Metabase vs. Apache Superset: Choosing the Right Open-Source BI for Modern Data Teams

Business Intelligence /

February 05, 2026 at 04:15 PM | Est. read time: 10 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Open-source BI (business intelligence) tools have become a go-to choice for modern teams that want flexibility, lower licensing costs, and the ability to move fast without being locked into proprietary […]

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Airbyte: Open‑Source Data Integrations That Actually Scale (Without Lock‑In)

Data Engineering /

February 04, 2026 at 12:17 PM | Est. read time: 10 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Modern analytics and AI projects live or die by data movement. You can have a best‑in‑class warehouse, a solid BI layer, and a high-performing ML stack-and still struggle if your

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Airflow vs Dagster vs Prefect: Which Workflow Orchestrator Should You Choose in 2026?

Data Science /

February 03, 2026 at 01:33 PM | Est. read time: 11 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Modern data and AI products don’t fail because the model is bad-they fail because pipelines are brittle, dependencies are unclear, retries are inconsistent, and nobody trusts the outputs. That’s why

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Why Observability Has Become Critical for Data-Driven Products (and How to Get It Right)

Business Intelligence /

February 02, 2026 at 01:54 PM | Est. read time: 11 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Data-driven products live and die by trust. If users can’t rely on dashboards, recommendations, alerts, or predictions-or if performance degrades without explanation-confidence erodes quickly. That’s why observability has shifted from

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Apache Kafka for Modern Data Pipelines: A Practical Guide to Building Real-Time, Scalable Streaming Systems

Data Engineering /

February 02, 2026 at 01:24 PM | Est. read time: 11 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Modern businesses don’t just store data-they move it. Customer clicks, payments, IoT telemetry, application logs, and operational events are generated continuously, and teams increasingly need those signals in real time

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Is Data Mesh Right for Every Company? Benefits, Risks, and Real-World Trade‑offs

Data Engineering /

January 30, 2026 at 01:34 PM | Est. read time: 11 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Data Mesh has become one of the most talked-about approaches in modern data architecture-and for good reason. It promises faster delivery of data products, better alignment between data and business

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Databricks Lakehouse: Key Features and Real-World Use Cases (Plus When It’s the Right Choice)

Data Engineering /

January 30, 2026 at 01:30 PM | Est. read time: 10 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. Modern data teams are under pressure to do everything at once: power dashboards, support ad hoc analysis, run machine learning, and keep governance airtight-all while costs and complexity keep rising.

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The Future of Work in Data, AI, and Analytics: Skills, Roles, and What Teams Need Next

Data Science /

January 29, 2026 at 04:59 PM | Est. read time: 12 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. The data and analytics world isn’t just evolving-it’s reorganizing itself. In the last few years, we’ve watched traditional reporting teams turn into modern data platforms, data scientists expand into AI

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Langfuse vs. Galileo vs. Logfire: Observability for LLM Applications (Tracing, Evaluation, and Debugging)

Artificial Intelligence /

January 29, 2026 at 04:50 PM | Est. read time: 11 min By Laura Chicovis IR by training, curious by nature. World and technology enthusiast. LLM-powered products fail in new and surprising ways: a prompt change quietly degrades accuracy, a retrieval step returns irrelevant sources, latency spikes only for certain user segments, or “helpful” answers

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