Log #01 Homework 1: Dockers, Terraform, and SQL

Learn Docker, Terraform, and SQL at the 2026 DataTalk.club DE-Engineering zoomcamp

UpdatedFebruary 26, 2026

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Welcome to my reMomentum Lab!!! Following a dedicated period of family care, I am currently on a return to work journey calling it reMomentum focused on mastering the modern data and AI landscape. Lab part- with an aim to become Data platform Engineer who understands HPC. Documenting my technical evolution and return to industry through deep dives into Data Engineering and Cloud Architecture. This log serves as a transparent, technical record of my pursuit of the Terraform → CKA → Nvidia Software Stack trifecta. My focus is on building resilient, cost-effective infrastructure and production-grade ML pipelines, bridging the gap between raw data engineering and operational excellence.

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1. Introduction to Docker - What is Docker, why use it, basic commands
2. Virtual Environments and Data Pipelines - Setting up Python environments with uv
3. Dockerizing the Pipeline - Creating a Dockerfile for a simple pipeline
4. Running PostgreSQL with Docker - Dockerizing PostgreSQL database
5. NY Taxi Dataset and Data Ingestion - Working with real data, pandas, SQLAlchemy
6. Creating the Data Ingestion Script - Converting notebook to Python script
7. pgAdmin - Database Management Tool - Web-based database management
8. Dockerizing the Ingestion Script - Containerizing the pipeline
9. Docker Compose - Multi-container orchestration
10. SQL Refresher - SQL joins, aggregations, and queries
11. Cleanup - Cleaning up Docker resources

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