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  1. Speaking at Big Data London 2025

    I've been for the first time at Big Data London in September 2025. I gave a talk with my colleague Andrea Romeo about a challenging task we faced at TeamSystem. We developed an offloading of thousands of SQL Server tenants via CDC (Change Data Capture) to a data lake via …

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  2. Weight AI Eng skills by page count

    I am currently reading "AI Engineering" by Chip Huyen and am really enjoying it. I spent some years as data scientist in the past, and now I found some analogies between data science and AI engineering. The analogy is in the way the industry is talking about the discipline and …

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  3. Book review: thinking in bets

    Wanna bet?” triggers us to engage in that third step that we only sometimes get to. Being asked if we are willing to bet money on it makes it much more likely that we will examine our information in a less biased way, be more honest with ourselves about how …

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  4. Learn basics of MCP with FastMCP

    I was looking for a resource to get a deeper understanding of MCP (Model Context Protocol). Rather than looking for resources or books, I opted for RTFM. Actually not the MCP manual as I would not have fun reading protocol specs. I took FastMCP and went through the docs. I …

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  5. Why reading Deep Work

    Shallow Work: Noncognitively demanding, logistical-style tasks, often performed while distracted. These efforts tend not to create much new value in the world and are easy to replicate.

    Cal Newport gives this definition of how I spend part of my work-time in his Deep Work book. Checking emails, messaging on Teams …

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  6. Organizing a conference: Py4AI

    I had a lot of fun (and work) over the last 6 months working or organizing a conference, Py4AI. The conference was held in Pavia, Italy, on March 16th 2024. The conference was a success, with over 200 attendees and 12 speakers. The conference was organized by a group of …

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  7. Reading "The Design of Web APIs"

    Why bothering reading a book about design of web APIs when working in data science like I do? I found this book called The Design of Web APIs by Arnaud Lauret and decided to give it a try.

    The Design of Web APIs

    Why reading it

    Data science is shifting towards turning models and solutions …

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