Kostas Pardalis

Kostas Pardalis @cpard

About: Engineer, Founder and always curious. Currently building typedef.ai, ex-Starburst Data, ex-Rudderstack, ex-Blendo.

Location:
Bay Area, California
Joined:
Jan 30, 2023

Kostas Pardalis
articles - 10 total

DX UX = U DX UX =

User Experience is primarily concerned about guiding the user to a desired outcome in the most...

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Why you should keep an eye on Apache DataFusion and its community.

On June 24, 2025, the first San Francisco Bay Area DataFusion meetup happened. I had the opportunity...

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A glimpse into the future of data processing infrastructure.

Three weeks ago, VeloxCon took place in San Jose. The event was a great opportunity for people who...

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WTF is a Vector Database?

It’s obviously a database, right? 😄 but how is it different from whatever you’ve heard until now that...

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MLOps is 98% Data Engineering

MLOps is Mostly Data Engineering 💡 TL;DR MLOps emerged as a new category of tools for...

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What is a Data Contract?

You might have started hearing the term Data Contract recently and wonder what it is. TL;DR: Data...

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A Tutorial on SQL Window Functions.

Working with SQL Window Functions 💡 TL;DR: Window functions are among the most powerful...

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A Practical Guide to SQL Dates with DuckDB.

A pragmatic guide on working with dates in SQL using DuckDB Ok so we talked on how SQL...

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Introduction to SQL Timestamp, Date and Time Data Types.

TL;DR: Working with Time in SQL is one of the most common tasks that people are seeking help for....

Learn More 1 0Feb 21 '23

Adding a new data type to a sql query engine (Trino)

Introduction In this post I want to take you through a journey that starts with Github...

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