A quieter week, but still full of forward motion — from clearing the Neo4j developer blog backlog and making progress on the upcoming Java book, to lining up upcoming speaking events. Plus, two developer-focused content pieces I hope you enjoy as much as I did.
This Week's Updates:
- Rescheduling the GraphRAG Fundamentals training (likely June, APAC-friendly time zones)
- Cleared a backlog of community submissions for the Neo4j Developer Blog — open to anyone with a Medium account
- Cypher/SQL injection understanding from Neo4j Definitive Guide book
- Writing progress on a new AI-first Java learning book, drawing on literary aspirations and music pedagogy principles for a fresh teaching approach
- New speaking opportunities coming in May and June — stay tuned
Content Pieces:
- "Batching Like a Pro" by Gemma Lamont — A detailed feature comparison of apoc.periodic.iterate vs. native Cypher CALL IN TRANSACTIONS, covering memory tracking, error handling, query planning, concurrency, entity rebinding, and retry strategies. The gap has largely closed — native Cypher is nearly on par.
- NODES AI videos now on YouTube — All session recordings from Nodes AI are publicly available. Link in the show notes.
