# Data Engineering Weekly #281

DevFeed: [Data Engineering Weekly #281](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/data-engineering-weekly-281-18261.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.dataengineeringweekly.com/p/data-engineering-weekly-281>)

Author: Ananth Packkildurai

Published: 2026-08-03T12:34:40Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Data Engineering Weekly](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/data-engineering-weekly.md>)

Topics: [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-engineering.md>), [AI, ML & Data Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-ml-data-engineering.md>), [Loop Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/loop-engineering.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>), [post-training](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/post-training.md>)

Tags: [agent-harness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-harness.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-engineering.md>), [feature-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature-engineering.md>), [genai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/genai.md>), [netflix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netflix.md>), [newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/newsletter.md>), [post-training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-training.md>), [weekly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/weekly.md>)

## AI overview

Data Engineering Weekly #281 covers building data platforms, emerging approaches to AI workflow architecture, data modernization, Netflix's GenRec recommendation system, AI infrastructure modernization, and evaluation practices for generative AI at scale.

## Source excerpt

The Weekly Data Engineering Newsletter