Next Val Data

Data insights, analytics, and technical explorations.

I’m Dominick Ryan. As a Senior Systems and Data Engineer, I build reliable data transformations and cloud-native infrastructure. NextValData is my curated repository of academic and technical documentation—a personal archive shared in the hope that it helps others, while being just self-serving enough.

Latest Posts

Architecting a High-Performance Research Substrate for CRISPR Dependency Maps

Transforming a 21-million-row matrix into a normalized relational structure for a FAIR data environment.

Google Scholar Gets Better: What to Know About the Latest Updates

A look at the recent improvements to Google Scholar and why they matter for researchers and data professionals.

A Pragmatic Look at pg_duckdb 1.0

Exploring the features and benefits of the pg_duckdb 1.0 extension for PostgreSQL.

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