Data Engineering Book
Data Engineering Book by datascale-aiby datascale-ai
Ranked 3 of 3 online books by recommenders
Free open source data engineering guide that people bookmark and praise for its translation quality. Critics find it reads like a student's notes and has an LLM-generated feel.
Free open source data engineering guide that people bookmark and praise for its translation quality. Critics find it reads like a student's notes and has an LLM-generated feel.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Praised by author Joe Reis
“Joe reis is the guy for tying it up with a modern bow recently.”
Comment from 22 Feb 2026 in “Palantir's secret weapon isn't AI – it's Ontology. An open-source deep dive” Bookmarked to read later
“this is great and i bookmarked it so i can read it later”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide” High-quality translation
“I'm finding the translation is very high quality.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Doesn't inspire confidence
“things like this don't inspire confidence”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide” Reads like student learning notes
“The post gives the impression that you are a student open sourcing your learning notes.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide” Dense wall of information
“It's a wall of information, lots of summary tables, fake warmth, and has that LLM smell to it.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide” Feels LLM-written
“It's a wall of information, lots of summary tables, fake warmth, and has that LLM smell to it.”
Comment from 14 Feb 2026 in “Show HN: Data Engineering Book – An open source, community-driven guide”
Other online books people recommend
The two most recommended other online books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LearnixOS | 10 | 6 | 63% | 1 | — | — |
| Quantum Countryby Andy Matuschak and Michael Nielsen | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Data Engineering Bookby datascale-aiThis page | 4 | 2 | 67% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Joe reis is the guy for tying it up with a modern bow recently.”
“I'm finding the translation is very high quality.”
“The post gives the impression that you are a student open sourcing your learning notes.”
“It's a wall of information, lots of summary tables, fake warmth, and has that LLM smell to it.”
“things like this don't inspire confidence”
“this is great and i bookmarked it so i can read it later”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.