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When working with big data, PySpark is commonly used for data preprocessing and transformation at scale. While built-in PySpark ML transformers like StandardScaler or StringIndexer handle many common tasks, real-world use cases often require custom transformations tailored to your data and domain. That’s where custom PySpark ML transformers come in, allowing you to embed custom […]

In the dynamic world of e-commerce, search functionality is a crucial component of the user experience. When customers type queries like “blue Nike Air Force 1” into a search bar, they expect instant, accurate results. However, many existing language models (LLMs) designed to generate these queries are either too expensive or not optimized for real-world […]

Ever feel like traditional client-vendor relationships are just… missing something? Like you’re always separated by this invisible wall of timesheets and limited say in the project? You expect something exciting to happen, but… You’re just in a transactional relationship. Time for money. That’s it.We’ve been there too. The market has shown us repeatedly that this […]

The AI landscape is evolving at an impressive speed. While ChatGPT has long been the poster child for generative AI, new players like DeepSeek are challenging the status quo. Built for under $6 million (allegedly, even though there are claims that they used infrastructure from a hedge fund, which significantly raises the total price, we […]

The year 2024 has been a tough one for many service companies in the market. Development of AI, along with geopolitical changes that inevitably affect the economic environment, caused many companies to downscale.  However, SmartCat actually was among those companies that grew. It’s the result of “focusing on the basics, product development and strategic partnerships.” […]

Major tech players have retired hundreds of solutions over the years. Google alone has deprecated more widely used software than most companies create in their lifetime. Whether or not we liked those services, the truth is that it’s never easy to switch. Being a part of a larger ecosystem makes it even harder, especially if […]

When we decided to start our own company, back in 2015, the first thing we did as founders of SmartCat was define our company values. As industry seniors we have seen good practices, best practices and a whole lot of bad ways in which certain things were handled when it comes to internal dynamics, relationships […]

Why did we organize this meeting? Why do I have to write the minutes of meeting after each call? It is important to know why are we doing things we do – we need to have an end goal and acceptance within us to make us want to do things we do. This is why […]

When we decided to open up the SmartCat, we had already gained various experience working mostly for outsourcing web development companies. At first, we tried to apply the same processes and steps to build data science solutions. We realized soon enough that this would be a learning journey and we needed to adjust our way […]