Recently I blogged about loading F1 Historical Data into Snowflake. The first time I downloaded the related .csv-files from Kaggle. In a consecutive post I loaded the data directly using the Kaggle API. From .csv to Snowflake From Kaggle to Snowflake This time I am going to use the Ergast…

In a previous blogpost I showed how to load .csv-files into Snowflake. I downloaded these files manually from Kaggle. In this post I show you how to make use of the Kaggle API to remove the manual download part. Install Kaggle I have used Kaggle in a Anaconda environment. Therefore I have…

Last week I was attending the Snowflake ❄️ Data for Champions. A restart of the Dutch Snowflake UserGroup. This first live session in a long time was a fireside chat with consultants from Eneco, Booking.com and Picnic about what it takes to build a “Data Culture in the Modern Enterprise”…

Last week I wrote a post about Streamlit as a result of a Python Essentials training. I really liked the training so it inspired me to try some things out. Recently I was working on a sample database I can use in several examples working with Snowflake. On Kaggle I…

Last week I followed a Python Essentials course at The School of Data Science in The Hague. At a certain point we discussed Streamlit. This open-source framework could be a potential Power BI killer when it comes to visualising data and interacting with data. …

Finding the right dataset for a demo can be a challenge. There are several locations where you can find datasets. Recently I found out about Knoema. On Knoema there is a wealth of datasets either to achieve for free or via a subscription. …

Wat doe jij nou precies voor werk? Deze vraag krijg ik regelmatig en ik merk dat ik dat een lastige vraag vind om te beantwoorden. Jij doet toch iets met computers? Nou ja, daar kan ik duidelijk over zijn. Mijn gereedschap is over het algemeen een laptop. Afhankelijk van mijn opdrachtgevers kan dat ook een vaste pc…

How does Gartner position various technology players in the Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform market? — February is that time of year when the Gartner Magic Quadrants are presented. As I can see from my own previous publications of the last years, these MQ’s always lead to a lot of commotion. Is my favourite tool included in the Magic Quadrant? Who’s in the Leaders quadrant? …

One of the benefits of being recognised as a Snowflake ❄️ Data Superhero is that I received one of the first hardcopy’s of; “Rise of the Data Cloud”. A book written by Snowflake’s CEO and Chairman Frank Slootman and freelance writer and video storyteller Stephen Hamm. This book covers; “How…