The hottest Data Management Substack posts right now

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Why You Should Join Loop

Why You Should Join • 5 implied HN points • 04 Dec 23
💼 Business Data Management
  1. Logistics and freight payments can be complex and challenging due to the intricate flow of goods and the variety of payment-related documents involved.
  2. Loop has developed a platform to centralize and structure freight payment data, enabling automation of invoice audits, dispute resolution, scenario planning, and more, resulting in significant cost savings and increased productivity for customers.
  3. Loop's unique data layer, automation capabilities, and focus on customer value creation give them a competitive edge in the market, setting them apart from traditional freight audit firms and software solutions.

The future of Data: Less Data

Living Systems • 1 HN point • 20 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Managing less data can lead to more agile and quick decision-making.
  2. Utilizing models as an endpoint for data storage can optimize systems and reduce the need for large data storage.
  3. Shifting towards more generic and powerful models for storing data can lead to significant data storage optimization and environmental benefits.

The True Cost of Data Debt

Data Products • 5 implied HN points • 11 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Data should be seen as an asset, not just a resource.
  2. Data debt can lead to serious consequences like trust issues and organizational chaos.
  3. Data developers need to focus on data quality tools like data contracts to prevent and manage data debt.
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Improve your SQL skills X2 in 5 minutes

Leading Developers • 3 HN points • 13 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. SQL skills are crucial for managers because they can help answer business questions, understand technical designs, and provide a huge return on effort invested.
  2. Don't stop with just learning joins in SQL. Advancing to using CTEs, window functions, and partitions can greatly enhance your ability to write complex queries.
  3. Window functions in SQL, such as ranking functions, aggregation functions, and positional functions, can help in advanced query writing by allowing calculations across sets of rows or returning a single value from a specific row within partitions.

Why has managing email in PLG B2B SaaS become such a tedious job?

nonamevc • 3 HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. There are multiple types of emails involved in PLG B2B SaaS, including transactional, product-related, and marketing campaigns.
  2. Challenges in managing email in PLG B2B SaaS include the need for orchestration, tedious content management, and high data volume.
  3. Companies like Inflection and Humanic offer new perspectives and solutions to address the complexities of managing email in PLG B2B SaaS.

Bridging the Gap: Deception Engineering as the New Frontier in Detection Engineering

Deceiving Adversaries • 2 implied HN points • 11 Apr 24
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Security Operations Centers (SOCs) struggle with alert fatigue due to a high volume of security alerts, making it hard for analysts to identify real threats.
  2. Detection engineering is key in cybersecurity, but many organizations face issues with false positives and outdated rules, leading to poor alert quality.
  3. Cyber deception engineering can help reduce alert fatigue by using tricks to detect attackers, creating better alerts, and improving overall security responses.

A Darker Truth

davidj.substack • 2 HN points • 07 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Text-to-semantic layer systems can work in enterprise but text-to-SQL ones won't due to technical deficiencies.
  2. Even with infinite resources, achieving a perfect text-to-SQL system may not be enough due to the importance of how data is perceived by stakeholders.
  3. Blame and humiliation dynamics in human interactions make text-to-semantic layer systems more viable than text-to-SQL systems in corporate settings.

Types Of User Profile Data

ciamweekly • 2 HN points • 05 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Credentials in a CIAM system help identify users through login info, passwords, public keys, MFA, etc.
  2. User Provided Profile Data includes details users share, ranging from basic to complex attributes, gathered during registration or progressively.
  3. Consents in a CIAM system capture user permissions for marketing or legal purposes, different from other profile data as they can be explicitly granted or revoked.

Malloy's Near Term Roadmap

Making Things • 2 implied HN points • 15 Jun 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Introducing MalloySQL, a new file type that combines Malloy and SQL for data transformation.
  2. Malloy simplifies Window Functions in SQL, making complex calculations easier to understand.
  3. Malloy offers a standard data function library that operates consistently across different SQL engines.

Easy Introduction to Real-Time RAG

SUP! Hubert’s Substack • 1 HN point • 04 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) enhances large language models by providing accurate responses through combining model answers with supporting research.
  2. For real-time applications like AI chatbots using RAG, ensuring the freshness and accuracy of the data supplied to the models through continuous updates is crucial.
  3. Utilizing vector indexes in platforms like Apache Pinot can help optimize similarity searches for tasks like finding relevant documents to enhance AI responses.

Announcing Malloy 4.0

Making Things • 1 implied HN point • 04 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Malloy 4.0 is a significant update to the Malloy syntax.
  2. The rollout of Malloy 4.0 will happen in stages to allow users to upgrade their code.
  3. Malloy 4.0 introduces incompatible changes and new features to make the language more consistent and powerful.

Deep dive: Marketing security

Mehdeeka • 1 HN point • 21 Sep 23
💼 Business Data Management
  1. Highlight your product's security or data management early on to differentiate your offering.
  2. Leverage content about data and security to make your startup appear bigger and more trustworthy.
  3. Marketing your focus on security isn't necessarily a target for hackers, and can be vital during a data breach to maintain trust and communicate effectively.

Data is not a Microservice

Data Products • 1 HN point • 07 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Data requires a source of truth that microservices cannot inherently provide without a shift in software engineering practices
  2. Not all data is equally valuable, so treating all data as microservices can be costly and restrictive
  3. The data development lifecycle differs from software development, requiring flexibility, reuse, and tight coupling that conflict with typical microservices architecture

Top New Incident Experience Features for Microsoft Sentinel

Rod’s Blog • 0 implied HN points • 17 Jan 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. The new Microsoft Sentinel Incident experience features a new rollout model that allows users to switch between old and new experiences.
  2. The new Incident experience includes enhancements like an Activity Log accessible from the Incident menu and the ability to add comments directly in the panel overlay.
  3. Another important feature is the Incident Actions option which provides quick access to running Playbooks, creating Automation Rules, and setting up Teams channels for collaborative scenarios.

How to Use a Playbook to Add Geographical Data for IP Addresses to a Microsoft Sentinel Incident

Rod’s Blog • 0 implied HN points • 09 Jan 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. A Playbook can be used to add geographical data for IP addresses to a Microsoft Sentinel Incident by querying IP-API.com and storing information in the Comments section.
  2. Storing more information in the Comments section instead of Tags provides flexibility and depth for investigations.
  3. Enhancing investigation context with detailed geographical data can help expedite the closing of Incidents.

Alert When Microsoft Sentinel Daily Ingestion Reaches a Threshold

Rod’s Blog • 0 implied HN points • 09 Jan 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Be alert when Microsoft Sentinel daily data ingestion exceeds a set threshold, using a KQL query.
  2. Automate alerts by setting up an Analytics Rule to trigger notifications via email or text when data ingestion volume is too high.
  3. Consider exploring the Ingestion Cost Alert Playbook if you prefer a full playbook solution instead of an Analytics Rule.

[Product launch] KODA – Knowledge optimization, discovery and analytics

Shubhi’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 05 Sep 20
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Knowledge management is crucial for large enterprises to maintain a competitive edge and prevent knowledge debt.
  2. Traditional chatbots face challenges like slow time-to-market, lack of domain knowledge, and difficulty in managing multilingual and international content.
  3. The KODA stack addresses issues like time to market, internationalization, domain knowledge modeling, and scalability for large enterprises seeking efficient knowledge management solutions.

Anna Sandgren: “in 2050, every business decision will benefit people, planet and profit equally”

2050 • 0 implied HN points • 05 May 23
💼 Business Data Management
  1. In 2050, every business decision should benefit people, planet, and profit equally because they are interconnected.
  2. Companies might struggle to prioritize sustainability today due to short-term shareholder expectations and lack of data accessibility.
  3. To integrate sustainability into everyday decision-making, businesses need real-time aggregated data on people, planet, and profit.

robotfindskitten, part 3

Dan’s MEGA65 Digest • 0 implied HN points • 14 Dec 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. The MEGA65 project is making progress on the R5 main board and new games like Unicone and The Ghosts of Blackwood Manor are being released.
  2. Developers like Gurce are creating games in BASIC 65 like Way of the Imploding Foot, showcasing low resolution graphics and animated characters.
  3. When programming in assembly language for MEGA65, techniques like accepting keyboard input, generating random numbers, and avoiding duplicates are crucial for game development.

#OpenSourceDiscovery 72: RudderStack

#OpenSourceDiscovery • 0 implied HN points • 26 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. RudderStack is a tool that combines customer activities from websites and apps into a central customer database.
  2. RudderStack offers a Transformations feature allowing customization of events info, improving flexibility.
  3. Privacy and security are key features of RudderStack, providing control over data sent to analytical tools.

The Turbulent Tango Of Payment Providers

Money in Transit • 0 implied HN points • 23 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Different payment providers are constantly innovating and competing with traditional credit card schemes like Visa and Mastercard.
  2. Building resilient payment systems involves anticipating and mitigating potential outages from third party providers.
  3. Engineering payment systems correctly provides a better understanding of customer behavior and improves fraud detection capabilities.

Polymath Engineer Weekly #84

Polymath Engineer Weekly • 0 implied HN points • 05 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Rust's fast performance in web frameworks may not always reflect typical use cases due to incentives driving optimization.
  2. Understanding the unique aspects of a Lisp REPL versus an interactive language shell can provide valuable insights and opportunities.
  3. Google's dominance in AI technology faces challenges rooted in cultural factors, such as leadership priorities and values.

Two New Features Sneak into the Microsoft Sentinel Incident Experience

Rod’s Blog • 0 implied HN points • 14 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Data Management
  1. Microsoft Sentinel's new Incident experience received positive feedback and more capabilities are being added based on customer input.
  2. New features in the Incident Logs panel include enhanced export options for query results and a convenient link to open the full Log Analytics experience in a new browser tab.
  3. Further enhancements are in the works to continue improving the Microsoft Sentinel Incident experience.