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Recruiters no longer ask you to recite the six normal forms. They want to hear you reason about data at 2 a.m. when the primary shard is hot and the CFO is responding to the stakeholders. The questions you’ll encounter in this article have been harvested from real interviews at Google, Amazon, Stripe, Snowflake, and a handful of YC unicorns. Each answer is long enough to sql muscle memory, short enough to fit in the conversational window before the interviewer nods or interrupts. Use these DBMS interview questions as a checklist, and a non-exhaustive one at that. Metric for Segregation…

Lobe.ai just released for open beta and the short story is that you should go try it out. I was lucky and got to test it in the closed beta so I figured i should review a short review.Making AI more understandable and accessible for most people is something I spend a lot of time on and Lobe is without a doubt right down my alley. The tagline is “machine learning made simple” and that is exactly what they do.Overall great tool and I see it as an actual advance in the AI technology by making AI and deep learning…

The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act, which came into effect on August 1, 2024, has ushered in a new era of AI regulation with global implications. This groundbreaking legislation extends its reach beyond European borders, affecting all entities utilizing AI technology that impacts EU citizens or employees – regardless of the company’s physical location. The impact on the healthcare sector is particularly significant. The Act identifies several AI applications in healthcare as high-risk, subjecting them to stringent regulatory requirements. This classification encompasses a wide range of AI-driven healthcare technologies, from diagnostic tools to patient management systems. If your company is…

Image by Author | Canva   # Introduction  There is no doubt that large language models are really powerful but they can’t go beyond their training data or interact with the world directly. That’s where AI agents have changed the game. They don’t just generate text but can act, reason, and complete multi-step tasks, making them feel much closer to a real assistant that can do things for you. You might have seen tons of resources, but for this article we will be taking a big picture tour. I will share 5 beginner friendly projects: with some from scratch using Python…

Data is essential for modern business decisions. Many employees, however, are unfamiliar with SQL. This creates a bottleneck between questions and answers. A Text-to-SQL system solves this problem directly. It translates simple questions into database queries. This article shows you how to build a SQL generator. We will follow the ideas from Pinterest’s Text-to-SQL engineering team. You will learn how to convert natural language to SQL. We will also use advanced techniques like RAG for table selection. Understanding Pinterest’s Approach Pinterest wanted to make data accessible to everyone. Their employees needed insights from vast datasets. Most of them were not…

AI comes in many different shapes and sizes. That applies to the use cases, the underlying technologies as well as the approaches to adopting AI in your organization. As many organizations are looking to adopt AI, an increasing need for tangible frameworks to understand the technology in a business perspective is requested by leaders in all industries.  Some of the key questions asked by leaders are simple. How much time and money is required to adopt AI and solve business problems via AI and what returns do we get for those efforts? That is more than reasonable questions but answering…

In the era of AI it is essential to stay up-to-date with the latest developments. But with so much information out there, how do you sift through the noise and find the insights that truly matter? If you want to stay updated with the latest AI advancements, subscribing to AI newsletters offers a quick and effective way to absorb key insights and AI trends.  In this article, we’ve rounded up the top AI newsletters to follow in 2025 to keep your finger on the pulse. From deep dives into cutting-edge research and industry trends, to updates on AI ethics, policy,…

Image by Editor   # Introducing ChatGPT Study Mode  Among the unending supply of AI-powered tools and features of late, ChatGPT Study Mode has captured the attention of students, educators, and lifelong learners. It promises to revolutionize study habits with personalized learning, interactive exercises, and on-demand explanations. Yet, as with any new technology, the question remains: is ChatGPT Study Mode truly a hidden gem that empowers learners, or just another gimmick wrapped in clever marketing? This article critically explores both perspectives, weighing the benefits, drawbacks, and future potential of Study Mode to determine whether it lives up to the hype. ChatGPT…

Data has become critical for candidate shortlisting, employee management, and planning several tasks related to workforce management. Tracking attrition trends, performance monitoring, and maintaining workforce diversity are some other tasks where data plays an important role. Workday, a popular enterprise HR system, can be easily integrated with data-based tools for data-driven hiring. However, Workday has a highly complex configuration, which makes it quite difficult to use.  Moreover, Workday’s security mechanism includes a role-based access control mechanism that presents some challenges. The absence of clarity of roles across organizations results in overly broad data access permissions. Using Workday in such a…

This article is a cutout of my forthcoming book that you can sign up for here: https://www.danrose.ai/bookWhen interviewing domain experts for artificial intelligence solutions, it’s essential to avoid discussing a specific solution but instead focus on the business outcome and the problem at hand. When you interview experts, they sometimes settle on a particular solution too early, even without knowing it. As the solution architect, you might also do the same and miss out on better alternatives. I often catch myself doing that as finding the perfect solution is the most satisfying part of the discovery phase. To focus on…