Kafka Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and Telegraf
A modern guide to Kafka monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and Telegraf, including the Kafka metrics, consumer signals, and infrastructure checks that matter in production.
2019-02-26 · 9 min
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Production patterns for AI agents, RAG pipelines, data infrastructure, and MLOps. No theory-only posts — every article comes from a real deployment.
Chart Choice Guide: How to Choose the Right Chart Type
A practical chart choice guide for choosing the right chart type based on the analytical question, data shape, and the risk of misleading the reader.
2019-02-22 · 6 min
Data Science in Travel: 7 AI and Analytics Use Cases
A practical guide to data science in the travel industry, covering AI and analytics use cases such as pricing, personalization, forecasting, support, and disruption response.
2019-02-11 · 6 min
Data Science in Telecom: 10 AI and Analytics Use Cases
A practical guide to data science in telecom, covering AI and analytics use cases such as churn prediction, fraud detection, network optimization, pricing, and field operations.
2019-01-29 · 9 min
Top 10 Technology Trends
A 2026 editorial refresh of the old 2019 trend list, focusing on which technology themes proved durable and which ones matter most now.
2019-01-14 · 11 min
Comparison of the Text Distance Metrics
A refreshed guide to classical and modern text similarity approaches, from edit distance and token overlap to embeddings and hybrid retrieval.
2019-01-03 · 8 min
Data Science in Media and Entertainment: 9 Use Cases
A practical guide to data science in media and entertainment, covering use cases such as personalization, churn reduction, monetization, forecasting, and audience intelligence.
2018-12-21 · 8 min
Speech Processing APIs Compared: Speech-to-Text, TTS, and Voice AI
A practical comparison of speech processing APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, streaming transcription, customization, and modern voice AI workloads.
2018-12-11 · 12 min
Data Science for Managers [Mindmap]
An executive-friendly guide to the main branches of data science and how managers should think about the field, supported by a mindmap.
2018-08-16 · 5 min
Computer Vision API Comparison: Top Cloud Vision Services
A practical comparison of top cloud computer vision APIs and vision services, focused on fit, tradeoffs, and when to use a managed API instead of custom models.
2018-08-10 · 9 min
Text Processing APIs Compared: Google, AWS, Azure, and IBM
A 2026 comparison of text processing APIs across Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, and IBM, covering sentiment analysis, entity extraction, translation, customization, and platform fit.
2018-08-02 · 11 min
U.S. Startups Locations Analysis
A refreshed take on how to analyze startup geography, using the original state-level study as a historical example of location-based exploratory analysis.
2018-07-26 · 7 min