Data Intensive AI - Bartosz Mikulski

In this podcast episode, we talked with Bartosz Mikulski about Data Intensive AI.About the Speaker:Bartosz is an AI and data engineer. He specializes in moving AI projects from the good-enough-for-a-demo phase to production by building a testing infrastructure and fixing the issues detected by tests. On top of that, he teaches programmers and non-programmers how to use AI. He contributed one chapter to the book 97 Things Every Data Engineer Should Know, and he was a speaker at several conferences, including Data Natives, Berlin Buzzwords, and Global AI Developer Days. In this episode, we discuss Bartosz’s career journey, the importance of testing in data pipelines, and how AI tools like ChatGPT and Cursor are transforming development workflows. From prompt engineering to building Chrome extensions with AI, we dive into practical use cases, tools, and insights for anyone working in data-intensive AI projects. Whether you’re a data engineer, AI enthusiast, or just curious about the future of AI in tech, this episode offers valuable takeaways and real-world experiences.0:00 Introduction to Bartosz and his background4:00 Bartosz’s career journey from Java development to AI engineering9:05 The importance of testing in data engineering11:19 How to create tests for data pipelines13:14 Tools and approaches for testing data pipelines17:10 Choosing Spark for data engineering projects19:05 The connection between data engineering and AI tools21:39 Use cases of AI in data engineering and MLOps25:13 Prompt engineering techniques and best practices31:45 Prompt compression and caching in AI models33:35 Thoughts on DeepSeek and open-source AI models35:54 Using AI for lead classification and LinkedIn automation41:04 Building Chrome extensions with AI integration43:51 Comparing Cursor and GitHub Copilot for coding47:11 Using ChatGPT and Perplexity for AI-assisted tasks52:09 Hosting static websites and using AI for development54:27 How blogging helps attract clients and share knowledge58:15 Using AI to assist with writing and content creation🔗 CONNECT WITH BartoszLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikulskibartosz/ Github: https://github.com/mikulskibartoszWebsite: https://mikulskibartosz.name/blog/🔗 CONNECT WITH DataTalksClub Join the community - https://datatalks.club/slack.html Subscribe to our Google calendar to have all our events in your calendar - https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r?cid=ZjhxaWRqbnEwamhzY3A4ODA5azFlZ2hzNjBAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Check other upcoming events - https://lu.ma/dtc-events LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/datatalks-club/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/DataTalksClub Website - https://datatalks.club/