Patrick Ruoff

Connecting the dots in your data

I'm Patrick, a Forward Deployed Engineer at Databricks. I build data platforms and AI applications — and write about what I learn along the way.

Over the past six years, I've worked with customers to turn ideas into working systems: from data pipelines and cloud infrastructure to analytics and AI. I enjoy getting hands-on, solving practical problems, and seeing what we can build next.

Here I share thoughts on books and the ideas they spark, experiments with data and AI, and personal projects — like turning nine years of selfies into a time-lapse.

I rebuilt my 9-year selfie time-lapse with Genie Code

500 selfies in nine years. How I rebuilt my time-lapse with Databricks Genie Code in 3 hours instead of 3 days.

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