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Snowflake's Matt Nunn explains why effective AI starts with effective data preparation, from ingestion and transformation through semantic context, storage, enrichment and secure consumption.

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A practical guide to how databases work, covering schema design, SQL, indexing, transactions, concurrency, caching, pagination, and database selection.

Space and Time CTO Scott Dykstra discusses how Proof of SQL lets smart contracts query verified Ethereum data in under a second, where AI agents are already using onchain data to gate trades, and why ...

Relational databases enforce schemas and ACID properties for data integrity, while non-relational databases offer flexible data models for unstructured content and rapid schema evolution at scale.

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How did Europeans build enormous, complex cathedrals before they had advanced mathematics? Although medieval master builders could not do complex calculations, they had extensive experience in applied ...