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Recent Articles
ET1’s DAG Streaming System Overview
Familiar with graphs? How about DAGs? This is not a paradigm shift, but think of DAG as a cool way for tiny team in Austin/Dallas Texas to build an Extract Transform and Load software! Like a guitar pedal, there's an input and output. Sometimes it's just an output....
ET1’s Aggregation Node Overview
Aggregation, what a classic. Aggregating your data is a landmark trait for any data steward, data wrangler, or data analyst. In ET1, you can easily aggregate your data. The Power of Grouping with the Group By Node Aggregations turn a sea of numbers into meaningful...
Data Combination Tools: Join, Union & Concat – Your Data’s Social Network
Are you combining the data? We have you covered. ET1 has all the right tools. The Three Musketeers of Data Combination 1. 🤝 Join (The Matchmaker) What it does: Combines tables based on matching values Perfect for: Merging customer data with their orders Adding product...
Filtering Nodes: Your Data’s Personal Bouncer
The filtering nodes help you reduce the number of rows, drill into the exact information needed, and create a data set that will add value VS confuse your audience. When filtering, remember you're reducing the amount of data coming through the node, or you can swap to...
ET1’s Data Input Node Overview
CSV, JSON, and Github CSVs. Also manual tables. These help you kick start your data pipeline. ET1 helps you do that and a bit more. Once your data comes into the data input, it begins to flow downstream using a custom DAG streaming engine. You know the drill, data...
ET1 Basic Training
ET1 helps you extract, transform, and load data in a single user-friendly canvas. Data automation in a single canvas. Welcome to basic training, where we show you the basics so that you're dangerous. Don't worry the engine under-the-hood keeps you safe! If you're...
About ET1, A Tool to Help Uncomplicate Data
It is undeniable that data can be overwhelming, and those who work with it daily are adept at navigating this complexity. ET1 is designed to assist individuals in managing this chaos, eliminating the constraints associated with outdated software that is over 20 years...
Evolving the Perceptions of Probability
What does the CIA’s “estimation probability” have to do with data visualization and a Reddit poll? Think of it like this: the CIA, and many government agencies, has teams who dig through research, write up reports, and pass them along to others who make the big calls....
Sessionization in Clickstream Event Processing
Imagine unlocking a granular understanding of your users—not just what pages they visit, but the organic, session-based journey each person takes across your digital landscape. At Dev3lop, we view sessionization as the strategic foundation to truly actionable...
Sub-Second Alerting Pipelines for Operational Signals
In today’s hyper-competitive, digitally transformed landscape, operational latency is the new technical debt—and every second (or millisecond) delayed in surfacing actionable signals impacts revenue, reliability, and user experience. At Dev3lop LLC, we architect and...
Event-Driven Microservices with Persistent Logs
Imagine a digital ecosystem where applications respond to business events instantly, where data is always consistent and traceable, and where scaling horizontally is the norm, not the exception. At Dev3lop LLC, we thrive at the intersection of agility, analytics, and...
Real-Time Feature Extraction for Online ML Scoring
In the era of relentless digital acceleration, decision-makers are under mounting pressure to leverage every data point—instantly. The competitive landscape demands more than just machine learning; it requires the ability to extract, transform, and act upon raw data...
Adaptive Autoscaling for Variable Event Rates
In the fast-evolving landscape of real-time data, managing unpredictable event rates is more than just a technical feat—it's a strategic advantage. At Dev3lop, we help companies leverage adaptive autoscaling to meet volatile demands, optimize costs, and drive...
Streaming Join Optimization Across Heterogeneous Sources
The era of high-velocity, multi-source data is redefining enterprise analytics and intelligence. As more organizations invest in robust data engineering and real-time insights, the challenge of executing performant streaming joins across heterogeneous sources has...
Sliding and Tumbling Window Metric Computation
In the fast-evolving landscape of data-driven decision-making, tracking time-based metrics reliably is both an art and a science. As seasoned consultants at Dev3lop, we recognize how organizations today—across industries—need to extract actionable insights from...
Hot Path vs Cold Path Real-Time Architecture Patterns
In today’s data-fueled world, the shelf life of information is shrinking rapidly. Decisions that once took weeks now happen in minutes—even seconds. That’s why distinguishing between “Hot Path” and “Cold Path” data architecture patterns is more than a technical...
Edge Device Event Aggregation and Uplink Streaming
Edge computing solutions are rapidly reshaping how businesses manage high-velocity data ecosystems. With countless IoT devices and sensors generating a relentless flow of events, the capacity to aggregate, filter, and transmit critical information to cloud or data...
Checkpointing and Recovery for Continuous Dataflows
In the era of real-time analytics and lightning-fast data pipelines, ensuring resilience and reliability is not just advantageous—it’s imperative. For every organization racing to turn continuous data streams into business insights, the risk of data loss or service...
Stream-Table Duality for Operational Analytics
The relentless pace of digital business transformation demands more than just new data sources—it requires new ways of thinking about data operations. As organizations strive to turn real-time events into competitive advantage, the old dichotomy of data “streams”...
High-Throughput Change Data Capture to Streams
In today’s data-driven world, enterprises demand more than raw data—they require real-time insights and uninterrupted information pipelines that keep pace with rapid innovation. For forward-thinking organizations, modern SQL Server consulting often involves extending...
Stateful Stream Processing at Scale
As organizations strive to harness real-time data for competitive advantage, stateful stream processing has become a cornerstone for analytics, automation, and intelligent decision-making. At Dev3lop LLC, we empower clients to turn live events into actionable...
Event Time vs Processing Time Windowing Patterns
In the age of real-time analytics, understanding how and when your data is processed can turn analytical chaos into strategic clarity. At Dev3lop, we empower forward-thinking organizations to cut through the noise with deep domain expertise in Microsoft SQL Server...
Watermark Strategies for Out-of-Order Event Handling
In the modern, data-driven landscape, organizations are redefining how they process information — and out-of-order event streams often lead the parade of complexity. At Dev3lop, our PostgreSQL consulting services frequently illuminate how event-time semantics and...
Exactly-Once Delivery Guarantees in Distributed Streams
In the dizzying world of real-time data, precision isn't just a virtue—it's a necessity. From financial transactions and IoT telemetry to user activity tracking, enterprises increasingly rely on streaming architectures where split-second decisions depend on accurate,...
Backpressure-Aware Flow Control in Event Pipelines
In today’s world of real-time data streams and cloud-native architectures, uninterrupted velocity is the ambition—but not the reality. For modern businesses, a single bottleneck in your event pipeline can cascade downstream, delaying insights and disrupting...
Ultra-Low-Latency Stream Ingestion Pipeline Design
In a digital landscape where milliseconds make the difference between a delightful user experience and a catastrophic system failure, designing for ultra-low-latency in stream ingestion pipelines is no longer optional—it's a strategic necessity. At Dev3lop LLC, we...
Machine Learning Model Interpretability Through Advanced Visualization
YIn today's rapidly evolving era of artificial intelligence, businesses evolve at the pace their data flows. Machine learning (ML) models unlock unprecedented opportunities for innovation and growth. Yet their black-box nature often leaves executives and stakeholders...
Voice-Activated Data Exploration: The Future of Hands-Free Analytics
Imagine analyzing massive data landscapes with just the power of your voice, commanding advanced analytical processes to deliver insights instantly, intuitively, and seamlessly. Voice-activated data exploration is no longer a futuristic fantasy—it's rapidly becoming...
Augmented Reality Dashboards: Overlaying Data on Physical Operations
Imagine standing on a bustling factory floor, peering through your AR goggles and instantly seeing vital production data floating seamlessly next to each machine. Glancing at a warehouse aisle, you effortlessly access real-time inventory status hovering right...
Blockchain Transaction Visualization: Mapping Distributed Ledger Activity
Imagine visualizing the invisible, tracing the paths of transactions that ripple across global networks instantly and securely. Blockchain transaction visualization unlocks this capability, transforming abstract data flows into clear, navigable visual stories....
Automation
Building Your CI/CD Pipeline – A Comprehensive Guide
A CI/CD pipeline (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipeline) is an automated DevOps workflow that streamlines software build, test, and deployment stages for faster and more reliable releases. It merges code changes and runs continuous testing, minimizing...
Increase Website Speeds: DALL·E images from PNG to JPEG or/and WEBP.
In todays article we will teach you how to trim your Dalle images and more than anything increase your load speeds on your websites, applications, and dashboards. Often when you load an image to a software, you're thinking about the load speed because that will...
Using Python for Named Entity Recognition (NER), A NLP Subtask
Named Entity Recognition (NER) is a subtask within natural language processing (NLP) with the objective of recognizing and organizing named entities in text. Think of a persons name, a company name, or a place. The ne_chunk() function in the nltk.chunk module...
Business
If You Use Excel To Solve a Problem, You’re in a Waterfall Project
You’ve probably heard it said that Excel is the “Swiss Army Knife” of business tools. It can crunch numbers, track budgets, and even spin up in-house dashboards. But when your organization relies on spreadsheet pivot tables to make key decisions, there’s a strong...
Driving Value in Quick API Consulting Engagements
In an age dominated by digital transformation, quick API consulting engagements are becoming more crucial than ever. Every organization, from emerging startups to established enterprises, is seeking efficient ways to integrate systems, leverage real-time data, and...
From Gut Feelings to Predictive Models: A Client Journey
Imagine standing on the edge of a data goldmine, uncertain how to tap into its riches. You sense the vast potential, but your instincts alone aren’t enough to navigate the complexities of modern analytics. That’s precisely where our data-focused software consulting...
TableauHelp
You Don’t Need Tableau — You Need to Learn SQL
In today's world, every business buzzword seems to center around Tableau or other visualization tools. Companies often rush towards flashy dashboards and visualization software without first addressing the fundamental foundation—robust data manipulation through SQL....
Why We Recommend Python Over Tableau Prep for Data Pipelines
When it comes to building scalable, efficient data pipelines, we’ve seen a lot of businesses lean into visual tools like Tableau Prep because they offer a low-code experience. But over time, many teams outgrow those drag-and-drop workflows and need something more...
How to write fast calculations in Tableau Desktop
Are you trying to write faster calculations in Tableau Desktop? Or are you interested in optimizing your calculations for improved speeds in Tableau Desktop? You're in good company. Dev3lop is an advanced analytics consultancy, that started our business helping...
Solutions
Building a Culture of Data Literacy in Your Organization
Imagine an organization where every department, from marketing to supply chain, confidently utilizes data-driven insights to make smarter decisions every day. Today’s most competitive organizations are propelled by robust data literacy, enabling their teams to not...
How to Transition from Traditional ETL to Modern Data Engineering
Businesses today live and breathe data, needing access not just to raw information but sophisticated insights that strategically empower decisions. Historically, companies relied on traditional Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes to develop data analytics...
Handling Streaming Data at Scale: Technologies and Patterns
In today's data-intensive landscape, waiting for static batch analyses to deliver actionable insights is no longer sufficient. Competitive businesses rely on real-time processing of data streams to monitor customer interactions, operational efficiency, security...
SQL
Differences between PostgreSQL and SQL Server
Did you know that PostgreSQL and SQL Server are two of the most popular databases for managing relational data worldwide? These databases are commonly used for enterprise edition applications, allowing developers to define primary key constraints and efficiently...
Comprehensive Guide to GROUP BY in SQL
The GROUP BY clause in SQL is a powerful feature that allows you to group rows based on the values in one or more columns. It enables you to perform aggregate functions on groups of data, producing summary results from large datasets. By using the GROUP BY clause...
GRANT: Granting Privileges and Permissions in SQL
The GRANT statement in SQL is a powerful command that allows you to provide specific privileges and permissions to users or user roles within a database. It enables you to control access to database objects and define what actions users can perform on those objects....