

The Engineering Side of Data
Bob Haffner
Discussions around Data Engineering
Episodes
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Dec 7, 2023 • 39min
2023 re:Invent Data Recap with Alex DeBrie
Alex DeBrie and Bob Haffner recap their favorite announcements from 2023 re:Invent. Topics include the absence of a popular pub, the spread-out nature of the event, Dynamo talks and swag, the rise of gen AI, S3 Express One Zone for lower latency, and updates in Redshift.

Oct 2, 2023 • 52min
Data Quality with JP Urrutia
JP Urrutia, data quality expert, discusses the importance of understanding and measuring data quality, challenges in a changing environment, data contracts, data quality in streaming, and the significance of data quality and tools. They also explore expectations setting, metadata, observability, and data visualization.

Jul 7, 2023 • 51min
2023 Snowflake Summit Recap with Roy Hasson
Roy Hasson and Bob Haffner recap the 2023 Snowflake Summit.
#data #dataengineering #snowflake
Connect with Roy
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/royhasson/
Connect with Bob
Twitter - @bobhaffner
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobhaffner
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@EngSideOfData

Jan 17, 2023 • 32min
Developer Ergonomics with Joseph Machado
Joseph Machado and Bob Haffner discuss the many aspects of developer ergonomics and how they relate to data engineering.
#data #dataengineering
Connect with Joseph
Blog - https://www.startdataengineering.com/
Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephmachado1991/
Connect with Bob
Twitter - @bobhaffner
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobhaffner

Dec 7, 2022 • 46min
2022 re:Invent Data Recap with Alex DeBrie
Alex Debrie and Bob Haffner recap their favorite announcements from 2022 re:Invent
#data #dataengineering #aws
Connect with Alex
Twitter: @alexbdebrie
Blog: alexdebrie.com
Book: dynamodbbook.com
Connect with Bob
Twitter - @bobhaffner
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/bobhaffner
Top Announcements
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/top-announcements-of-aws-reinvent-2022/
Yan Cui’s Choreography vs Orchestration blog post
https://theburningmonk.com/2020/08/choreography-vs-orchestration-in-the-land-of-serverless/

Nov 28, 2022 • 35min
Data Lakes, Data Lakehouses and Data Warehouses with Eric Tolotti
Join Eric Tolotti and Bob Haffner for a discussion about Data Lakes, Data Lakehouses and Data Warehouses
#data #dataengineering #datalake #datalakehouse #datawarehouses
Check out Eric's YT channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/nullQueries
Connect with Bob
Twitter - @bobhaffner
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/bobhaffner
Show notes
nullQueries’ Intro to the Data LakeHouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDXgvsnmUCs
nullQueries’ Do you Need a Data Warehouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K12lMYE3k0s
nullQueries’ Dealing With Bad Analytics Requirements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Td0A50cWzw

Aug 17, 2022 • 32min
The Open Data Lakehouse with Alex Merced
Join Alex Merced and Bob Haffner for a discussion about the Open Data Lakehouse concept
#data #dataengineering #datalake #datalakehouse
Connect with Alex
Twitter - @amdatalakehouse
Connect with Bob
Twitter - @bobhaffner
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/bobhaffner
Show notes
The DataNation Podcast
Available on iTunes/Spotify/Stitcher
The Subsurface Data Lakehouse Community
dremio.com/subsurface
Dremio
dremio.com
Follow the podcast on Twitter @EngSideOfData

Jul 25, 2022 • 29min
Functional Data Engineering with Sven Balnojan
Sven Balnojan and Bob Haffner discuss the goals and principles of Functional Data Engineering
#data #dataengineering #functionaldataengineering
Connect with Sven
Twitter - @sbalnojan
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/dr-sven-balnojan-a55b4072
Blog - https://medium.com/three-data-point-thursday
Connect with Bob
Twitter - @bobhaffner
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/bobhaffner
Follow the podcast on Twitter @EngSideOfData
Show Notes
https://github.com/sbalnojan/easy-functional-data-engineering
http://svenbalnojan.com/
https://maximebeauchemin.medium.com/functional-data-engineering-a-modern-paradigm-for-batch-data-processing-2327ec32c42a
Infrastructure as Code by Keif Morris
https://infrastructure-as-code.com/book/

Jul 18, 2022 • 40min
Data Catalogs with Michael Meyer
Michael Meyer and Bob Haffner chat about data catalogs
#data #dataengineering #datacatalogs
Connect with Mike
Twitter - @dataguyatheart
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/michael-meyer-6972286
Connect with Bob
Twitter - @bobhaffner
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/bobhaffner
Follow the podcast on Twitter @EngSideOfData

Jun 22, 2022 • 58min
AWS Glue with Johnny Chivers
Johnny and Bob discuss Glue the serverless ETL tool from AWS
#dataengineering #etl #aws
Connect with Johnny
Youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnnyChivers
The QuestionBank - Completely free Bank of community Questions AWS Certifications developed on AWS Amplify
https://www.thequestionbank.io/
Personal Website for Contact, forum and free AWS learning resource
https://johnnychivers.co.uk/
Connect with Bob
Twitter - @bobhaffner
LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/bobhaffner
https://twitter.com/EngSideOfData