Incremental

Incremental Data Processing tutorial using Databricks Auto LoaderPsst! Are you listening? Photo by Manja Vitolic on UnsplashData in an enterprise environment traditionally grows infinitely over time. For example:Transactions in an online store accumulate at a fast pace.Log data for an application running on a server.Clickstream data for millions of online shoppers.IoT sensor data from hundreds of interconnected devices.In all the above cases, the commonality is that data accumulates and scales in volume over time and it…

Google Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro specifications have been leaked online. The purported internals suggest that the smartphones will have incremental updates over last year's Pixel 6 series. The most talked about feature of the Pixel 7 series, which will include the standard Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones, is the Tensor G2. It is the successor to the first-generation Tensor, Google's indigenously-developed SoC that the company said, helps it in offering AI experiences that other chipsets couldn't. The smartphone is also…

What is it, how does it work, and how does it really work?Image by the author. Names in this image are fictional and computer generated.If you are reading this, you most probably know what Power BI (PBI) is and what it is for. In this article, I would like to dive a little deeper into their incremental refresh, which definitely introduced much confusion across the community and people I know.In PBI, there is a feature called incremental refresh that allows your dataset to be incrementally refreshed. Microsoft covered the…

Pros Great 3.5K OLED touch screen Solid build Superb speakers Plenty of configuration options Cons Heavy 720p webcam Limited on-board ports Premium pricingDell's premium XPS range regularly features in lists of best laptops, and every year sees updates to key models. There are three screen sizes to select from, with the XPS 15 (2022) sitting in between 13-inch and 17-inch devices. It would appear, at first glance, to be the Goldilocks of the XPS world -- not too small, not too large, not too light, not too…

I have a confession: I’m not really into tablets. The last one I bought was in 2012, and I think my cat technically owns it now. They feel too much like a neither-here-nor-there device to me — too underpowered to do computer stuff, too big and cumbersome to do phone stuff. The Galaxy Z Fold 4 tricked me into liking a tablet. There’s a seeing-is-believing aspect to using the Galaxy Z Fold 4. I get what it is in theory: small when you need to do phone stuff and big when you want to do tablet stuff. But it wasn’t until I…

Partition-based loading or tracking the history of your downstream model with incremental loadsPhoto by Alex wong on UnsplashIncremental models in dbt are not a new invention, they are the traditional way of appending data into a table. In old-school datawarehouses, this would be the way to bring the daily data to your data storage environment. In order for things not to get out of control, you would put a key and decide to update the row if it exists, or append it otherwise (with a MERGEoperation).dbt has already great…

What they are and how to implement themPhoto by Lindsay Henwood on Unsplashdbt is all the rage right now for data transformation. And, there’s a reason why! dbt makes it easy to write modular code, flipping the traditional process of writing data models on its head. You no longer have to repeat the same lines of code over and over again, making your code hard to read and slow to run.dbt has a lot of awesome features that make it the best data transformation tool out there. Macros and packages are two that I have utilized…

Samsung could unveil its next-generation foldable phones—Galaxy Z Flip 4 and Galaxy Z Fold 4—in Q3 2022. However, months ahead of the launch event, various aspects of these smartphones were revealed. Now, complete Galaxy Z Fold 4 specifications have been leaked. According to tipster Yogesh (@heyitsyogesh), the Galaxy Z Fold 4 will feature a 7.6-inch Super AMOLED display on the inside. The foldable screen reportedly features QXGA+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. The cover display measures 6.2 inches diagonally and…

Affordable true wireless earphones were quite rare till around a year ago, but we've seen many brands launch such models of late, with key features such as active noise cancellation and app support. While some of the early products in this segment such as the Realme Buds Air 2, were a bit rudimentary when it came to performance and capabilities, recent products from brands such as Oppo and OnePlus have come a long way, setting new benchmarks for what you can expect from a TWS headset under Rs. 5,000.Not one to be left…