Cloud Data Engineer
Cody York
I build data systems
that actually work.
I design and operate data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and engineering systems on Google Cloud Platform — then write openly about making AI practical for everyone.
// currently
Building: Expanding The Prompt Kitchen with more practical AI guides — real techniques for real tasks, no hype required.
Thinking about: The gap between how AI tools are marketed and how people actually end up using them.
On GCP: Data quality patterns, cost-efficient pipeline architectures, and the ongoing project of making BigQuery feel less like magic and more like engineering.
Featured project
Something I built
This is the side project that makes the most sense given everything else about me.
⭐ Sister site · Live
The Prompt Kitchen
A free, no-nonsense knowledge base about using AI practically — written for people who want to actually get things done, not people who want to talk about AI getting things done. No jargon, no hype, no "the future is now" preamble. Just techniques that work.
Explore
What's here
Who I am
Background, values, what I use, and interests outside of work. The non-resume version.
What I do
Cloud Data Engineering on GCP — pipelines, BigQuery, Dataflow, Composer, and the rest of the stack.
What I've built
Personal and open-source projects. The Prompt Kitchen is the current headliner — more to come.
Get in touch
GitHub is the best place to find my work. Email works too if you have something worth saying.