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LLM Tradeoffs, Lakeflow Moves, and Why DPO Beats RLHF (Sometimes)

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

Context Is King, GenAI Is Hungry, and Chatbots Are Unemployed

Jul 16, 2025

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Context Is King, GenAI Is Hungry, and Chatbots Are Unemployed

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

Postgres Reimagined, Spark Reconsidered, and LLM Risks and Limitations

Jul 2, 2025

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9 min read

Postgres Reimagined, Spark Reconsidered, and LLM Risks and Limitations

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

Platform Moves, Model Oversight and the Hidden Costs of Data Decisions

Jun 18, 2025

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9 min read

Platform Moves, Model Oversight and the Hidden Costs of Data Decisions

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

dbt’s AI Leap, Salesforce’s Informatica Play, and the Case for Open Table Formats

Jun 4, 2025

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8 min read

dbt’s AI Leap, Salesforce’s Informatica Play, and the Case for Open Table Formats

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

From Lakehouses and OLTP Convergence to AI Workflows, Snowflake Gen2, and the Decline of Cloud Primitives

May 21, 2025

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9 min read

From Lakehouses and OLTP Convergence to AI Workflows, Snowflake Gen2, and the Decline of Cloud Primitives

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

AI Agent Wars Begin, the Modern Data Stack Consolidates, and Metadata Becomes Strategy — The New Blueprint for Scalable Data & AI Ops

May 7, 2025

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10 min read

AI Agent Wars Begin, the Modern Data Stack Consolidates, and Metadata Becomes Strategy — The New Blueprint for Scalable Data & AI Ops

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

The New Data Stack: Shift-Left Engineering, Agent Protocols, and the Open-Source AI Power Moves Reshaping the Future

Apr 23, 2025

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9 min read

The New Data Stack: Shift-Left Engineering, Agent Protocols, and the Open-Source AI Power Moves Reshaping the Future

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

Pipelines Get Smart: Price Hikes, Intelligent Pipelines, and GenAI That Diagrams

Apr 9, 2025

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7 min read

Pipelines Get Smart: Price Hikes, Intelligent Pipelines, and GenAI That Diagrams

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

ETL Meets AI: dbt, Airflow and Databricks all Deepen the AI Integrations

Mar 26, 2025

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5 min read

ETL Meets AI: dbt, Airflow and Databricks all Deepen the AI Integrations

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

LLM Myths, AI Agents in Production, and Rethinking Data ROI

Mar 12, 2025

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6 min read

LLM Myths, AI Agents in Production, and Rethinking Data ROI

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

The AI Data Stack is Evolving: Migrations, Real-Time AI, and Analyst Acceleration

Feb 26, 2025

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6 min read

The AI Data Stack is Evolving: Migrations, Real-Time AI, and Analyst Acceleration

Biweekly Data & Analytics Digest: Cliffside Chronicle

Josh Miramant

LLM Tradeoffs, Lakeflow Moves, and Why DPO Beats RLHF (Sometimes)

Context Is King, GenAI Is Hungry, and Chatbots Are Unemployed

Postgres Reimagined, Spark Reconsidered, and LLM Risks and Limitations

Platform Moves, Model Oversight and the Hidden Costs of Data Decisions

dbt’s AI Leap, Salesforce’s Informatica Play, and the Case for Open Table Formats

From Lakehouses and OLTP Convergence to AI Workflows, Snowflake Gen2, and the Decline of Cloud Primitives

AI Agent Wars Begin, the Modern Data Stack Consolidates, and Metadata Becomes Strategy — The New Blueprint for Scalable Data & AI Ops

The New Data Stack: Shift-Left Engineering, Agent Protocols, and the Open-Source AI Power Moves Reshaping the Future

Pipelines Get Smart: Price Hikes, Intelligent Pipelines, and GenAI That Diagrams

ETL Meets AI: dbt, Airflow and Databricks all Deepen the AI Integrations

LLM Myths, AI Agents in Production, and Rethinking Data ROI

The AI Data Stack is Evolving: Migrations, Real-Time AI, and Analyst Acceleration

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