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Vector search quality and scaling are hard to get rightDatabasesDatabricks, Snowflake, Apache Spark, Apache Kafka, AWS, Lambda5d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issues, Hacker News+11 post in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (steady)
Apache Spark users keep filing bugsData engineeringApache Spark, PostgreSQL, AWS, DuckDB, Databricks4d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Critical work in Excel is fragile and manualAnalytics and BIExcel, PyPI, Polars4d activeSeen on Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub issues+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
AI tool plans, limits and pricing keep changingAI codingClaude, Claude Code, DeepSeek, Ollama, PostgreSQL, Supabase4d activeSeen on Reddit, Hacker News, GitHub issues+11 post in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (steady)
Model quality silently gets worse between versionsLLM appsCodex, Cursor, JetBrains, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud4d activeSeen on Hacker News, Bluesky, Reddit+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Microsoft Azure users keep filing bugsDevOps and infraMicrosoft Azure, Grafana, Databricks3d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
GPU access, drivers and CUDA versions are painfulMLOpsvLLM, GitHub, OpenAI, Qwen, Hugging Face, NVIDIA3d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Kubernetes is too complex for most teamsDevOps and infraKubernetes, Docker, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Apache Airflow, dbt3d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Bad data slips through Polars unnoticedData engineeringPolars2d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issuesUnverified+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
AI assistants lose context in large codebasesAI codingAWS, Terraform, LinkedIn2d activeSeen on Reddit, Hacker NewsUnverified+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Kubernetes permissions are confusing and error-proneDevOps and infraKubernetes, LinkedIn2d activeSeen on Reddit, BlueskyUnverified+11 post in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (steady)
Fine-tuning Gemini is costly and unpredictableMLOpsGemini, LM Studio, GitHub Copilot, Vertex AI, VS Code2d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issuesUnverified+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Databricks jobs fail silently or break oftenData engineeringDatabricks, BigQuery, Apache Airflow2d activeSeen on GitHub issues, RedditUnverified+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Data modeling choices are unclear and hard to changeData engineeringdbt2d activeSeen on RedditUnverified+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Databricks login, SSO or OAuth breaksDev toolingDatabricks, PyPI, Apache Kafka, Microsoft Azure2d activeSeen on Stack Overflow, RedditUnverified+11 post in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (steady)
Apache Airflow users keep filing bugsData engineeringApache Airflow, GitHub, Claude Code, dbt, PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka5d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Documentation is outdated, thin or confusingDev toolingAnthropic, OpenAI, Ollama, Codex, Lenovo, pandas4d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issues, Hacker News+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
GitHub Actions users keep asking for helpDevOps and infraGitHub Actions, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, Vercel, n8n5d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issues, Stack Overflow+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
GitHub outages and slowdowns disrupt workOutages and changeGitHub2d activeSeen on Hacker News, Reddit+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
Warehouse compute costs spiral out of controlCloud and tool costGemini, Model Context Protocol3d activeSeen on Lobsters, Reddit, GitHub issues+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
Critical work still runs on fragile spreadsheetsAnalytics and BISQL Server, Microsoft Azure, DuckDB, Excel, JetBrains, Polars3d activeSeen on Reddit, Hacker News+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Vendor support is slow or unhelpfulDev toolingInformatica, Polars2d activeSeen on Reddit, Hacker NewsUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (fading)
GitHub Copilot gives confidently wrong answersLLM appsGitHub Copilot, VS Code2d activeSeen on GitHub issues, RedditUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 2 the 7 days before (fading)
PyTorch feels slow and laggyDev toolingPyTorch, NVIDIA, GitHub2d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
GitHub Actions outages and slowdowns disrupt workOutages and changeGitHub Actions2d activeSeen on RedditUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
Secrets and API keys leak or are hard to rotateSecurityGitHub Actions, SQL Server, AWS2d activeSeen on Stack Overflow, RedditUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 1 the 7 days before (fading)
GitHub jobs fail silently or break oftenData engineeringGitHub, Airbyte2d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
MySQL users keep asking for helpDatabasesMySQL2d activeSeen on RedditUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Claude permissions are confusing and error-proneDevOps and infraClaude, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform2d activeSeen on RedditUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Hugging Face upgrades break working setupsOutages and changeHugging Face, GitHub, PyTorch, NVIDIA, Tesla2d activeSeen on Reddit, GitHub issuesUnverified+00 posts in the last 7 days, 0 the 7 days before (fading)
Kubernetes users keep filing bugsDevOps and infraKubernetes, Claude, GitHub, Docker, Terraform, Prefect13d activeSeen on GitHub issues, Reddit+22 posts in the last 7 days, 5 the 7 days before (fading)

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