Analytics Dispatch 1/20/2020
Trailing vs. leading commas
THE GREAT COMMA DEBATE
A Dispassionate Examination of the Empirical Evidence Regarding Positional Punctuation in SQL
Let’s put the leading vs trailing comma debate to bed, once and for all. (But c’mon, trailing commas are obviously way better, right?) - Mode Blog
CODE SNIFF
Are Your Coding Skills Good Enough for a Data Science Job?
Here are five things to check to make sure your code is... up to code. - Towards Data Science
SIM CITY
3DPeople Dataset
The first large scale dataset of dressed humans with 3D clothes. It contains approximately two million frames of 80 people performing 70 actions. - 3DPeople Dataset
INSIDE LOOK
Observability for Data Engineering
Standard monitoring tools don’t cut it because data pipelines behave very differently than software applications and infrastructure. - Databand
LIGHTBULB MOMENT
Predictive Mapping of the Global Power System Using Open Data
Where in the world are all the electrical power lines? - Nature