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This week’s pick is 365 days of data visualizations in 2020, a fascinating Instagram project with a huge variety of different approaches to data viz. We also have three Google Cloud Platform pieces on topics ranging from Change Data Capture to the use of leader nodes to increase cloud storage performance. Stay Healthy!
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📊 I Studied 365 Data Visualizations in 2020 | by Avery Smith | Jan, 2021 | Towards Data Science
On January 1, 2020, Avery created the Instagram account @VeryData_365 to help him learn about data visualization and to present some interesting examples. This piece picks out a few of his favorites. |
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A Batch Driven CDC (Change Data Capture) Approach using Google Cloud Platform | by Carlos Augusto | Google Cloud - Community | Jan, 2021 | Medium
This piece shows how to use native Google Cloud Platform tools to capture CDC streams and feed data to BigQuery, using a real-world example with DB2, of all things.
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Validate, evolve, and control schemas in Amazon MSK and Amazon Kinesis Data Streams with AWS Glue Schema Registry | Amazon Web Services
Two use cases for the Glue Schema Registry, one with Kafka, the other with Kinesis.
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Implementing leader election on Google Cloud Storage | Google Cloud Blog
Leader election is used, for example, to pick a master node for replication. This piece examines some common use cases and shows how to accomplish leader election on GCS.
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Work at warp-speed in the BigQuery UI | Google Cloud Blog
An introduction to some major updates to the BigQuery UI that make SQL development faster and easier.
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Transformation of a simple movie dataset into a functional Recommender System | by Amine Zaamoun | Jan, 2021 | Medium
A nice overview of the architecture and code needed to create a recommendation system with Python, Pandas and PySpark.
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Social Network Analysis: From Graph Theory to Applications with Python | by Dima Goldenberg | Jan, 2021 | Towards Data Science
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How To Apply Gestalt Psychology Principles in Data Visualization | by Mala Deep | Nightingale | Jan, 2021 | Medium
Gestalt psychology principles exclusively for efficient data visualization. Enhance your design, UI, UX using these five Gestalt theory with examples.
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How to Create PDF Reports with Python — The Essential Guide | by Dario Radečić | Jan, 2021 | Towards Data Science
Reports are a necessary and time-consuming requirement for a lot of data visualization projects. This piece, which includes code samples, shows how to use Python to quickly and easily create PDF reports.
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Google AI Blog: Google Research: Looking Back at 2020, and Forward to 2021
A long and detailed roundup of the Google research accomplishments in 2020, which goals for 2021.
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