https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/tags/costs/Recent content in Costs on Ahead of the AIHugoen-USTue, 08 Sep 2026 15:55:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/survival-or-creative-build-your-first-ai-agent-on-oracle/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:55:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/survival-or-creative-build-your-first-ai-agent-on-oracle/Anyone who has played Minecraft knows the first decision in the game isn’t about where to build. It’s about which mode to play.https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/pawn-rook-queen-how-to-field-the-right-model-for-each-agent/Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:00:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/pawn-rook-queen-how-to-field-the-right-model-for-each-agent/Every chess player learns a table early on and carries it for life: a pawn is worth 1, knight and bishop are worth 3, a rook is worth 5, the queen is worth 9. 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Nobody sees Hank McCoy, the Beast, working on the systems underneath. But he’s the one who designed Cerebro. He’s the one who keeps the Danger Room…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/storm-didnt-learn-to-fly-vs-code-with-claude-without-being-a-developer/Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:30:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/storm-didnt-learn-to-fly-vs-code-with-claude-without-being-a-developer/There’s a belief in the data world that few people question: the IDE is developer territory. VS Code, with its folders, files, and terminal, would be a hostile environment for anyone who doesn’t write code every day.https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/art-of-transformation-how-to-write-claude-code-skills/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:50:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/art-of-transformation-how-to-write-claude-code-skills/Mystique isn’t the strongest mutant. She doesn’t have Wolverine’s adamantium, Xavier’s telepathy, or Cyclops’s optic blasts. What she has is something rarer: the ability to do the most with the least.https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/wolverine-and-claude-two-warriors-without-memory/Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:51:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/wolverine-and-claude-two-warriors-without-memory/Have you ever tried to explain to an executive why an AI model doesn’t remember the previous conversation? The answer isn’t in Anthropic’s technical documentation. It’s in the Weapon X Program.https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/databricks-lakebase-definitive-guide-operational-data-and-ai-agents/Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:31:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/databricks-lakebase-definitive-guide-operational-data-and-ai-agents/Databricks Lakebase represents a significant evolution in data architecture, specifically in the domain of OLTP (Online Transactional Processing) databases. It isn’t just another database…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/microsoft-foundry-the-film-studio-of-the-new-era-of-ai/Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:29:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/microsoft-foundry-the-film-studio-of-the-new-era-of-ai/Picture Microsoft Foundry as a big film studio dedicated to producing AI movies. Instead of projectors, cameras, and scripts, it offers tools, models, and infrastructure to turn ideas into…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/from-etl-to-etl-a-the-rise-of-autonomous-pipelines/Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:30:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/from-etl-to-etl-a-the-rise-of-autonomous-pipelines/Imagine you need to get from point A to point B. A few decades ago, your only option was a car with a manual transmission, demanding full attention to every gear change and every move in traffic. Over time…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/migrating-data-like-moving-house-which-strategy-to-choose/Fri, 17 Oct 2025 15:59:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/migrating-data-like-moving-house-which-strategy-to-choose/In the world of technology, few tasks are as critical and delicate as data migration. Whether to modernize systems, adopt the cloud or consolidate platforms, moving data from one place to another is a…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/la-traviata-of-data-how-fabric-failed-to-win-the-market/Mon, 25 Aug 2025 14:21:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/la-traviata-of-data-how-fabric-failed-to-win-the-market/In May 2023, Microsoft announced Microsoft Fabric as a revolutionary solution to unify every analytical workload on a single platform. The promise was ambitious: lakehouse, data warehouse…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/grandma-hr-apple-pie-resume-screening-agent-azure-ai-foundry/Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:11:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/grandma-hr-apple-pie-resume-screening-agent-azure-ai-foundry/Remember your grandma’s apple pie? That special recipe that took hours to make, but always came out perfect? The modern Human Resources department faces a similar dilemma: how to keep the…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/the-new-digital-office-how-ai-agents-became-the-most-efficient-employees/Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:09:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/the-new-digital-office-how-ai-agents-became-the-most-efficient-employees/Imagine an office where the employees never get tired, work 24 hours a day, are always learning and carry out tasks with surgical precision. 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It was like…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/scrooge-mcduck-changing-his-mind-real-estate-tokenization-databricks/Sat, 10 May 2025 22:19:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/scrooge-mcduck-changing-his-mind-real-estate-tokenization-databricks/For decades, Scrooge McDuck was the ultimate symbol of concentrated wealth. Owner of a colossal fortune, he preferred to keep his money in a giant vault where he could literally swim in gold coins. Only he…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/azure-databricks-delta-sharing-and-the-data-buffet/Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:11:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/azure-databricks-delta-sharing-and-the-data-buffet/Imagine a world where sharing data between companies is as simple as opening a delivery app and ordering your favorite meal. Instead of complicated processes, slow transfers, and worries…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/like-a-well-organized-beehive-exploring-azure-databricks-clusters/Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:45:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/like-a-well-organized-beehive-exploring-azure-databricks-clusters/Databricks is a robust platform for processing and analyzing large volumes of data, supporting workloads that range from data engineering to data science and business analytics. One of the…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/azure-databricks-and-watsonx-data-in-the-heroes-arena/Mon, 13 Jan 2025 13:30:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/azure-databricks-and-watsonx-data-in-the-heroes-arena/In recent years, the need for robust platforms to analyze large volumes of data has become clear for companies looking to become more data-driven. Two of the most talked-about solutions…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/the-lost-world-rescuing-lost-art-of-dimensional-modeling-practical-guide/Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:38:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/the-lost-world-rescuing-lost-art-of-dimensional-modeling-practical-guide/With the rise of cloud data storage, working with data has become far more accessible, in terms of both time and cost. Tools such as Databricks and Microsoft Fabric have helped break down those…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/may-the-analytical-force-be-with-you-exploring-databricks-star-wars-style/Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:56:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/may-the-analytical-force-be-with-you-exploring-databricks-star-wars-style/In recent years, Databricks has established itself as a powerful platform, much like the Force that guides the Jedi on their missions, helping companies accelerate their data and analytics projects. Just as the union between the…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/clash-of-the-titans-databricks-vs-snowflake-in-the-mortal-data-battle/Tue, 30 Jul 2024 15:00:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/clash-of-the-titans-databricks-vs-snowflake-in-the-mortal-data-battle/Databricks and Snowflake are two big names in cloud data solutions. Both platforms have been key to helping companies generate value from their internal and external data assets. Each platform…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/how-to-calculate-real-cost-azure-databricks-sql-warehouse-instances/Sat, 29 Jun 2024 22:21:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/how-to-calculate-real-cost-azure-databricks-sql-warehouse-instances/Shall we learn how to calculate the cost of SQL Warehouse instances in Microsoft Azure Databricks the easy way? Then follow along with this article.https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/azure-synapse-analytics-vs-microsoft-fabric-another-migration-project/Tue, 30 May 2023 17:44:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/azure-synapse-analytics-vs-microsoft-fabric-another-migration-project/In May 2023, Microsoft announced Microsoft Fabric. This new solution extends the integration promise made in Azure Synapse Analytics to cover every analytics workload, and it can be used…https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/big-data-architecture-choose-the-right-plumbing-for-your-pipelines/Mon, 15 Jun 2020 16:40:00 +0000https://julianamarialop.github.io/en/articles/big-data-architecture-choose-the-right-plumbing-for-your-pipelines/Last week, I wrote an article about data pipelines (check it out here) covering the main characteristics of a robust and optimized build, ideally using a…