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Introducing Sync Tracking: Enhanced Data Observability and Debugging
Introducing Sync Tracking: Enhanced Data Observability and Debugging
Sync Tracking is a powerful new feature in the Observability Toolkit that provides row-level visibility into every record synced in the last 14 days
Arjit Jaiswal
30 August 2024
Announcing Observability Lake: Extend Your Sync Data Retention and Gain Deeper Insights
Announcing Observability Lake: Extend Your Sync Data Retention and Gain Deeper Insights
Observability Lake allows you to use your own cloud storage to retain data, providing extensive historical records and complete visibility into all sync data
Arjit Jaiswal
29 August 2024
Announcing GPT Columns: Clean, Categorize and Enrich in Seconds
Announcing GPT Columns: Clean, Categorize and Enrich in Seconds
Write AI-powered columns to your warehouse without code
21 August 2024

Posts about : Engineering

Engineering
Understanding Iceberg Support in the Databricks Ecosystem
Sean Lynch
30 September 2024
Explore how Databricks integrates Iceberg support via Unity Catalog and UniForm, enabling seamless data management within Spark-based environments.
Engineering
A Deep Dive into Polaris: Simplifying Iceberg Catalog Management
Sean Lynch
12 September 2024
Explore how Polaris simplifies Iceberg catalog management with enhanced cross-compatibility and unique features for Snowflake users and beyond.
Engineering
Using Managed Iceberg Tables to Build a Datalake Inside Snowflake
Sean Lynch
12 September 2024
Discover how to leverage Snowflake's Managed Iceberg Tables to efficiently build and manage a datalake, integrating seamlessly with external object storage.
Engineering
Apache Iceberg 101: The Table Format Reshaping Data Lakes
Sean Lynch
4 September 2024
Learn why Apache Iceberg separation of storage and compute is revolutionizing data architecture.
Engineering
Architecting Multi-tenant Data Integrations with Census Embedded
Sean Lynch
12 January 2024
Maintaining data isolation is critical in building multi-tenant applications. Use Census Embedded and your Data Warehouse to build multi-tenant integrations.
Engineering
NoSQL isn't dead, but it left a lasting legacy | Census
Sean Lynch
19 April 2023
Once upon a time, NoSQL databases like MongoDB took the tech world by storm. Fast forward to today, and the hype surrounding NoSQL has leveled off. So... what did they leave in their place?
Engineering
Integration platforms are an old idea | Census
Brad Buda
25 February 2022
iPaas has been a hot topic since Web 2.0, but they've fallen short of the needs of the modern data team. At Census, we're building a better way.
Engineering
I Miss Our Whiteboard - Building Spatial Interfaces For Sprint Tracking
Sean Lynch
11 May 2020
If you’re not using a whiteboard to track what your team is doing, you’re probably doing it wrong. Read how we adapted our sprint tracking to a remote world.
Engineering
Handling Slow Cascading Deletes In Rails
Nathan Kontny
4 January 2020
Often in large data systems, you're forced to make a compromise: Have your app and framework manage deletes or have your database handle the cascading deletes. To help, So today, we've released a small but useful utility for Rails that provides an alternative (and in some cases, better) way to do cascading deletes/destroys.