Accessibility in Data Visualization: A focus on accessibility can lead to more understandable and impactful visualizations for all users
Data visualization is one of the most powerful ways to communicate quantitative and geospatial information. Whether we’re describing the prevalence of themes from user interviews, highlighting trends in sales forecasts, or illustrating the distribution of community health metrics, the ability to transform raw numbers into compelling visuals that communicate concepts is invaluable. Yet, as demand […]
How to: AWS OAM Sink and Link
How and Why to Setup Cross-Account Logging in AWS I recently implemented cross-account logging using AWS Observability Access Manager (OAM) for a comprehensive monitoring application my team and I are building. In this, we are looking to create one UI to understand performance and costs across the products in our domain. When setting up cross-account […]
Optimizing AWS Workloads: Insights from the Well-Architected Tool
TL;DR Building in the cloud? Make sure your workloads aren’t held together with duct tape and wishful thinking. The AWS Well-Architected Framework helps you design reliable, secure, cost-effective systems by following six key principles: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. Use the AWS Well-Architected Tool to review workloads, tailor assessments with […]
Taking the Leap: How a Bias for Action Drives Innovation
Unleashing Creativity Through Decisive Action Introduction In today’s fast-paced and competitive business landscape, the ability to innovate swiftly and effectively is crucial for success. One key principle that separates thriving organizations and individuals from the rest is a “bias for action.” This mindset prioritizes taking decisive, proactive steps over endless deliberation and analysis. A bias […]
A Technical Comparison of Apache Parquet, ORC, and Arrow: Storage Formats for Big Data Workloads
In the world of Big Data, choosing the right storage format is critical for the performance, scalability, and the efficiency of analytics and processing tasks. Apache Parquet, Apache ORC, and Apache Arrow are three popular formats commonly used for data storage and processing within the ecosystem. While each of these formats serves a distinct purposes […]
Chatting with Your PDFs and VTTs at Lightning Speed
A Deep Dive into an AWS OpenSearch + Bedrock + Chainlit RAG Pipeline Introduction This article explains how to build a question-answering system that processes PDF and Video Text Track (VTT) files, index them in AWS OpenSearch, and serve fast answers to users. It uses AWS Bedrock (Anthropic Claude) for language processing and Chainlit for […]
S3 Custom Lifecycles: An AWS Glue solution to incorporate read operations into S3 Lifecycles
Introduction S3 Lifecycles provide a fantastic way to manage the lifetimes of S3 Objects. Working in AWS and in bigger organizations, you will inevitably have objects lingering (often in standard storage), costing you money. Lifecycle rules offer an easy way to trim some fat, which can both help you save money and exist in a […]
The Art of Data Engineering: Applying Sun Tzu’s Principles
How Ancient Wisdom Can Transform Modern Data Practices Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” offers timeless wisdom that transcends the battlefield, providing insights applicable to various domains, including data engineering. In this field, success is not merely about coming up with innovative ideas or implementing initial solutions. True success is measured by how effectively these […]
Core Concepts for Small Language Models
Foundational Computational Linguistics Concepts and how they relate to Language Models LLMs are all the rage, and to use them effectively as engineers and users of any kind we could benefit from thinking about them in the context of some core Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts. At New Math Data, we’ve been building a lot […]
Nurturing a Better World: Lessons in Stewardship and Compassion
From Ancient Wisdom to Thriving in Modern Times Introduction In a world where ownership and control often dominate our thoughts and actions, it’s easy to forget the transient nature of our existence. We spend so much time acquiring and holding onto things that we lose sight of what truly matters. Instead of owning people, places, […]