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Media Query Source: Part 54 - Reworked (US digital magazine); Can AI add value before digital transformation is complete?

* Reworked (US digital magazine) * Can AI add value before digital transformation is complete? * It's a good idea to define "AI" and "digital transformation" first * An entire business doesn't need to be digitally transformed before AI work starts The query responses I provided

Media Query Source: Part 53 - Tech Monitor (UK digital magazine); Vibe coding & low-code / no-code

* Tech Monitor (UK digital magazine) * Vibe coding & low-code / no-code * Vibe coding is a progression on low-code / no-code * Current vibe coding tooling is best for one-off applications The query responses I provided to Tech Monitor on June 4, 2025: Tech Monitor: I am writing a story on vibe coding in

Community Comment: Part 39 - George Bernard Shaw's dictum extended to AI

* The "AI is going to take all our jobs" narrative is lazy * Shaw: "Those who can, do" * Shaw: "Those who can't, teach" * Gfesser: "Those who can't do or teach, use AI" The comments I provided in reaction to

Community Comment: Part 38 - Choose your words wisely, not just for LLM prompts but for life in general

* LLM models respond differently to "What are the top 5 running shoe brands?" * This is because "top" can mean different things depending on context * For example, the context can be "highest sales revenue" or "greatest popularity" * If the context is "best&

Media Query Source: Part 48 - Techronicler (India digital magazine); Important factors to consider when making build-or-buy Gen AI decisions

* Techronicler (India digital magazine) * Important factors to consider when making build-or-buy Gen AI decisions * More than one build-or-buy viewpoint should be considered * Data security and maintainability are top of mind for me My responses ended up being included in an article at Techronicler (January 27, 2025). Extent of verbatim quote

Media Query Source: Part 47 - Reworked (US digital magazine); How Microsoft's Magentic-One benefits from being open source

* Reworked (US digital magazine) * How Microsoft's Magentic-One benefits from being open source * Its open source license is one of the most permissive * Strong communities lead to improvement and adoption The query responses I provided to Reworked on November 24, 2024: Reworked: How does Magentic-One's open-source nature

Media Query Source: Part 46 - CIO (US digital magazine); 10 key roles for AI success (2024 update)

* CIO (US digital magazine) * 10 key roles every AI team needs * Increased criticality of data engineer role * Data modeler role was missed in first piece My responses ended up being included in an article at CIO (October 17, 2024). Note that CIO overwrote the original June 7, 2022 article with

Community Comment: Part 36 - Data modelers need to understand patterns

* Data modelers need to understand patterns * Like programming, don't reinvent the wheel * Universal patterns & metapatterns exist * Remember "The Data Model Resource Book" The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Vice President at Data Modeling Training Firm: I am always wondering why

Community Comment: Part 34 - Popular data engines use Java / the JVM because it ruled the enterprise for many years

* Reasoning behind popular data engines & Java * Java / the JVM long ruled the enterprise * Spark, Flink, Presto & Trino are all Java-based * Remember: Presto & Trino share some history The comments I provided in reaction to a community discussion thread. Head of Product at Data Lakehouse Product Firm: 🤷‍♂️ GitHub PRs

Community Post: Part 5 - Databricks is the 2023 runner-up winner following acceptance of my proposal to include it in DB-Engines ranking

* DB-Engines ranking of DBMS products * Databricks climbs after my proposal to include * Databricks is runner-up winner for 2023 * Earlier rankings left out Databricks A well-received community post I recently made (re-posted 14 times at the time of this blog post): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/erikgfesser_databricks-snowflake-dbengines-activity-7150225307155755008-E_uS Some of