April 27, 2022

monorepos, hiring cheatsheet, getting started in data engineering

• We have been arguing about monorepos for a long time.

• Ask HN: I’m looking for a modern Python book, the latest one I have on my shelf is from before the 2/3 split, and I was hoping HN would have some recommendations.

• Terrific VP of Engineering hiring cheatsheet to reference before you interview (no matter which side of the interview you are on).

• A Google AI post true to my heart: ALS-based Matrix Factorization still competes, even at scale (by leveraging TPUs).

• From Seattle Data Guy, a good post generally on how to get started in data engineering, but calling out a few great sources of free public raw data sets he mentions:

  • OpenSky flight data
  • Spacetrack tracking and identifying satellites
  • The New York Times Annotated Corpus
  • lots of others in the post

• An excellent geo-spacial visualization of race and income by community.

• Bookmark this page as a reference for the great power of f-strings in python.

• Understanding Software Engineering Salaries in 5 charts.

• Resist the Urge to be Impressed from Emily Bender responds to last week’s NYTimes Magazine article on AI.

• I am a 1x programmer.