Date: October 2023 Opinions expressed in this post are solely my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer. One of the techniques to improve performance of Large Language Models is fine-tuning them to perform a very specific task. Fine-tuning offers the advantage of enhancing a…

Date: September 2023 Vector databases play a crucial role in developing modern LLM applications with Retrieval Augmented Generation framework. In this post, I will show you how we can run an OSS vector database, Weaviate, within Snowflake using Snowpark Container Services (currently in Private Preview) within Snowflake’s security perimeter. …

Date: July 2023 Opinions expressed in this post are solely my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer. When looking at supply chain logistics for retailers, we are seeing a few key themes: After the pandemic, online shopping has increased drastically. This increase in demand…

Date: April 2023 Opinions expressed in this post are solely my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer. Large Language Models (LLMs), such as GPT-4 and Llama (and many others), are revolutionizing the world, with a huge potential to transform software engineering, business applications, and…

Measuring Sales Lift Advertisers use “sales lift,” estimating the increase in sales that results from a specific advertisement, to measure the effectiveness of a specific advertising campaign. …

Date: December 2022 Opinions expressed in this post are solely my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer. Snowflake announced a strategic partnership with Cybersyn back in August 2022. As a partner, Cybersyn offers data products in the Snowflake Marketplace (SMP) that will be exclusively…

Date: November 2022 Opinions expressed in this post are solely my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer. As of Nov 2022, Snowpark is officially Generally Available and Snowpark optimized WHs are in Public Preview. And of course, during the week of Coalesce, dbt Labs…

Date: September 2022 Opinions expressed in this post are solely my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer. Snowpark Python has been in Public Preview since June 2022 (expected to be Generally Available for production use in a couple of months). As Snowpark Python developer…

Date: August 20, 2022 Opinions expressed in this post are solely my own and do not represent the views or opinions of my employer. A couple of months ago, I published a Medium article on how to execute Snowpark Python in dbt using fal.ai. Since then, Snowpark Python has become…