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⚙️ Anthropic brings Claude Code to the browser
🦾Plus: 💥 AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat
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In today's edition: What's Shaping the Future of Data?
🎯Things To Consider When Hiring A Data Scientist
💻Building Pure Python Web Apps with Reflex
🏗️Microsoft Fabric vs. Open Source Alternatives for a Data Platform
🤖 Agentic coding is now free for everyone
💥 AWS outage took down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
💫 Meta’s ‘Vibes’ feature drives user surge
💡 AI Tutorial:How to turn your ideas into stunning motion graphics
🤖 AI Tools and Data Tools to checkout
Anthropic just introduced Claude Code on the web in research preview, allowing developers to code directly from browsers instead of in a terminal — with the agentic assistant also able to handle multiple tasks at once in the cloud. Users can connect GitHub repositories and assign tasks, with the coding assistant able to run several instances at once with real-time progress tracking.
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As organizations increasingly rely on advanced analytics and modeling to improve decision-making, the demand for skilled data scientists has skyrocketed. However, you need to do a bit of research before recruiting and hiring these in-demand professionals for your company.
When we talk about Python, we often think about using it to perform data analysis or build a machine learning model. It’s less common to discuss creating full web applications with Python outside of simple prototypes using libraries such as Streamlit or Taipy.
One community member is building a new data platform using Microsoft Fabric and while it seems promising they realized many features are still in beta and aren’t fully reliable yet. This led them to the question whether or not to fully commit to Fabric or consider switching parts of or their entire stack to open source.
Amp Code is now available in a free tier that trades your training data and shows you targeted ads in exchange for unlimited agentic coding with frontier models. The catch: you can't choose which model you get (they're sourcing discounted tokens across providers), and your code becomes training fodder.
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👨💻 Data Tools, Libraries
docker-pgautoupgrade
A PostgreSQL Docker container that automatically upgrades your database.
Lets-Plot
An open-source plotting library for statistical data.
pg_embedding
Hierarchical Navigable Small World (HNSW) algorithm for vector similarity search in PostgreSQL.
dt
duct tape for your unix pipes.
AI News:
A widespread Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage disrupted major platforms including Amazon, Alexa, Snapchat, Fortnite, and ChatGPT for several hours early Monday. The issue began in the US-EAST-1 region and was traced to an internal DNS failure within AWS’s EC2 network. Amazon confirmed recovery steps were applied, and most services have since stabilized.
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Data shows Meta AI's mobile app has seen a major increase in engagement with it daily active users jumping to 2.7M as of October 17, up from roughly 775,000 just four weeks prior, while daily app installs have climbed to 300,000. The growth spike aligns with the launch of its "Vibes" feed in September, which introduced short-form AI-generated videos to the app
Anthropic on Monday announced Claude for Life Sciences, a new offering for researchers to use the company’s artificial intelligence technology in the advancement of scientific discovery. Claude for Life Sciences is built around Anthropic’s existing AI models, but supports new connections with other scientific tools that are commonly used in labs during research and development.
OpenAI just released a joint statement alongside actor Bryan Cranston, major Hollywood agencies, and the SAG-AFTRA union, saying it will ‘strengthen guardrails’ on Sora 2 over replication of celebrity’s likenesses and voices. Cranston found AI videos of himself circulating on Sora 2, including one showing him taking selfies with Michael Jackson — despite never opting in.
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AI Tutorial
How to turn your ideas into stunning motion graphics
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Pro Tip: You can create everything from data visualizations and route maps to animated data charts and explainer visuals — all with simple text prompts.
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