Gen AI Did the Boring Stuff So You Don't Have To
Code comments, unit tests, documentation, diagrams — the stuff that chronically didn't get done. Gen AI changed that completely, and the impact on data teams is bigger than most realize.
Code comments, unit tests, documentation, diagrams — the stuff that chronically didn't get done. Gen AI changed that completely, and the impact on data teams is bigger than most realize.
I spent years building OLAP cubes. Carefully maintained conformed dimensions, aggregation tables, multidimensional models. That infrastructure was real work. Today, it's increasingly obsolete.
I used to tell junior engineers to study for certifications. I don't say that anymore. Here's the advice I gave a co-op student last month: build something and put it on GitHub.