GPT 5 a mixed bag. Latest and Greatest in data news #97 w/e 15 Aug 2025
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Looks like GPT-5 is a mixed bag. But honestly it’s a very QUIET month, so please enjoy the content below.
Orchestra Product Updates
We’re doing a webinar with Hevo
There is a lot of chatter about how AI is impacting Data Architecture. We’re going to show how (and how not) this is happening with our friends at Hevo.
Medium 🧠
🧠 So You Want to Be a Data Engineer? Here’s Your First 30 Days (link)
🧠 What Does “Following Best Practices” Mean in the Age of AI? (link)
🧠 Data Mesh Diaries: Realities from Early Adopters (link)
🧠 The Day I Cheated on SQL with MongoDB… and Got Burned (10 Gotchas They Don’t Tell You) (link)
🧠 Unlocking Enterprise AI: How to Power the Next Generation of Work with Snowflake & Glean (link)
🧠 Owner’s Rights are Great but (Restricted) Caller’s Rights Turbocharge Native Apps (link)
LinkedIn🕴
🕴 In Defense of Silos: Why They’re Not Always the Enemy (link)
🕴 AI, Legacy IT, and the Future of Software Engineers (link)
🕴 From Data Go-Kart to Data Grand Prix: Leveling Up at Big Data London (link)
🕴 Provenance Over Prestige: Validating the Advice You Receive (link)
🕴 When LinkedIn Locks You Out: How One Deactivation Stopped a Job Search Cold (link)
🕴 Snowflake Intelligence: Your AI Chief Analyst in the Pocket (link)
News 📰
Editor’s Pick
📰 Tech M&A Outlook 2025: AI, Chips, and Hardware Deals to Watch (link)
📰 Snowflake Insider Sold Shares Worth $5,375,000, According to a Recent SEC Filing (link)
📰 The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Public Safety Leads, While Healthcare And Fintech Also See Big Deals (link)
YouTube and Podcast 🎥
Editor’s Pick
🎥 Power BI Visuals That Behave - Edit Interactions Done Right (link)
🎥 Microsoft Purview Data Quality: How Clean is your data in Microsoft Fabric? (link)
🎥 Dremio Apache Iceberg Workshop Preview (link)
Special 💫
💫 Data Engineering Weekly #232 (link)
💫 Insights from Jacopo Tagliabue, CTO of Bauplan: Revolutionizing Data Pipelines with Functional Data Engineering (link)
Jobs 💼
💼 Analytics Engineer (dbt) at Tucows (link)
💼 Analytics Engineer (Senior, Lead, Senior Manager) at Wise (link)
💼 Data Engineer (mid-level) at Warp Records (link)
💼 Founding Software Engineer at Bonde (link)
💼 Sr. Analytics Engineer at Rula (link)
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