Name: Hands-On Data Engineering: From Zero to Billion-Row Analytics [IN-PERSON!]
Start: 2026-03-10T17:00:00.000Z
Location: Hotel Telegraphenamt

**Live Game Development Workshop - Aleksey Komissarov**
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​What if you could build a working game - with art, sound, and mechanics - without writing a single line of code by hand?

​In this live workshop, we'll do exactly that. Starting from a rough idea, we'll build a small 2D game from scratch - art, sound, music, mechanics - using Claude Code and a handful of AI tools, all in real time. No prior programming experience required. No frameworks. No setup hell. Just an idea, a conversation, and 90 minutes.

​But this isn't just a tech demo. We'll also talk honestly about what's actually happening when you "vibe code" - what you gain, what you lose, and why the shift from writing code to directing a creative process is harder and stranger than it looks.

​We'll cover:

* ​Setting up a vibe coding session: context, tools, and the right mindset
* ​Live game development with Claude Code — from concept to playable prototype
* ​Why specification matters more than syntax in the AI era
* ​Why you need to experience AI failures, not just hear about them
* ​How to stay in control when the machine moves faster than you think

​By the end, you'll have seen a real game built live, understand the actual workflow behind vibe coding, and have a clearer sense of where human judgment still matters most.

​*This workshop features Claude as a live voice co-instructor — not a tool in the background, but an active participant in the conversation.*
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**About the speaker:**
**Aleksey Komissarov** is a genomic bioinformatician, AI educator, and vibe coding practitioner with 20+ years of programming experience and a PhD in Genomics. He co-teaches "Programming in Natural Language" from 2024 — with Claude as a voice co-instructor — and recently published research on AI literacy and cognitive resistance to AI disempowerment. He builds things at the intersection of science, software, and human-AI collaboration, and lives in Berlin.

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​**Building Resilient, Real-Time Data Pipelines with Python and Apache Flink - Alexey Grigorev**
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​In this hands-on session, you’ll learn how to bridge the gap between batch processing and real-time engineering. While many data engineers are comfortable with SQL and Python, streaming introduces complex challenges like "lateness," out-of-order events, and state management.
We’ll show you how PyFlink handles these effortlessly.

​This session walks you through a complete end-to-end flow: producing mock event data into Red Panda, performing real-time windowed aggregations in Flink, and sinking the results into a PostgreSQL database for immediate analysis.

​**What You'll Learn**

* ​**The Streaming Mindset:** When to use continuous processing vs. micro-batches.
* ​**Architecture 2026:** Setting up a modernized stack with Red Panda, Flink, and Postgres.
* ​**Watermarks & Windows:** How to handle data from users "in a tunnel" using 2026 best practices.
* ​**Resiliency & Recovery:** Configuring Flink Checkpointing to ensure you never lose your place during a failure.
* ​**The Table API:** Using Python to write "SQL-like" transformations on live data streams.

​It will be a live demo with a fully working 2026 environment, practical troubleshooting tips for common Flink "stumbling blocks," and a chance to ask your questions. This workshop gives you a real feel for how stream processing is implemented in high-scale, real-world environments.
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​**​Alexey Grigorev** is the Founder of DataTalks.Club and creator of the Zoomcamp series.

​​Alexey is a seasoned software and ML engineer with over 10 years of engineering experience and 6+ years in machine learning. He has deployed large-scale ML systems at companies like OLX Group and Simplaex, authored several technical books, including Machine Learning Bookcamp, and is a Kaggle Master with a 1st place finish in the NIPS'17 Criteo Challenge.
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# Workshop: From Zero to 1 Billion Rows

Process 1 billion+ rows of real-world NHS prescription data with Exasol Personal.

Install the database, build a data pipeline with workflow orchestration, and create an AI-powered dashboard.

## Workshop Outline

* Configure Exasol Personal on AWS
* Build a reliable data ingestion pipeline
* Ingest 1B+ rows with data cleaning in staging
* Create data warehouse tables ready for analytics
* Build an AI-powered dashboard for instant analytics

Note: You need an AWS account with admin permissions if you want to install Exasol Personal yourself. Otherwise we will provide access to a pre-configured Exasol instance for your experiments during the workshop.

## Details

* Date: March 10, 2026
* Time: 18:00 (doors open earlier)
* Location: Hotel Telegraphenamt, Berlin

This workshop is part of Exasol Xperience 2026, an in-person gathering in Berlin for customers, prospects, and partners. The event offers customer success stories, use cases, panel discussions, and a chance to connect with the Exasol community. DataTalks.Club community members can attend the conference for free with code EXA-VIP-RDTC.
[https://www.exasol.com/events/exasol-xperience/registration/](https://www.exasol.com/events/exasol-xperience/registration/)

## Speaker

Alexey Grigorev - Founder of DataTalks.Club, principal data scientist, and creator of the Zoomcamp free course series. He teaches 100,000+ students worldwide and has 16+ years of software engineering experience.

This workshop is sponsored by Exasol. Thank you for supporting our community!

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