Practical Data Engineering

Is DuckLake a Step Backward?

Examining the new open table format’s return to relational metadata management

Nov 30, 2025 • Alireza Sadeghi

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April 2025

DLD #5 | Data Landscape Digest 🗞️

S3 Table Abstraction, Airflow's date intervals, Confluent TableFlow, DuckDB Lakehouse analytics, Google Next Keynotes and more.

Apr 21, 2025 • Alireza Sadeghi

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February 2025

Open Source Data Engineering Landscape 2025

A comprehensive view of active open source tools and emerging trends in data engineering ecosystem in 2024-2025

Feb 11, 2025 • Alireza Sadeghi

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State of Open Source Workflow Orchestration Systems 2025

Overview of Major 2024 Trends and Emerging Technologies Shaping 2025

Feb 2, 2025 • Alireza Sadeghi

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January 2025

State of Open Source Real-Time OLAP Systems 2025

Overview of Major 2024 Trends and Emerging Technologies Shaping 2025

Jan 26, 2025 • Alireza Sadeghi

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Zero-Disk Architecture: The Future of Cloud Storage Systems

Data Landscape Trends: 2024-2025 Series

Jan 16, 2025 • Alireza Sadeghi

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The Rise of Single-Node Processing: Challenging the Distributed-First Mindset

Data Landscape Trends: 2024-2025 Series

Jan 6, 2025 • Alireza Sadeghi

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December 2024

The Evolution of Business Intelligence: From Monolithic to Composable Architecture

The Business Intelligence (BI) landscape has undergone significant transformation in recent years, particularly in how data is presented and processed.

Dec 18, 2024 • Alireza Sadeghi

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November 2024

DLD #4 | Data Landscape Digest 🗞️

Rise of single-node engines, Postgres + DuckDB, Airflow alerting techniques, BigQuery continuos queries, top data engineering books and more

Nov 3, 2024 • Alireza Sadeghi

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October 2024

Building a High-Performance Data Pipeline Using DuckDB

Using DuckDB to Serialise, Transform, and Aggregate Data in Data Lakes

Oct 13, 2024 • Alireza Sadeghi

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September 2024

DLD #3 | Data Landscape Digest 🗞️

Open Catalog War, Latest Apache Kafka and Apache Flink Releases, Airflow Trigger Rules, Lakehouse File Formats and More.

Sep 22, 2024 • Alireza Sadeghi

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DuckDB Beyond the Hype

A Powerful Addition to the Data Scientist's and Data Engineer's Toolbox

Sep 14, 2024 • Alireza Sadeghi

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