O'Reilly

Hudi Streamer is your all-in-one tool for building up a data lakehouse. Out of the box, it provides a wide range of data source support. You can connect it with Debezium that continuously reads change logs from a Postgres table, or you can read incremental changes from another Apache Hudi table to form a chain of data processing pipelines. Beyond data sources, Hudi Streamer also supports data transformations, managing table services like compaction and clustering, and syncing with multiple data catalogs, such as Apache Hive Metastore, AWS Glue Catalog, Google BigQuery, DataHub, and more through the Apache XTable (Incubating) extension. Read chapter 8 of "Apache Hudi™: The Definitive Guide", which shows you real-world examples of using Hudi Streamer to build a data lakehouse. This is the first book ever written about Apache Hudi, by industry experts: Shiyan Xu, Prashant Wason, Bhavani Sudha Saktheeswaran, and Rebecca Bilbro, PhD. 👉 Get a free copy of the e-book (8 early-release chapters now available!): https://lnkd.in/e8svK5pB #ApacheHudi #DataLake #DataEngineering #DataLakehouse

I recently posted some thoughts here about the idea of AI as a worker vs. AI as a tool. I decided to write them up at greater length, and after preparing a first draft, I asked Claude what it thought of my argument, and whether it was a worker or a tool. Its response was incredibly thoughtful. Here's a sample. (I included the entire response in my post.) "I execute tasks, sometimes with sophisticated judgment about how to do so. But I don’t have skin in the game. That’s not just a quantitative difference – it’s qualitative. And it’s why the framing of AI as “workers” rather than “tools” is potentially dangerous. It obscures the fundamental asymmetry: humans can be harmed, have interests that deserve protection, and possess dignity that demands respect. Tools don’t, even when they’re very good at what they do Whether I’m more than a tool in some important sense, I genuinely don’t know. But I’m quite confident I’m not a worker in the sense that implies the moral status and consideration owed to humans." https://lnkd.in/gWVTisFY

This "Data Pipelines - Pocket Reference" by James Densmore from O'Reilly is an excellent resource to keep on your bookshelf. This one is much better than other titles that have only indirectly written long stories with very little information. #oreilly #datapipeline #ml #airflow #postgresql #apache

Between airports, trains, and countless midnight screens a book took shape. Two years later, Building Micro-Frontends (2nd Edition) became the #1 Amazon Bestseller in System Architecture and Web Programming in the UK in just few days after the release 🥳 When I decided to rewrite this book, I thought it would be a simple update. It turned into a complete rethinking revisiting old ideas, validating them in real-world projects, and capturing how the frontend architecture landscape has evolved. There were endless late nights after work. Weekends spent testing diagrams and refining words. Flights where the hum of the engines became the rhythm of writing. I admit, It wasn’t easy but it was worth every moment. Because this isn’t just a personal milestone. It’s a reminder that passion, persistence, and community still matter. At the beginning of my career, the only books I read were from O'Reilly and I promised myself that one day, I would write one. 23 years later, I’ve written two. And you have no idea how much this means to me, knowing all the changes, difficulties, and challenges I had to experience before reaching this moment. To everyone who read, challenged, and shared these ideas: THANK YOU. You turned solitary writing hours into a shared journey of learning and growth. This #1 spot belongs to you too. And if this book inspires even one person to build, learn, or teach with the same fire — then every sleepless night was worth it. #frontend #microfrontends #book #javascript #tech

Do you want to learn how Generative AI tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT can help you get more out of Excel? If so, I'm running my Generative AI for Excel course for O'Reilly on November 12. The course includes the latest updates to Copilot and ChatGPT, and shows how they can help you work more productively. Hope to see you there! Find out more and register: https://lnkd.in/e5ihCxXq

In two weeks, I'm hosting a special half-day event in the O'Reilly platform on "Agents in the Enterprise". The speakers — Sadie, Luca and Tony — are sensational, ensuring it'll be informative and fun :) The full event title is "A.I. Catalyst: Enterprise Agent Deployments" and it'll be held on Tuesday November 18th at 9am PT / noon ET. Here are the specific speakers/topics: 1. Lightning AI CTO Luca Antiga will kick the event off by providing hands-on demos on how to deploy enterprise-grade multi-agent systems at scale — fast. 2. Renowned data science instructor, serial entrepreneur and data-community builder Sadie St Lawrence will cover how executives, managers and practitioners alike can thrive in the new "A.I. era" of work. 3. Tony Kipkemboi will detail how enterprises can operationalize multi-agent teams with tools like CrewAI. There will be plenty of time for interactive Q&A with each of the speakers. This event is produced by the learning-publishing giant Pearson and part of the "A.I. Catalyst" series I've been hosting in the O'Reilly platform for a couple of years now. Thanks to Debra Williams Cauley and Dayna Isley at Pearson in particular for creating and supporting this "A.I. Catalyst" special-event series. See below for more info and a link to register ⬇️ If you don't have access to the O'Reilly platform already, you can get a free 30-day trial with my code "SDSPOD25". #pearson #oreilly #aiCatalyst #aiAgent #agenticAI #LLM #LLMs #GenAI

We are pleased to share that O'Reilly has been named as one of the 2025 Top Training Companies for the IT and Technical Training sector of the corporate learning and development (L&D) market. Selection to the 2025 Training Industry Top IT and Technical Training Companies lists was based on the following criteria: ◾ Scope and quality of program and service offerings for IT and technical training ◾ Market presence, brand visibility, innovation and impact ◾ Strength of client portfolio and customer relationships ◾ Business performance and growth trajectory. Thank you for recognition, Training Industry, Inc. and congrats to other winners! More details: https://bit.ly/4nAMsbX

"We’re living through a peculiar moment in AI development. On one hand, the demos are spectacular: agents that reason and plan with apparent ease, models that compose original songs from a text prompt, and research tools that produce detailed reports in minutes. Yet many AI teams find themselves trapped in “prototype purgatory,” where impressive proofs-of-concept fail to translate into reliable, production-ready systems." Check out new #Radar article by Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡: https://bit.ly/4qIU8vC #AI #AIAgents