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Building a Modern Data Lakehouse on AWS: S3, Iceberg, Glue, Athena, and Lake Formation

The data lakehouse has become the default architecture for analytics on AWS in 2026. It combines the best of both worlds: the low-cost, schema-flexible storage of a data lake (S3) with the…

• AWS data lakehouse merges data lake and warehouse capabilities on S3
• Apache Iceberg provides SQL capabilities to S3 files with ACID transactions
• AWS Lake Formation offers governance, access control, and audit trails

2h ago ·dev.to

Explaining Excel's XLOOKUP Like a Detective

Story 🕵️♂️ published: true tags: excel, data, tutorial, productivity Let's face it: staring at spreadsheet syntax like =XLOOKUP(lookup_value, lookup_array, return_array) is boring.

• XLOOKUP function simplifies data analysis in Excel
• Breaks down into three key inputs: lookupvalue, lookuparray, returnarray
• More flexible than older VLOOKUP function

2h ago ·dev.to

I audited 99 resume templates for contrast. Nine rendered the candidate's name invisible.

I run a resume builder with 99 templates. A user said the designs looked "basic", so I wrote a script to measure them instead of arguing about taste. The script did not find a taste problem.

• Nine resume templates made candidate names invisible
• Contrast ratio of 1.0 made text unreadable
• Fix involved resolving colors at render time

2h ago ·dev.to

First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet

Kaspersky researchers have linked the malware to the BadBox botnet, which has ensnared millions of devices. The post First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet appeared first on…

2h ago ·securityweek.com