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Book Review – Agile Data Warehouse Design

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024 Koen Verbeeck 2 Comments

I recently read the book Agile Data Warehouse Design – Collaborative Dimensional Modeling, from Whiteboard to Star Schema (quite the title) by Lawrence Corr and Jim Stagnitto. The book was recommended to my years ago by a former colleague (the book is from 2011, with the latest revision from 2014) and it has been sitting […]

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Book Review – Microsoft Power BI Performance Best Practices

November 19, 2024November 25, 2024 Koen Verbeeck Leave a comment

I was asked to do a review of the book Microsoft Power BI Performance Best Practices 2nd edition (Amazon link), which means I got a copy for free. The book is written by Thomas Leblanc and Bhavik Merchant and published by Packt. As the title obviously implicates, the book aims to give you a set […]

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Book Review – Humanizing Data Strategy by Tiankai Feng

November 12, 2024November 12, 2024 Koen Verbeeck Leave a comment

This book was making its rounds on social media, and the concept seems interesting enough to make me want to read it. It’s a very short book (only 106 pages), but a pleasant read. It focuses on the people side of a data strategy, instead of focusing on technology and tools as sometimes many of […]

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Book Review – Fundamentals of Data Engineering

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Koen Verbeeck 2 Comments

This book was recommended by some of my colleagues, so I decided to give it a try. After finishing the book, I was pleased that I did. As the title might give away, it’s a book about data engineering, but not from a pure technical perspective. It won’t teach you how to write Python or […]

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Book Review – Deciphering Data Architectures

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 Koen Verbeeck 2 Comments

I recently purchased and read the book Deciphering Data Architectures – Choosing Between a Modern Data Warehouse, Data Fabric, Data Lakehouse, and Data Mesh by James Serra. James – who works for Microsoft since quite some time now – has an interesting blog on data architecture and data warehousing, and I was really looking forward […]

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Book Review – Scalable Data Analytics with Azure Data Explorer

August 16, 2023August 16, 2023 Koen Verbeeck Leave a comment

I recently finished the book Scalable Data Analytics with Azure Data Explorer (Modern ways to query, analyze, and perform real-time data analysis on large volumes of data), written by Jason Myerscough. I got the ebook for a mere $5 at a Packt sale, but luckily the price is no indication of the quality. In fact, […]

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Book Review – SQL Query Design Patterns and Best Practices

March 5, 2023March 5, 2023 Koen Verbeeck 1 Comment

Disclaimer: The publisher – Packt – sent me a free copy of the book for the intended purpose of a review. At the time of writing, the book is yet to be released (the date is set at the 22nd of March 2023). The book SQL Query Design Patterns and Best Practices: A practical guide […]

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Book Review – Designing Data-Intensive Applications

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 Koen Verbeeck Leave a comment

The book Designing Data-Intensive Applications: The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann was recommended to me by a colleague. The author has worked at companies such as LinkedIn, where he has built large distributed systems to handle data, so I guess he knows what he’s talking about 🙂 (he’s also a […]

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Book Review – SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization (2nd Edition)

December 2, 2022December 2, 2022 Koen Verbeeck Leave a comment

The nice people from Packt Publishing sent me a digital copy of Benjamin Nevarez new book to review: SQL Server Query Tuning and Optimization – Optimize Microsoft SQL Server 2022 queries and applications. It says first edition on the cover, but that’s because it’s the first time this book has been published by Packt. The […]

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Book Review – Pro Serverless Data Handling with Microsoft Azure

April 5, 2022April 5, 2022 Koen Verbeeck 2 Comments

Yet another book review! I just finished the book Pro Serverless Data Handling with Microsoft Azure: Architecting ETL and Data-Driven Applications in the Cloud (what a title :), written by German MVPs (and metalheads) Benjamin Kettner and Frank Geisler. The book handles the topic of “serverless” computing in the Microsoft Data Platform, where serverless is […]

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