Tag Archives: Apache Spark

Book review: Spark in Action, 2nd edition

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Marcel-Jan Krijgsman

There are lots of books on Spark, but not a lot that aimed at the data engineer. Data engineers use Spark to ingest and transform data, which is different from what data scientists use it for. On the Roaring Elephant … Continue reading →

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Dataworks Summit Berlin 2018, day one

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Marcel-Jan Krijgsman

I’m back at Dataworks Summit this year. This time I didn’t win any ticket, but my new employer, Port of Rotterdam, has arranged that I could go. Pretty cool, because I did not want to miss it. This time it’s … Continue reading →

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