📘 Introduction In many real-world datasets, the same type of information can appear in more than one column. A customer may provide an email address, a phone number, or a backup contact, and different systems may populate different fields. When you want to select the first available non-null value from several...
📘 Introduction Modern systems produce endless streams of real-time data — from app events and online purchases to sensor readings and transactions. To handle this flow efficiently, applications need a fast, reliable way to move data between services as it happens. That’s where Apache Kafka comes in. Kafka is a distributed...
📘Introduction In this hands-on dbt tutorial, you’ll learn how to configure your sources.yml file to handle multiple environments (DEV and PROD) dynamically using dbt’s powerful target variable. This will ensure that your models always connect to the correct database, based on the environment you are currently working...
📘 Introduction Modern applications generate massive amounts of data — clicks, payments, sensor readings, and more — all happening in real time. To handle this flow efficiently, systems need a reliable way to move data between components instantly. That’s where Apache Kafka comes in. Kafka is a distributed data streaming platform built...
📘 Introduction Real-time data ingestion is a critical part of modern data architectures. Organizations need to process and store continuous streams of information for analytics, monitoring, and machine learning. Databricks, with the combined power of PySpark and Delta Lake, provides an efficient way to build end-to-end streaming pipelines that handle data...
📘Introduction When working with dbt (data build tool), YAML files are the backbone of your project’s configuration. They define how dbt behaves, how your models connect to data sources, and how metadata, documentation, and tests are managed. Understanding these YAML files and knowing where they are located within your...
📘 Introduction When processing massive datasets in PySpark, it’s often necessary to uniquely identify rows or efficiently detect changes across records. Using multiple columns as a composite key can quickly become cumbersome and inefficient — especially during joins or deduplication. A better solution is to generate a single hash value derived...
