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The Mindset Shift: Data Cleaning in Data Science vs. Data Engineering

I could have written about another tool I’ve picked up on my data engineering journey, but I found something a bit more fundamental.

• Core objective differs: analysis in data science vs. reliability in data engineering
• Handling nulls depends on context: field importance and downstream system requirements
• Transition from manual inspection to automated data quality checks in pipelines

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The Shopkeeper Who Never Gets a Break

Walk into any small shop in India — a kirana store, a general store, a corner medical shop — and you'll notice something. The owner is doing five things at once.

• Shop owner juggles multiple tasks without assistance
• Dukaan Mitra, voice agent, operates like shop assistant
• Agent learns to ask permission before acting independently

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How to Generate OG Images at Scale: A Developer's Guide

How to Generate OG Images at Scale: A Developer's Guide The link preview is the first thing people see before they click.

• Client-side generation fails with dynamic content
• Server-side rendering is reliable approach
• Five-stage pipeline: URL design, template registry, rendering, caching, security

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Why You Need Rate Limiting for MCP Servers (And How to Do It)

Without proper controls for how many times an Agent/LLM can hit an MCP Server, you open yourself up to potential DOS attacks, memory hogging, insane API bills, and server/system overload.

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