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The boring part of Building AI Systems: Data governance and Security
AI doesn't live without data. If you want to leverage AI in your business, you also need to make a serious effort to protect your data. The reality is that many organizations rushing into AI adoption overlook governance and security. This can lead to data breaches, exposing sensitive information, data poisoning attacks and so on. You don't want that! So here is an overview of what you need to think about when giving AI access to data! Data Classification Forget AI for a secon
Stefan Vodilovski
Mar 113 min read


What Is a Data Product? (And Why It’s Not Just a Dataset)
“Data product” has quickly become one of the most used and most misunderstood terms in modern data strategy. For some, it means a dashboard. For others, it’s a dataset in a warehouse. For others, it’s an API. In reality, a data product is none of those things in isolation. A data product is a managed, reusable business asset that uses data to deliver a specific outcome . It combines the data itself, the logic that shapes it, a clear way to access it, and explicit commitments
Stefan Vodilovski
Feb 254 min read


Why Airflow Is the Wrong Tool for Most Data Engineering Teams
You know the drill, if ETL is mentioned Airflow is assumed as the scheduler behind the tasks. Airflow has become one of those tools where you directly associate the process with the tool, but do we need it all the time? - Probably not. What Airflow does well? Let’s at least start with the positives, because they’re real. Airflow is very good at: expressing dependencies explicitly making execution order visible scheduling jobs in a predictable way giving you a clear UI to see
Stefan Vodilovski
Feb 113 min read


Production Starts Before Data: Why Environments, Dependencies, and Linting Matter
Most data and AI projects start at the same place: Ingestion, pipelines, transformations, models. That’s not wrong. But it skips the part where many real projects quietly fall apart. Before extracting a single row of data for your project, you should stop and ask a much more basic question: Can someone else reproduce this system? - If the answer is no, nothing else matters. Why environment issues are production issues In theory, environments are boring, in practice, they are
Stefan Vodilovski
Feb 13 min read


Transform Your Business: Rapid AI Proof of Concepts
In today's fast-paced technological landscape, Businesses face immense pressure to innovate and adapt quickly. One of the most effective ways to stay ahead is by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to create rapid proof of concepts (PoCs). These PoCs allow startups to test ideas, validate assumptions, and demonstrate potential value to stakeholders without committing extensive resources. In this blog post, we will explore how to effectively implement AI-driven PoCs in you
Stefan Vodilovski
Jan 104 min read
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