/engineering and design.
The tough thing with creative endeavors is that you really just need the motivation to start and continue making anything, it can be inexpensive stuff. The important thing is output and making it a regular thing.
That being said, gearing up for a new hobby is always fun if you can afford it. But you can absolutely make short films on an iPhone.
Woww I had a CD-ROM of Lemmings and I always felt so sad for the lil guys. Thank you for sharing that link!
As a lifelong peanut butter cup fanatic, this initially filled me with rage. Can't stop thinking about though...
These otters are so cute I looked up flights to Singapore and realized I can't afford it and now I'm googling otter pics
How to build a guided tour for your Tableau dashboard
Would you like to create a guided tour for your Tableau dashboard to boost user adoption and build trust? In the first episode of this two-part series you can learn about the concept and how to create visual assets for your guided tour in Figma.
Saw this posted elsewhere and thought maybe somebody would find it useful. This could improve the user onboarding experience but might take too much extra effort to apply to every dashboard.
I love this song and I had it stuck in my head for months. Legitimate thank you for cursing me again 🎶
I'd rather increase my monthly donation to support lemm.ee on GitHub than see ads here
This is so dope congrats I'm converting to obeliskism
Wow that's so encouraging and honestly makes me want to pick up knitting! How long did it take you to get to that point skillwise?
I've experienced a lot of weirdness like this so I feel like there's a combination of federation bugs and overloaded servers right now - hopefully it's resolved and we'll look back on this time fondly.
I've never knitted but this is beautiful! How long does this typically take to produce?
No need to create an account elsewhere unless you can't access something from here!
Same here, we can build this community the old fashioned way by just sharing and engaging ❤️
Meander Maps of the Mississippi River (US Army Corps of Engineers 1944)
Artful, detailed maps of the Mississippi’s meander belt created by US geologist and cartographer Harold Fisk.
these colorful maps show how the Mississippi River banks moved around over time
& they are so beautiful I want to put them up on the wall as art
Finally, a true Aperiodic Monotile!
A chiral aperiodic monotile David Smith, Joseph Samuel Myers, Craig S. Kaplan, and Chaim Goodman-Strauss, 2023
https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/spectre/
Any data folks on lemm.ee? Should I join a different instance?
I joined lemm.ee and I'm honestly really liking it so far. @[email protected] is doing a great job!
However, I'm wondering if I should create a new account on programming.dev (or somewhere else) to be closer to where data science / data engineering conversations are happening.
Or maybe there's a way to promote [email protected] to folks on other instances? (I didn't create this one but I'm hoping it's discovered by others soon)
What is Data Lineage?
I get questions like this a lot:
- Where did this data come from?
- How do I know I can trust the source?
- What types of QA checks were applied to this data?
Data lineage is such a chronic issue in data engineering. This blog post from Airbyte gives a good overview & mentions some interesting products/projects that can maybe help out with data lineage.
Unfortunately, I have limited flexibility to purchase or install tools for this in my current role. Anyone rolled their own solution for this?
Design Thinking Bootleg (Stanford)
The Design Thinking Bootleg is a set of tools and methods that we keep in our back pockets, and now you can do the same.
(pdf download at the bottom of the linked page)
Often the most challenging part of data engineering is figuring out what problem to solve in the first place.
The resources Stanford put in this Design Thinking Bootleg might have something that can help you work with others and build towards a well-designed solution.
Popularity of Tableau Since Salesforce Acquisition (2019)
I absolutely love Tableau - I've been using it virtually daily for about 10 years. I feel like it's been less and less widely-used since Tableau Software was acquired by Salesforce. At my org (and many others) leadership are pushing for PowerBI since it's cheaper (get what you pay for in my opinion).
Just curious if anyone else is feeling this / what tools you're exploring these days. I wish some open source project like Apache SuperSet would turn into a viable Tableau replacement but it's just not the same.
Array programming with NumPy
NumPy is the primary array programming library for Python; here its fundamental concepts are reviewed and its evolution into a flexible interoperability layer between increasingly specialized computational libraries is discussed.
For Python developers, the NumPy array is a widely used data structure in data science / data engineering.
Thought this paper was a good resource to learn a bit more about the history and core concepts of NumPy.
Do you use Spotify DJ?
Curious if other Spotify users are using the DJ feature. Can't decide if I like it or not yet.
I found this content super helpful and I frequently share this with new coworkers getting started in data / dev.