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2026  27

September  1

Survival or Creative: How to Build Your First AI Agent on Oracle Without Ever Having Opened the Console

September 8, 2026 · 10 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

August  3

Pawn, Rook, Queen: How to Field the Right Model for Each Agent

August 21, 2026 · 10 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

What How to Train Your Dragon Taught Me About Prompt, Context, Harness, and Loop Engineering

August 19, 2026 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

What Tony Stark’s Hall of Armor Taught Me About the Math Nobody Does: Tokens per Claude Subscription

August 17, 2026 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

July  3

AI Sycophancy: What WandaVision Taught Me About the AI That Always Agrees With You

July 27, 2026 · 7 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

What the Spider-Verse Taught Me About Taking Claude Skills to Microsoft Foundry

July 17, 2026 · 7 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

What Batman’s Protocols Taught Me About Business Intelligence Inside Claude

July 13, 2026 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

June  4

Rayfin: The Missing Mechanic to Get Your Car on the Podium

June 22, 2026 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

The Brain Behind the Magic: How Anthropic Turned Claude into the Professor Xavier of Analytics

June 8, 2026 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Microsoft Scout: The R2-D2 That Will Change the Way You Work

June 5, 2026 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Microsoft Build 2026: A New Hope for the Era of Autonomous Agents

June 3, 2026 · 11 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

May  2

Loki Didn’t Ask for Permission. A Technical Analysis of Claude vs OpenAI in Enterprise Data Projects.

May 18, 2026 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Gambit’s Cards: How Prompt Caching Can Cut the Cost of Your Claude Solutions by Up to 90%

May 5, 2026 · 10 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

April  6

What Cyclops and Jean Grey Taught Me About Claude Design and Claude Code

April 28, 2026 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Beast Didn’t Build Cerebro in a Day: The Evolutionary Journey with Claude Managed Agents

April 20, 2026 · 7 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Storm Didn’t Have to Learn to Fly to Control the Weather: How to Use VS Code with Claude Without Being a Developer

April 16, 2026 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

The Art of Transformation: How to Write Claude Code Skills with Mystique’s Precision

April 14, 2026 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Wolverine and Claude: Two Warriors Without Memory That Nobody Wants to Face

April 9, 2026 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Code Mutants: Understanding Git and GitHub Copilot with the X-Men

April 2, 2026 · 7 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

March  2

AI’s Universal Badge: Understanding MCP with Agent Tuco

March 18, 2026 · 5 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Databricks Lakebase: The Definitive Guide to the New Era of Operational Data and AI Agents

March 3, 2026 · 18 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

February  3

The Force Awakens: From Data Engineer to AI Data Engineer in 90 Days with AWS

February 24, 2026 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

The Leap of Faith: From Data Engineer to AI Engineer in 90 Days in the Microsoft Ecosystem

February 20, 2026 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Microsoft Foundry: The Film Studio of the New Era of Artificial Intelligence

February 19, 2026 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

January  3

From ETL to ETL-A: The Rise of Autonomous Pipelines and the Future of Data Engineering

January 21, 2026 · 10 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

The Floor Plan of Software: Demystifying Function Point Analysis

January 8, 2026 · 10 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

AI Data Engineer: The Evolution of the Data Engineer in the Age of Intelligent Agents

January 7, 2026 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

2025  40

November  3

Fabric IQ: The End of the Tower of Babel in Enterprise Data

November 27, 2025 · 10 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Microsoft Fabric at Ignite 2025: The Complete Guide to What’s New

November 25, 2025 · 12 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

From the Traditional Approach to AI-Centric: The Digital Transformation Journey as a Smart City

November 3, 2025 · 7 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

October  2

Migrating Data Like Moving House: Which Strategy Should You Choose?

October 17, 2025 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Microsoft Agent Framework: Becoming an AI Pokemon Master

October 3, 2025 · 15 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

September  4

Microsoft Power Platform: The Easter Egg of Low-Code Technology

September 29, 2025 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Azure AI Search: Your Corporate Digital British Library

September 19, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Building a Data Skyscraper: How to Ensure Quality in Your BI

September 18, 2025 · 7 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Mission to Mars: How to Protect Your Data Pipelines with the Precision of Aerospace Engineering

September 16, 2025 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

August  2

La Traviata of Data: The Tragic Opera of How Fabric Failed to Win the Market

August 25, 2025 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Databricks One: The Superman of Data Has Arrived to Democratize the Power of Information

August 14, 2025 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

July  4

The Digital Orchestra: When AI Agents Learn to Play Together

July 24, 2025 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Grandma HR’s Apple Pie: How to Build a Resume Screening Agent in Azure AI Foundry

July 18, 2025 · 10 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

The Fabric Hero’s Complete Arsenal: New Powers and Gear for July 2025

July 16, 2025 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

The New Digital Office: How AI Agents Became the Company’s Most Efficient Employees

July 1, 2025 · 19 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

June  1

The Perfect Blueprint for Analytics on Azure: Building Solid Solutions with the Well-Architected Review

June 6, 2025 · 10 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

May  11

Spark Land 4.0: The Data Amusement Park Has Just Opened Its Gates

May 29, 2025 · 14 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

The Chef’s Kit for Data: How Databricks Asset Bundles Transform Project Deployment

May 22, 2025 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Back to the Future of Pipelines: How the Azure Data Factory DeLorean Now Travels Straight to the World of Databricks Jobs

May 19, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

The Expanding Databricks Universe: The New Constellations of May 2025

May 19, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

VIP Security in Fabric: your workspace now runs like an international airport

May 12, 2025 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Scrooge McDuck Is Changing His Mind, and It Has Everything to Do with Real Estate Tokenization and Databricks

May 10, 2025 · 5 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Azure Databricks SQL Pipe Syntax: Master the Elements of Your Query Like an Avatar!

May 9, 2025 · 5 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

When Game Characters Learn to Talk: Microsoft’s A2A World, Wreck-It Ralph Style

May 8, 2025 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Microsoft Fabric Presents: The Full April Buffet! Come Taste What’s New!

May 7, 2025 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Monsters, Inc.: No More Ingestion Scares! Azure Databricks Opens Magic Doors to Salesforce and Workday with Lakeflow Connect!

May 5, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Holy Upgrade, Batman! Robin (Your F2 SKU) Now Has Access to Copilot’s Gadgets in Fabric!

May 1, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

April  3

Planning the Perfect Barbecue: How the Microsoft Fabric SKU Estimator Keeps You from Getting It Wrong

April 24, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

To Infinity and Beyond… Data! Explaining Microsoft Fabric to a Child

April 22, 2025 · 5 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

How to Migrate from SAS to Microsoft Fabric: An Irresistible 2-Layer Banoffee Recipe

April 19, 2025 · 5 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

February  3

Streaming in Microsoft Fabric: The Production Line of the Future

February 13, 2025 · 7 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

DBT: The Personal Trainer That Turns Your Data into Elite Athletes

February 10, 2025 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Azure Databricks Delta Sharing and the Data Buffet: Pick, Serve Yourself, and Analyze!

February 6, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

January  7

The Egyptian Gods and Artificial Intelligence: How to Build an LLM on Azure Databricks with RAG, Fine-Tuning and MosaicML

January 31, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Azure Databricks DQX: The Doctor Strange of Your Data Pipeline, Protecting the Multiverse of Quality!

January 20, 2025 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Like a Well-Organized Beehive: Exploring Azure Databricks Clusters

January 15, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Azure Databricks and WatsonX.data in the Heroes’ Arena: Who Comes Out on Top?

January 13, 2025 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

How to Modernize COBOL Processes with Azure Databricks: A Pavê Recipe with a JCL Example Using PCICDIT and a VSAM Input File

January 10, 2025 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

How to migrate from SAS to Azure Databricks: A foolproof two-step recipe

January 9, 2025 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Turn Your Pipelines into Superheroes: The 5 Villains That Sabotage Your Data Journey and How to Beat Them with Azure Databricks

January 9, 2025 · 5 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

2024  20

December  1

The Lost World - Rescuing the Lost Art of Dimensional Modeling: A Practical Guide

December 12, 2024 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

October  2

Rub the Lamp and Get Insights: A Guide to AI/BI Genie on Azure Databricks

October 21, 2024 · 11 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

From Zero to Bronze: How to Build a Notebook Without Coding Using Azure Databricks Assistant AI

October 9, 2024 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

September  1

May the Analytical Force Be with You: Exploring Databricks Star Wars Style

September 23, 2024 · 21 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

July  11

Clash of the Titans: Databricks vs. Snowflake in the Mortal Data Battle

July 30, 2024 · 11 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Data Analytics on Scorched Earth: The Decline of Azure Synapse?

July 26, 2024 · 2 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Demystifying Databricks Unity Catalog: Simplifying Data Governance and Auditing

July 18, 2024 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Microsoft Fabric: Pause, Resume, and Scale a Capacity with a Fabric Data Factory Pipeline

July 15, 2024 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Exploring New Horizons: Transform Your Organization with Data Mesh on Microsoft Fabric

July 12, 2024 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Connected Future: Unity Catalog and Microsoft Fabric Working Together

July 10, 2024 · 5 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Integrating Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric: A Meeting of Giants! - Part IV - Extending with V-ORDERED

July 8, 2024 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Integrating Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric: A Meeting of Giants! - Part III - Adding the OneLake Gold Layer

July 5, 2024 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Integrating Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric: A Meeting of Giants! - Part II - Adding a Reporting and Analytics Layer

July 4, 2024 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Integrating Azure Databricks and Microsoft Fabric: A Meeting of Giants! - Part I

July 2, 2024 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Advanced SQL Queries You Should Know

July 2, 2024 · 12 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

June  1

How to Calculate the Real Cost of Azure Databricks SQL Warehouse Instances

June 29, 2024 · 7 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

May  2

Databricks SQL and Dimensional Modeling: Optimizing Your Data Warehouse

May 23, 2024 · 5 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Best Practices for Using Data Fabric Workspaces + Git

May 20, 2024 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

April  2

Databricks Lakehouse Federation: Exploring Practical Examples

April 25, 2024 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Databricks Lakehouse Federation: An Alternative to Zero ETL?

April 24, 2024 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

2023  7

October  2

🚀 Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) in Azure Data Factory! 🔁✨

October 12, 2023 · 2 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Databricks: Best Practices for Managing Bronze, Silver and Gold (Medallion Architecture)

October 5, 2023 · 8 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

September  3

🔵✨ Azure Data Factory and Azure Databricks Best Practices ✨🔵

September 29, 2023 · 2 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Hands-on with Microsoft Fabric: A Beginner’s Guide (Part 1)

September 22, 2023 · 9 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

🚀 Key Differences Between Azure Synapse and Databricks

September 21, 2023 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

June  1

Databricks Tip: How to Track Where Each Record Came From, File by File - input_file_name()

June 22, 2023 · 1 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

May  1

Azure Synapse Analytics vs Microsoft Fabric: How About Another Migration Project?

May 30, 2023 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

2020  5

June  4

How to Optimize SQL Queries: A Pocket Guide to Data “Tuning”

June 26, 2020 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

How to Use Dynamic SQL in BigQuery with EXECUTE IMMEDIATE

June 18, 2020 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Big Data Architecture: Choose the Right Plumbing for Your Pipelines

June 15, 2020 · 2 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

Data Pipelines - Is Your Company’s Plumbing Carrying Clean Water or Sewage?

June 12, 2020 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

April  1

Big Data: On Premise vs Cloud Computing - A Market View and a Starter Study Guide

April 9, 2020 · 2 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

2019  1

April  1

Databricks: The Swiss Army Knife of Your Big Data Platform

April 23, 2019 · 4 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

2017  5

September  1

Afraid of Bees? Tips and Tricks for Apache Hive

September 27, 2017 · 1 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

August  1

Taming the Elephant - Key Hadoop Commands for Managing HDFS

August 24, 2017 · 2 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

April  1

A DW on Hadoop? How to model your Star Schema for HDFS

April 7, 2017 · 6 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

February  2

NoSQL Databases: What Do You Mean There’s No Query?

February 17, 2017 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes

What you need to know about Big Data so you don’t embarrass yourself at the coffee machine?

February 14, 2017 · 3 min · Juliana Maria Lopes