Essential Tools and Tech Stack for FDEs
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As an FDE, you need comfort with a wide range of tools:
Languages
- Python - The universal glue language
- SQL - You will write more SQL than you expect
- JavaScript/TypeScript - Frontend work and quick dashboards
- Bash - Deployment scripts and automation
Data and Infrastructure
- Docker - Containerize everything
- Terraform/Pulumi - Infrastructure as code
- Airflow/Prefect - Pipeline orchestration
- Spark/Databricks - Large-scale data processing
Client-Facing
- Jupyter Notebooks - Showing work to clients
- Streamlit/Gradio - Quick demo apps
What is in YOUR toolkit? What tools do you wish existed?
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