Not just a buzzword — The architecture of data is not just a technical architecture but is also an organizational structure, therefore, making it a key factor for building any data empire. Over time there have been introduced different types of architectures, always with the aim of covering the gaps with the ideal solution: we…

The real deal — In an ideal world, the gap between theory and practice is not big or at least not of big impact on the lifecycle of a project. However, in the real world, in particular when working with data, one knows that is not true. Data storage, especially for data stored over…

a tale of silliness: the Christmas movies marathon 🎄🎅🎄 — I like to think there are two types of people on this earth: those who have the Christmas spirit and those who pretend to be Grinch. From the date of this post, it’s quite easy to deduce in which category I belong. We could blame it on the second lockdown…

It is about coding too — If we were to bring Data Science (DS) down to three components we would get algorithms, programming and domain knowledge. The importance of these three components might not be equal; take domain knowledge for example, while it is fundamental to build something useful it is also tightly related to the…

There is a scene in Call me by your name almost at the start of the movie where everyone is having breakfast and when Mafalda notices how much Oliver likes the soft-boiled egg prepared for him and offers him another one. His answer to that is “I know myself too…

The most unexpected realizations — Whenever I am on a boat I have this habit of spending the first moments looking back at land as it looks more distant with the time that passes and then at some point, when I feel satisfied with that, I look the other way, where usually the sea and…

Tips on working from home The above picture is my current working space; the map hanging on the wall is now nothing other than a reminder of the current situation and how all other countries might go down the same road as Italy, the plant on the left is one…