The Data Stack Show

Re-Air: Data Tools, Templates, and the Trouble with “Easy” Solutions with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:30:00 +0000

This episode is a re-air of one of our most popular conversations, featuring insights worth revisiting. This week on The Data Stack Show, John and Matt bring you another edition of the Cynical Data Guy. John and Matt dive into the evolution of customer data infrastructure, the growing influence of low-code tools like Clay, and the blurred lines around the “engineer” title in modern data roles. They also discuss the trade-offs between SaaS adoption and building custom solutions, the pitfalls of enterprise software buying, and the realities of platform lock-in—using Palantir’s unique business model as a case study. Key takeaways include the importance of simplicity and scalability in data engineering, the need for clear requirements when evaluating tools, and a healthy skepticism toward sales pitches and “art of the possible” features. Don’t miss this month’s Cynical Data Guy.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Reacting to the Rise of the GTM Engineer (1:11)
Is "Engineer" the Right Term? (4:49)
Low-Code Tools, AI, and Future Workflows (7:14)
Simplicity in Data Engineering (14:38)
The Pitfalls of "Simple" Solutions (15:18)
Choosing SaaS vs. Building In-House (18:26)
Business Process Abstraction and SaaS Adoption (21:31)
Enterprise Software: Art of the Possible vs. Practicality (24:31)
Sales Advice: Focus on Customer Needs (27:11)
Forward Deployed Engineers and Delivery Models (29:05)
Platform Lock-In: When Is It a Dirty Word? (36:41)
Legacy Systems and the Reality of Lock-In (39:53)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (40:55)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, customer data infrastructure that enables you to deliver real-time customer event data everywhere it’s needed to power smarter decisions and better customer experiences. Each week, we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: Data Teams at the Crossroads: Proving Value in a Changing Business Landscape with Ben Rogojan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:30:00 +0000

This episode is a re-air of one of our most popular conversations, featuring insights worth revisiting. Thank you for being part of the Data Stack community. Stay up to date with the latest episodes at datastackshow.com.

This week on The Data Stack Show, John welcomes back repeat-guest Ben Rogojan, Owner and Data Consultant of Seattle Data Guy. John and Ben discuss the evolving relationship between data teams and businesses, highlighting the challenges of proving value in a cost-conscious environment. Ben explores the impact of technological advancements, the rise of AI, and the critical skills data professionals need to succeed. Key insights include the importance of understanding business context, being proactive, and focusing on delivering tangible outcomes rather than just producing dashboards. Ben also emphasizes the need for data teams to communicate value effectively, show rather than tell, and be willing to take calculated risks. The conversation provides practical advice for data professionals looking to advance their careers, with a focus on developing business skills, understanding organizational needs, creating meaningful impact beyond technical expertise, and so much more.

Technical Freelancer Academy & Consulting Community (1:21)
Evolution of Data Teams and Technology (2:52)
Data Team Growth and Output vs. Outcome (4:47)
Internal Optimization vs. Client-Facing Data Work (7:23)
Audience, Delivery Mechanisms, and Actionability (12:40)
Proving ROI and Prioritizing Work (15:27)
Practical Tips for Data Team-Business Alignment (18:31)
Dealing with Vanity and Security Blanket Metrics (23:39)
AI’s Impact on Data Workflows (27:07)
BI Tools, AI Integration, and Dashboards (32:25)
Top Skills for Data Professionals (37:27)
Career Growth: Technical, Communication, and Business Skills (42:02)
Show, Don’t Tell: Prototyping and Feedback (44:37)
Taking Initiative and Risk in Data Roles (50:21)
Parting Advice and Closing Thoughts (51:16)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: From Anxiety to Advantage: Navigating Data’s AI Revolution with Barry McCardel of Hex

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Barry McCardel, CEO and Co-Founder of Hex, joins Eric Dodds and John Wessel to discuss the transformative impact of AI on data teams and the broader data industry. The conversation explores how AI is reshaping workflows, team structures, and the very definition of data roles, while also addressing the anxieties and opportunities that come with rapid change. Barry shares Hex’s journey from having a dedicated AI team to fully integrating AI across the product, and offers insights on industry consolidation, the infinite demand for data insights, and the importance of embracing change. Key takeaways include the need for data professionals to adapt and focus on problem-solving, the growing value of context and curation, the competitive advantage for organizations that leverage AI-driven tools and foster a culture of innovation, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Welcoming Back Barry to The Show (1:07)
Discussing Change, Uncertainty, And Anxiety In Data Roles (3:13)
Exploring Excitement And Opportunity In AI Adoption (6:20)
Redefining Data Roles And The Infinite Demand For Insight (9:37)
The Impact Of AI On Data Workflows And Team Mindset (12:52)
Evolving Team Structures And The End Of The Magic Team (16:49)
Integrating AI Into Product Development At Hex (20:44)
Comparing Industry Approaches To AI Features (24:56)
How AI Changes Daily Workflows For Data Teams (28:52)
The Virtuous Cycle Of Context, Curation, And Self-Serve (32:39)
Managing Context And Evaluating AI Agent Performance (36:52)
The Expanding Role Of Data Professionals In The AI Era (40:45)
Industry Consolidation And The Modern Data Stack (44:32)
Lessons From Acquisitions And Platform Shifts (48:18)
Key Takeaways And Looking Ahead To Future Episodes (52:16)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: Confidently Wrong: Why AI Needs Tools (and So Do We)

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Dec 2025 09:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, John and Matt dive into the latest trends in AI, discussing the evolution of GPT models, the role of tools in reducing hallucinations, and the ongoing debate between data warehouses and agent-based approaches. They also explore the complexities of risk-taking in data teams, drawing lessons from Nate Silver’s book on risk and sharing real-world analogies from cybersecurity, football, and political campaigns. Key takeaways include the importance of balancing innovation with practical risk management, the need for clear recommendations from data professionals, the value of reading fiction to understand human behavior in data, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Initial Impressions of GPT-5 (1:41)
AI Hallucinations and the Open-Source GPT Model (4:06)
Tools and Determinism in AI Agents (6:00)
Risks of Tool Reliance in AI (8:05)
The Next Big Data Fight: Warehouses vs. Agents (10:21)
Real-Time Data Processing Limitations (12:56)
Risk in Data and AI: Book Recommendation (17:08)
Measurable vs. Perceived Risk in Business (20:10)
Security Trade-Offs and Organizational Impact (22:31)
The Quest for Certainty and Wicked Learning Environments (27:37)
Poker, Process, and Data Team Longevity (29:11)
Support Roles and Limits of Data Teams (32:56)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (34:20)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: Bridging Gaps: DevRel, Marketing Synergies, and the Future of Data with Pedram Navid of Dagster Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, John and Matt welcome Pedram Navid, Chief Dashboard Officer at Dagster Labs. During the conversation, Pedram shares his career evolution from consulting to his current role, where he oversees data, developer relations (DevRel), and marketing. The discussion delves into the synergies between DevRel and marketing, emphasizing the importance of understanding developers' learning preferences. Pedram explains data orchestration, highlighting its role in managing and automating data workflows. He also discusses Daxter's unique asset-based approach, which enhances visibility and control over data processes, catering to users from novices to experts, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pedram’s Background and Journey in Data (0:47)
Joining Dagster Labs (1:41)
Synergies Between Teams (2:56)
Developer Marketing Preferences (6:06)
Bridging Technical Gaps (9:54)
Understanding Data Orchestration (11:05)
Dagster's Unique Features (16:07)
The Future of Orchestration (18:09)
Freeing Up Team Resources (20:30)
Market Readiness of the Modern Data Stack (22:20)
Career Journey into DevRel and Marketing (26:09)
Understanding Technical Audiences (29:33)
Building Trust Through Open Source (31:36)
Understanding Vendor Lock-In (34:40)
AI and Data Orchestration (36:11)
Modern Data Stack Evolution (39:09)
The Cost of AI Services (41:58)
Differentiation Through Integration (44:13)
Language and Frameworks in Orchestration (49:45)
Future of Orchestration and Closing Thoughts (51:54)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: Context is King: Building Intelligent AI Analytics Platforms with Paul Blankley of Zenlytic

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0000

This episode is a re-air of one of our most popular conversations from this year, featuring insights worth revisiting. Thank you for being part of the Data Stack community. Stay up to date with the latest episodes at datastackshow.com. This week on The Data Stack Show, John chats with Paul Blankley, Founder and CTO of Zenlytic, live from Denver! Paul and John discuss the rapid evolution of AI in business intelligence, highlighting how AI is transforming data analysis and decision-making. Paul also explores the potential of AI as an "employee" that can handle complex analytical tasks, from unstructured data processing to proactive monitoring. Key insights include the increasing capabilities of AI in symbolic tasks like coding, the importance of providing business context to AI models, and the future of BI tools that can flexibly interact with both structured and unstructured data. Paul emphasizes that the next generation of AI tools will move beyond traditional dashboards, offering more intelligent, context-aware insights that can help businesses make more informed decisions. It’s an exciting conversation you won’t want to miss.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Welcoming Paul Back and Industry Changes (1:03)
AI Model Progress and Superhuman Domains (2:01)
AI as an Employee: Context and Capabilities (4:04)
Model Selection and User Experience (7:37)
AI as a McKinsey Consultant: Decision-Making (10:18)
Structured vs. Unstructured Data Platforms (12:55)
MCP Servers and the Future of BI Interfaces (16:00)
Value of UI and Multimodal BI Experiences (18:38)
Pitfalls of DIY Data Pipelines and Governance (22:14)
Text-to-SQL, Semantic Layers, and Trust (28:10)
Democratizing Semantic Models and Personalization (33:22)
Inefficiency in Analytics and Analyst Workflows (35:07)
Reasoning and Intelligence in Monitoring (37:20)
Roadmap: Proactive AI by 2026 (39:53)
Limitations of BI Incumbents, Future Outlooks and Parting Thoughts (41:15)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: AI is All About Working with Data with Kostas Pardalis of typedef

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0000

This episode is a re-air of one of our most popular conversations from this year, featuring insights worth revisiting. Thank you for being part of the Data Stack community. Stay up to date with the latest episodes at datastackshow.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Re-Air: From PDFs to BI and Beyond: The Future of the Data Frontend with Ryan Dolley of GoodData

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 5 Nov 2025 09:30:00 +0000

This episode is a re-air of one of our most popular conversations from this year, featuring insights worth revisiting. Thank you for being part of the Data Stack community. Stay up to date with the latest episodes at datastackshow.com. This week on The Data Stack Show, Ryan Dolley joins Eric and John to discuss his unique journey from playwriting to leading product strategy in the data industry. The conversation explores the evolution of business intelligence (BI), the growing influence of AI on analytics, and the shifting skill sets required for data professionals. Key topics include the challenges of adapting to rapid technological change, the importance of embracing engineering practices in BI, and the need for continuous learning. Listeners will gain insights into how AI is transforming data roles, why storytelling remains central to analytics, practical advice for thriving in a fast-changing industry, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ryan’s Journey: From Playwriting to Data (1:05)
Making a Living as a Playwright (3:02)
Transitioning to BI: Night School and First Data Jobs (4:12)
Storytelling and Data: The Art of BI (6:22)
Early BI Work: Data Warehouses and PDF Reports (8:33)
Moving from Utilities to Consulting (13:03)
Building vs. Implementing: Product Strategy Lessons (16:37)
The AI Shift in BI and Analytics (18:41)
Automation Anxiety: The Human Side of Data Change (22:16)
The Evolving Role of BI Experts (25:18)
Adapting to Change: Learning Code and Experimentation (29:34)
AI and the Future of Embedded Analytics (33:38)
Capturing Intent: The Value of Modern BI Interfaces (37:03)
Bridging the Data and Software Engineering Gap (39:13)
The Historical Divide: Data vs. Software Engineering (43:06)
Organizational Challenges: Where Does BI Belong? (46:05)
Reflections on Self-Service BI and Value (48:46)
If Not Data: Ryan’s Alternate Career Paths (49:04)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (50:17)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: The Data Economy: Turning Information into a Tradable Commodity with Viktor Kessler of Vakamo

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This episode is a re-air of one of our most popular conversations from this year, featuring insights worth revisiting. Thank you for being part of the Data Stack community. Stay up to date with the latest episodes at datastackshow.com.

This week on The Data Stack Show, the crew brings you another conversation live from Data Council in Oakland, California. In this episode, Viktor Kessler from Vakamo explores the evolution of data architecture from rigid warehouses to flexible Lakehouse systems. Powered by Apache Iceberg, this new approach enables seamless data sharing, governance, and potential monetization. Viktor discusses how open-source innovation is transforming data management, highlighting the shift towards treating data as a product and the emerging potential for AI-driven data exchanges. The conversation provides insights into the future of decentralized, adaptable data infrastructure and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Viktor's Background and Journey in Data (1:20)
Evolution of Data Architecture (4:41)
The Lakehouse Concept (7:12)
Open Source Innovation (11:05)
Data Production and Decentralization (15:06)
Governance in Decentralized Systems (18:53)
Data Economy and Monetization (21:15)
Security Concerns in Data Processing (24:21)
Impact on Data Consumers (27:37)
Compaction Issues in Data Tables (29:39)
Open Source Lake Keeper Tool and Parting Thoughts (33:02)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: The Future of AI: Superhuman Intelligence, Autonomous Coding, and the Path to AGI with Misha Laskin of ReflectionAI

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and John welcome Misha Laskin, Co-Founder and CEO of ReflectionAI. Misha shares his journey from theoretical physics to AI, detailing his experiences at DeepMind. The discussion covers the development of AI technologies, the concepts of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and superhuman intelligence, and their implications for knowledge work. Misha emphasizes the importance of robust evaluation frameworks and the potential of AI to augment human capabilities. The conversation also touches on autonomous coding, geofencing in AI tasks, the future of human-AI collaboration, and more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Misha's Background and Journey in AI (1:13)
Childhood Interest in Physics (4:43)
Future of AI and Human Interaction (7:09)
AI's Transformative Nature (10:12)
Superhuman Intelligence in AI (12:44)
Clarifying AGI and Superhuman Intelligence (15:48)
Understanding AGI (18:12)
Counterintuitive Intelligence (22:06)
Reflection's Mission (25:00)
Focus on Autonomous Coding (29:18)
Future of Automation (34:00)
Geofencing in Coding (38:01)
Challenges of Autonomous Coding (40:46)
Evaluations in AI Projects (43:27)
Example of Evaluation Metrics (46:52)
Starting with AI Tools and Final Takeaways (50:35)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Re-Air: Ringing Out the Old: AI's Role in Redefining Data Teams, Tools, and Business Models

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and John explore the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on technology and business. They discuss AI's rapid advancements, drawing parallels to historical shifts like e-commerce. The conversation explores the future of roles within companies, particularly in data management and SaaS products, and considers the broader implications for business operations. They also touch on the changing landscape of data roles, the accessibility of AI-driven services, the potential for AI to democratize high-value services and reshape industries, and more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Impact of AI (1:25)
Historical Context of Technology (2:31)
Pre-existing Infrastructure for Change (4:42)
AI as a Personal Assistant (7:10)
Future of Company Roles (9:13)
Managing Teams in a Dystopian AI Future (12:31)
Business Architecture Choices (15:52)
Integration Tool Usage (18:07)
AI's Impact on Data Roles (21:53)
AI as an Interface (24:04)
Trust in AI vs. SQL (27:12)
Snowflake's Acquisition of Dataflow (29:54)
Regression to the Mean Concept (33:49)
AI's Role in Data Platforms (37:04)
User Experience in Data Tools (44:41)
Future of Data Tools (46:57)
Environment Variable Setup (51:10)
Future of Software Implementation and Parting Thoughts (52:10)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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265: From Anxiety to Advantage: Navigating Data’s AI Revolution with Barry McCardel of Hex

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Welcoming Back Barry to The Show (1:07)
Discussing Change, Uncertainty, And Anxiety In Data Roles (3:13)
Exploring Excitement And Opportunity In AI Adoption (6:20)
Redefining Data Roles And The Infinite Demand For Insight (9:37)
The Impact Of AI On Data Workflows And Team Mindset (12:52)
Evolving Team Structures And The End Of The Magic Team (16:49)
Integrating AI Into Product Development At Hex (20:44)
Comparing Industry Approaches To AI Features (24:56)
How AI Changes Daily Workflows For Data Teams (28:52)
The Virtuous Cycle Of Context, Curation, And Self-Serve (32:39)
Managing Context And Evaluating AI Agent Performance (36:52)
The Expanding Role Of Data Professionals In The AI Era (40:45)
Industry Consolidation And The Modern Data Stack (44:32)
Lessons From Acquisitions And Platform Shifts (48:18)
Key Takeaways And Looking Ahead To Future Episodes (52:16)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Redefining Data Roles in an AI World with Barry McCardel of Hex

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 6 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and John preview their upcoming conversation with Barry McCardel of Hex.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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264: Infrastructure as Code Meets AI: Simplifying Complexity in the Cloud with Alexander Patrushev of Nebius

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 1 Oct 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Alexander Patrushev joins John to share his journey from working on mainframes at IBM to leading AI infrastructure innovation at Nebius, with stops at VMware and AWS along the way. The discussion explores the evolution of AI and cloud infrastructure, the five pillars of successful machine learning projects, and the unique challenges of building and operating modern AI data centers—including energy consumption, cooling, and networking. Alexander also delves into the practicalities of infrastructure as code, the importance of data quality, and offers actionable advice for those looking to break into the AI field. Key takeaways include the need for strong data foundations, thoughtful project selection, and the value of leveraging existing skills and tools to succeed in the rapidly evolving AI landscape. Don’t miss this great conversation.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Alexander’s Background and Early Career at IBM (1:06)
Moving From Mainframes to Virtualization at VMware (4:09)
Transitioning to AWS and Machine Learning Projects (8:22)
What Was Missed From Mainframes and the Rise of Public Cloud (9:03)
Security, Performance, and Economics in Cloud Infrastructure (12:40)
The Five Pillars of Successful Machine Learning Projects (15:02)
Choosing the Right ML Project: Data, Impact, and Existing Solutions (18:01)
Real-World AI and ML Use Cases Across Industries (19:42)
Building Specialized AI Clouds Versus Hyperscalers (22:08)
Performance, Scalability, and Reliability in AI Infrastructure (25:18)
Data Center Energy Consumption and Power Challenges (28:41)
Cooling, Networking, and Supporting Systems in AI Data Centers (30:06)
Infrastructure as Code and Tooling in AI (31:50)
Lowering Complexity for AI Developers and the Role of Abstraction (34:08)
Startup Opportunities in the AI Stack (38:53)
When to Fine-Tune or Post-Train Foundation Models (43:41)
Comparing and Testing Models With Tool Use (47:49)
Skills and Advice for Entering the AI Field (49:18)
Final Thoughts and Encouragement for AI Newcomers (52:31)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Powering the Future: AI Infrastructure, Energy, and the Cloud Revolution with Alexander Patrushev of Nebius

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, John previews the upcoming conversation with Alexander Patrushev of Nebius.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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263: The End of Busywork: How AI Transforms Productivity at Scale with Alberto Rizzoli of V7

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:26:03 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, AI entrepreneur Alberto Rizzoli shares his journey from early computer vision breakthroughs to leading the automation of back-office workflows at V7. The discussion explores the shift from bespoke model training to configurable AI solutions, the impact of automation on business roles, and emerging best practices for integrating AI into enterprises. Listeners will gain insight into how AI infrastructure is moving from labs to everyday businesses, which roles are most vulnerable or secure amid automation, and why future-proofing your career means focusing on creativity, first principles, and continuous improvement. Don’t miss it!

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Setting the Stage: AI’s Hype and Today’s Innovations (1:16)
Alberto’s Non-Tech Passions: Physics & UX (4:04)
The Paradigm Shift: Machines that Adapt (6:22)
Scaling AI: From Niche Apps to Mainstream Use (8:23)
Large Models vs. Bespoke Solutions—Power Law in AI (11:07)
Evolving Roles: From Engineer to End User (14:14)
Simple vs. Complex AI Implementations (18:14)
When to Scale from Simple AI to Production-Grade (22:40)
Capturing Tacit Knowledge: Crowdsourcing vs. Centralization (27:22)
The Challenge of Unstructured Process Documentation (30:08)
Practical Impact: AI-Enabled Enterprise Leverage (33:29)
ROI: Time Saved & Compound Effects in the Enterprise (38:08)
Redefining Information Movers vs. Information Creators (44:14)
Roles at Risk and the Case for Creativity (45:30)
Alberto's Favorite New Tech & Future of User Experience (46:00)
Spreadsheets, Business Logic, and AI’s Next Leap (48:41)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: The Human and Machine Future of Work with Alberto Rizzoli of V7

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and John preview their upcoming conversation with Alberto Rizzoli of V7.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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262: From PDFs to BI and Beyond: The Future of the Data Frontend with Ryan Dolley of GoodData

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Ryan Dolley joins Eric and John to discuss his unique journey from playwriting to leading product strategy in the data industry. The conversation explores the evolution of business intelligence (BI), the growing influence of AI on analytics, and the shifting skill sets required for data professionals. Key topics include the challenges of adapting to rapid technological change, the importance of embracing engineering practices in BI, and the need for continuous learning. Listeners will gain insights into how AI is transforming data roles, why storytelling remains central to analytics, practical advice for thriving in a fast-changing industry, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ryan’s Journey: From Playwriting to Data (1:05)
Making a Living as a Playwright (3:02)
Transitioning to BI: Night School and First Data Jobs (4:12)
Storytelling and Data: The Art of BI (6:22)
Early BI Work: Data Warehouses and PDF Reports (8:33)
Moving from Utilities to Consulting (13:03)
Building vs. Implementing: Product Strategy Lessons (16:37)
The AI Shift in BI and Analytics (18:41)
Automation Anxiety: The Human Side of Data Change (22:16)
The Evolving Role of BI Experts (25:18)
Adapting to Change: Learning Code and Experimentation (29:34)
AI and the Future of Embedded Analytics (33:38)
Capturing Intent: The Value of Modern BI Interfaces (37:03)
Bridging the Data and Software Engineering Gap (39:13)
The Historical Divide: Data vs. Software Engineering (43:06)
Organizational Challenges: Where Does BI Belong? (46:05)
Reflections on Self-Service BI and Value (48:46)
If Not Data: Ryan’s Alternate Career Paths (49:04)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (50:17)

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The PRQL: Rewriting the Data Playbook: How AI and Storytelling Are Shaping BI’s Future with Ryan Dolley of GoodData

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 08:15:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and John preview their upcoming conversation with Ryan Dolley of GoodData.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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261: Will AI Permanently Disrupt the Bundling and Unbundling Cycle?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric Dodds and John Wessel explore how AI is reshaping the data industry, focusing on the ongoing cycles of bundling and unbundling within data infrastructure. They discuss the potential for closed ecosystems like Notion to deliver personalized, integrated experiences and examine recent industry moves such as Fivetran’s acquisitions. The conversation also highlights the challenges faced by both startups and incumbents, the influence of enterprise customers on product development, and the enduring importance of trade-offs when choosing between bundled and unbundled solutions. Key takeaways include the complexity of implementing AI across platforms, the likelihood that market cycles will persist despite technological advances, and the need for organizations to carefully weigh integration, flexibility, and long-term risk when adopting new data tools.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

AI’s Value and Early Ecosystem Integration (1:11)
Closed Ecosystems and AI Opportunities (3:21)
Personalized Software and the Blank Page Problem (6:17)
Transition to Data Industry: Bundling Trends (9:56)
Market Cycles and AI’s Role in Bundling (12:56)
Incumbents, Innovation, and AI Layering (15:53
Longevity of Legacy Systems and Ecosystem Risks (17:56)
Switching Costs and Incumbent Advantages (20:33)
People Dynamics and the Startup-to-Incumbent Arc (22:50)
Enterprise Data Infrastructure: Engineering Challenges (26:33)
Fragmentation, Bundling Value, and AI’s Insulation Effect (29:54)
Too Many Tools: The Real Meaning Behind Bundling Demand (31:36)
Trade-offs in Bundling, Unbundling, and AI (33:40)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (34:34)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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260: Return of the Dodds: APIs, Automation, and the Art of Data Team Survival

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Sep 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, the crew welcomes Eric Dodds back to the show as they dive into the realities of integrating AI and large language models into data team workflows. Eric, Matt and John discuss the promise and pitfalls of AI-driven automation, the persistent challenges of working with APIs, and the evolution from big data tools to AI-powered solutions. The conversation also highlights the risks of over-reliance on single experts, the critical importance of documentation and context, and the gap between AI marketing hype and practical implementation. Key takeaways for listeners include the necessity of strong data fundamentals, the hidden costs and risks of AI adoption, the importance of balancing efficiency gains with long-term team resilience, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Eric is Back from Europe (0:37)
AI and Data: Jurisdiction and Comfort Level (4:00)
APIs, Tool Calls, and Practical AI Limitations (5:08)
Scaling, Big Data, and AI’s Current Constraints (9:16)
Stakeholder-Facing AI and Data Team Risks (13:20)
Self-Service Analytics and AI’s Real Impact (16:04)
AI Hype vs. Reality and Uneven Impact (20:27)
Cost, Context, and AI’s Practical Barriers (25:25)
AI for Admin Tasks and Business Logic Complexity (29:13)
Tribal Knowledge, Documentation, and Context Engineering (32:07)
AI as a Productivity Accelerator and the “Gary Problem” (35:10)
Healthy Conflict, Team Dynamics, and AI’s Limits (39:15)
Back to Fundamentals: Good Practices Enable AI (41:47)
Lightning Round: Favorite AI Tools and Workflow Integration (45:56)
AI in Everyday Life and Closing Thoughts (48:14)

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259: AI is All About Working with Data with Kostas Pardalis of typedef

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and John welcome back Kostas Pardalis, long-time co-host of the Data Stack Show and now Co-Founder of typedef. The group discusses the rapid evolution of AI and data infrastructure. The conversation also explores how AI is accelerating industry change, the challenges of integrating large language models (LLMs) into data workflows, and the limitations of current semantic layers. Kostas shares insights on building next-generation query engines, the importance of using familiar engineering paradigms, and the need to make AI seamless and almost invisible in user experiences. Key takeaways include the necessity of practical, incremental innovation, the reality behind AI hype, strategies for making advanced data tools accessible and reliable for engineers and businesses alike, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Kostas’s Background and Career Timeline (1:10)
Transition from RudderStack to Starburst Data (4:25)
AI Acceleration and Industry Impact (9:37)
AI Hype, Investment, and Polarized Reactions (12:05)
Historical Parallels and Tech Adoption (13:54)
AI Disrupting Tech Workers and Internal Drama (18:56)
Experimentation Phase and Future AI Applications (24:01)
Invisible AI and User Experience (28:21)
AI in Data Infrastructure and LLMs (34:24)
SQL, LLMs, and Engineering Solutions (36:35)
Standardization, Semantic Layers, and Data Modeling (41:01)
Introduction to typedef (45:49)
Productionizing AI Workloads with typedef (51:36)
Familiarity, Reliability, and Engineering Best Practices (57:24)
Security, Enterprise Concerns, and Open Source Models (1:00:48)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (1:01:47)

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The PRQL: He’s Back! How typedef is Changing Data Workflows with Kostas Pardalis

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and John welcome back longtime co-host of the Data Stack Show Kostas Pardalis to talk through all things AI and his co-founding of typedef.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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258: Confidently Wrong: Why AI Needs Tools (and So Do We)

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Initial Impressions of GPT-5 (1:41)
AI Hallucinations and the Open-Source GPT Model (4:06)
Tools and Determinism in AI Agents (6:00)
Risks of Tool Reliance in AI (8:05)
The Next Big Data Fight: Warehouses vs. Agents (10:21)
Real-Time Data Processing Limitations (12:56)
Risk in Data and AI: Book Recommendation (17:08)
Measurable vs. Perceived Risk in Business (20:10)
Security Trade-Offs and Organizational Impact (22:31)
The Quest for Certainty and Wicked Learning Environments (27:37)
Poker, Process, and Data Team Longevity (29:11)
Support Roles and Limits of Data Teams (32:56)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (34:20)

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The PRQL: Hallucinations, Tools, and Data Wars: Inside the Minds of Data Pros

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, John and Matt preview their upcoming conversation about trends in AI, the evolution of GPT modes and the ongoing debate between data warehouses and agent-based approaches.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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257: Data Tools, Templates, and the Trouble with “Easy” Solutions with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, John and Matt bring you another edition of the Cynical Data Guy. John and Matt dive into the evolution of customer data infrastructure, the growing influence of low-code tools like Clay, and the blurred lines around the “engineer” title in modern data roles. They also discuss the trade-offs between SaaS adoption and building custom solutions, the pitfalls of enterprise software buying, and the realities of platform lock-in—using Palantir’s unique business model as a case study. Key takeaways include the importance of simplicity and scalability in data engineering, the need for clear requirements when evaluating tools, and a healthy skepticism toward sales pitches and “art of the possible” features. Don’t miss this month’s Cynical Data Guy.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Reacting to the Rise of the GTM Engineer (1:11)
Is "Engineer" the Right Term? (4:49)
Low-Code Tools, AI, and Future Workflows (7:14)
Simplicity in Data Engineering (14:38)
The Pitfalls of "Simple" Solutions (15:18)
Choosing SaaS vs. Building In-House (18:26)
Business Process Abstraction and SaaS Adoption (21:31)
Enterprise Software: Art of the Possible vs. Practicality (24:31)
Sales Advice: Focus on Customer Needs (27:11)
Forward Deployed Engineers and Delivery Models (29:05)
Platform Lock-In: When Is It a Dirty Word? (36:41)
Legacy Systems and the Reality of Lock-In (39:53)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (40:55)

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The PRQL: Simplicity, SaaS, and the Art of Data Engineering with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, John and Matt preview the next installment of the Cynical Data Guy.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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256: The Rise of the Citizen Developer: Solving Business Problems with Alteryx and AI with Andy MacMillan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Brooks and John chat with Andy MacMillan, CEO of Alteryx. Andy discusses the evolving landscape of data and AI, focusing on empowering business users to solve complex problems. He explores the concept of "citizen developers" and how tools like Alteryx can bridge the gap between IT and business teams by democratizing data access. The conversation also emphasizes the importance of creating controlled environments where business users can leverage cloud data platforms and AI technologies to reimagine workflows, without bypassing governance. Key takeaways include the need for organizations to enable innovation through accessible data tools, the potential of AI-driven agents to transform business processes, the critical role of employees who understand their business functions in driving technological transformation, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Andy’s Background and Journey in Data (0:54)
Early Web Development at General Motors (2:23)
AI Challenges in the Enterprise (9:03)
What is Alteryx and Its Value Proposition (11:25)
The Importance of Empowering Business Users (16:10)
Bridging the Gap Between Data Platforms and Business Users (20:04)
Evolution from Desktop to Data Cloud (25:28)
Access and Governance in the Cloud Era (27:57)
The Return of Local Data Work and AI Governance (31:24)
AI Data Clearinghouse and Governance (34:11)
AI-Enabled Workflows and Business Impact (38:13)
The Future: Agents, Data Platforms, and Business Logic (41:05)
How to Get Started with Alteryx or Learn More (46:54)
Product Management Lessons for Leadership and Parting Thoughts (47:56)

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The PRQL: Cloud Platforms, AI, and the Future of Business Analytics with Andy MacMillan of Alteryx

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 4 Aug 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Brooks and John preview their upcoming conversation with Andy MacMillan of Alteryx.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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255: When Dashboards Lie: Unpacking the Myths of Self-Service Analytics with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, John and Matt bring you another edition of the Cynical Data Guy. John and Matt dive into the quirky world of data analytics, exploring common challenges like unrealistic data requests, the limitations of self-service BI, and the evolving role of data analysts. They also discuss the importance of understanding business context, the need for effective data storytelling, and the emerging trend of "BI as code" which promises more flexible and version-controlled analytics tools. The conversation highlights the gap between technical data capabilities and business user needs, emphasizing that the real value of data professionals lies not just in tool proficiency, but in their ability to provide meaningful insights and guide decision-making. Key takeaways include the importance of context in data analysis, the limitations of self-service tools, the ongoing evolution of data roles in modern organizations, and more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Reading and Reacting to the LinkedIn Data Request Post (1:36)
Changing KPIs and Data Skepticism (2:21)
The Burden of Proving Data Integrity (5:00)
Handling Metric Changes and Historical Comparisons (7:16)
Preparing Stakeholders for New Metrics (9:16)
BI Code, Version Control, and Modern Dashboards (11:20)
Scoping and Business Context in Data Roles (14:38)
Technical vs. Business Understanding in Data Teams (16:29)
GUI vs. Code in Dashboard Customization (20:41)
The Analyst’s Role: Guidance Over Tools (23:23)
Hiring and the Real-World Analyst Skillset (28:11)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (30:36)

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The PRQL: Self-Service BI: Why Dashboards Collect Dust with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, John and Matt preview the next edition of the Cynical Data Guy.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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254: Context is King: Building Intelligent AI Analytics Platforms with Paul Blankley of Zenlytic

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, John chats with Paul Blankley, Founder and CTO of Zenlytic, live from Denver! Paul and John discuss the rapid evolution of AI in business intelligence, highlighting how AI is transforming data analysis and decision-making. Paul also explores the potential of AI as an "employee" that can handle complex analytical tasks, from unstructured data processing to proactive monitoring. Key insights include the increasing capabilities of AI in symbolic tasks like coding, the importance of providing business context to AI models, and the future of BI tools that can flexibly interact with both structured and unstructured data. Paul emphasizes that the next generation of AI tools will move beyond traditional dashboards, offering more intelligent, context-aware insights that can help businesses make more informed decisions. It’s an exciting conversation you won’t want to miss.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Welcoming Paul Back and Industry Changes (1:03)
AI Model Progress and Superhuman Domains (2:01)
AI as an Employee: Context and Capabilities (4:04)
Model Selection and User Experience (7:37)
AI as a McKinsey Consultant: Decision-Making (10:18)
Structured vs. Unstructured Data Platforms (12:55)
MCP Servers and the Future of BI Interfaces (16:00)
Value of UI and Multimodal BI Experiences (18:38)
Pitfalls of DIY Data Pipelines and Governance (22:14)
Text-to-SQL, Semantic Layers, and Trust (28:10)
Democratizing Semantic Models and Personalization (33:22)
Inefficiency in Analytics and Analyst Workflows (35:07)
Reasoning and Intelligence in Monitoring (37:20)
Roadmap: Proactive AI by 2026 (39:53)
Limitations of BI Incumbents, Future Outlooks and Parting Thoughts (41:15)

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The PRQL: Breaking Down BI: How AI is Rewriting the Rules with Paul Blankley of Zenlytic

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, John previews the upcoming conversation with Paul Blankley of Zenlytic.

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253: Why Traditional Data Pipelines Are Broken (And How to Fix Them) with Ruben Burdin of Stacksync

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and welcomes back Ruben Burdin, Founder and CEO of Stacksync as they together dismantle the myths surrounding zero-copy ETL and traditional data integration methods. Ruben reveals the complex challenges of two-way syncing between enterprise systems like Salesforce, HubSpot, and NetSuite, highlighting how existing tools often create more problems than solutions. He also introduces Stacksync's innovative approach, which uses real-time SQL-based synchronization to simplify data integration, reduce maintenance overhead, and enable more efficient operational workflows. The conversation exposes the limitations of current data transfer techniques and offers a glimpse into a more declarative, flexible approach to managing enterprise data across multiple systems. You won’t want to miss it.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Pain of Two-Way Sync and Early Integration Challenges (2:01)
Zero Copy ETL: Hype vs. Reality (3:50)
Data Definitions and System Complexity (7:39)
Limitations of Out-of-the-Box Integrations (9:35)
The CSV File: The Original Two-Way Sync (11:18)
Stacksync’s Approach and Capabilities (12:21)
Zero Copy ETL: Technical and Business Barriers (14:22)
Data Sharing, Clean Rooms, and Marketing Myths (18:40)
The Reliable Loop: ETL, Transform, Reverse ETL (27:08)
Business Logic Fragmentation and Maintenance (33:43)
Simplifying Architecture with Real-Time Two-Way Sync (35:14)
Operational Use Case: HubSpot, Salesforce, and Snowflake (39:10)
Filtering, Triggers, and Real-Time Workflows (45:38)
Complex Use Case: Salesforce to NetSuite with Data Discrepancies (48:56)
Declarative Logic and Debugging with SQL (54:54)
Connecting with Ruben and Parting Thoughts (57:58)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Zero Copy ETL: Myth vs Reality with Ruben Burdin of Stacksync

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and John preview their upcoming conversation with Ruben Burdin of Stacksync.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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252: What the Heck is Happening in Data Right Now with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and John welcome back Matt Kelliher-Gibson for another edition of the Cynical Data Guy. The group explores the current state of data engineering and team dynamics while critically examining the evolving landscape of analytics engineering, dissecting the hype around the modern data stack and its tools. The conversation also explores the challenges of data team management, including headcount reductions, rising technology costs, and the struggle to maintain efficiency. Key discussions revolve around the need for open standards, the impact of AI on data roles, the complex hiring practices in tech startups, and so much more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Evolution of Analytics Engineer Roles (1:53)
Job Titles and Role Consolidation in Data (3:20)
Standardization and Open Data Standards (7:51)
SQL as a Universal Standard & Vendor Lock-In (11:58)
Modern Data Stack: Hype vs. Reality (13:29)
The State of Data Teams in 2025 (18:12)
Morale and Job Market Realities for Data Professionals (25:17)
Bonus Round: Extreme Work Culture Satire (28:41)
Honesty in Hiring and Team Building (33:18)
Challenges of Building and Leading Data Teams (37:31)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (41:15)

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The PRQL: Data Engineering in 2025: Tooling, Headcount, and Survival Strategies with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 7 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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251: Data Teams at the Crossroads: Proving Value in a Changing Business Landscape with Ben Rogojan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Jul 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Technical Freelancer Academy & Consulting Community (1:21)
Evolution of Data Teams and Technology (2:52)
Data Team Growth and Output vs. Outcome (4:47)
Internal Optimization vs. Client-Facing Data Work (7:23)
Audience, Delivery Mechanisms, and Actionability (12:40)
Proving ROI and Prioritizing Work (15:27)
Practical Tips for Data Team-Business Alignment (18:31)
Dealing with Vanity and Security Blanket Metrics (23:39)
AI’s Impact on Data Workflows (27:07)
BI Tools, AI Integration, and Dashboards (32:25)
Top Skills for Data Professionals (37:27)
Career Growth: Technical, Communication, and Business Skills (42:02)
Show, Don’t Tell: Prototyping and Feedback (44:37)
Taking Initiative and Risk in Data Roles (50:21)
Parting Advice and Closing Thoughts (51:16)

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The PRQL: Beyond Dashboards: Selling Data Value to the Business with Ben Rogojan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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250: The Chat Interface Debate: Is Text Really the Future?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Dashboard vs. Chatbot Discussion (1:40)
The Future of Chat Interfaces (3:03)
Vibe Revenue Concept (6:36)
AI's Early Days Compared to the Internet (10:14)
OpenAI and Hardware Collaboration (13:09)
Challenges of Hardware Development (16:20)
Productivity in Programming Languages (18:18)
Critique of 'Language is Dead' Posts (21:34)
Legacy Systems in Use (22:34)
Deterministic vs. Non-Deterministic Workflows (23:37)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (23:45)

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249: Quacking Through Data: Duckdb's Emerging Ecosystem

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, John Wessel and Matt Kelliher-Gibson dive into the recent Duck Lake announcement, exploring the evolving landscape of data analytics technologies. They discuss DuckDB's role as a lightweight, local analytics database and its potential as a caching layer for open table formats like Iceberg. The conversation also highlights the current state of data storage standards, focusing on agreements around Parquet and Iceberg, while noting the ongoing complexity in catalog management. Key takeaways include the importance of local compute solutions, the early stage of open table formats, and the potential for simplified data infrastructure that can provide faster, more cost-effective analytics workflows. The episode underscores the ongoing innovation in data technologies and the need for more streamlined, flexible data management solutions. Don’t miss it!

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Discussion on Duck Lake Announcement (1:41)
Compatibility with Apache Iceberg (4:05)
Use Cases for DuckDB (6:23)
Concerns About Data Management (10:01)
Introduction to Data Formats (11:40)
Catalog Space Challenges (13:13)
Metadata Orchestration (14:54)
Simplicity in Data Management (15:25)
SQL Demo Discussion (17:26)
Wrap-Up and Final Thoughts (18:44)

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248: AI and BI: The Future of Data Analytics with Michael Driscoll of Rill Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and John welcome Michael Driscoll, Co-Founder and CEO of Rill Data. Mike discusses the transformative impact of AI on business intelligence (BI) and data analytics. He also explores the shift from traditional dashboard-based tools to more dynamic, code-driven, and AI-powered interfaces that provide deeper insights. During the conversation, the group emphasizes the importance of a metrics-first approach, the potential of leapfrog architectures using technologies like data lakes and real-time analytical databases, and how AI agents are increasingly becoming the primary users of data tools. The conversation highlights the evolving landscape of data infrastructure, where open standards, flexibility, and intelligent interfaces are reshaping how businesses interact with and understand their data, and more.

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Welcome Back Mike Driscoll (1:11)
Philosophy Behind BI Tools (2:04)
Building a Natural Language Processing Server (4:33)
Deployment of MCP Servers (6:07)
The Role of Visualizations in BI (10:09)
Measuring Product Success (12:43)
Navigating Changes as Data Professionals (16:13)
Efficiency Gains with Code (19:00)
The Future of Data Teams (22:29)
Long-term Use of Rutter Stack (25:16)
Analytics Landscape Overview (30:59)
Future of BI Architecture (33:04)
AI's Role in Analytics (35:07)
Interoperability and Talent Pool (39:41)
The Crowded BI Market (42:03)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (46:07)

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The PRQL: The Metrics-First Approach: Transforming How We Understand Data with Michael Driscoll of Rill Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 9 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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247: Consulting Firms, AI Strategies, and the $100K Question with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 4 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Cynical Data Guy Returns (1:11)
Klarna's AI Shift (2:08)
Sensational Headlines in Tech (4:31)
Impact of AI on Jobs (8:19)
Cost of AI Strategy (10:21)
Consulting Strategies and Company Differentiation (12:26)
Brand Recognition in Consulting (14:48)
Critique of Outsourcing Thought (17:10)
Future of Consulting with AI (19:37)
The Fragility of Data Systems (21:32)
Primitive Data Stacks (24:05)
Cynical Data Scientist Epitaph (00:26:06)
Rebranding Data Science (27:40)
Parting Thoughts and Takeaways (30:14)

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The PRQL: Cynical Data Guy: Unpacking Tech's Latest Hype Cycles

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 2 Jun 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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246: AI, Abstractions, and the Future of Data Engineering with Pete Hunt of Dagster

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pete's Background and Journey in Data (1:36)
Evolution of Data Practices (3:02)
Integration Challenges with Acquired Companies (5:13)
Trust and Safety as a Service (8:12)
Transition to Dagster (11:26)
Value Creation in Networking (14:42)
Observability in Data Pipelines (18:44)
The Era of Big Complexity (21:38)
Abstraction as a Tool for Complexity (24:41)
Composability and Workflow Engines (28:08)
The Need for Guardrails (33:13)
AI in Development Tools (36:24)
Internal Components Marketplace (40:14)
Reimagining Data Integration (43:03)
Importance of Abstraction in Data Tools (46:17)
Parting Advice for Listeners and Closing Thoughts (48:01)

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The PRQL: Breaking Down Silos: Collaborative Data Engineering in the AI Era with Pete Hunt of Dagster

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 26 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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245: The Future of Data: Postgres, Iceberg, and Operational Analytics with Pranav Aurora of Mooncake Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 22 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pranav’s Background and Journey in Data (1:10)
Backstory of Mooncake Labs (2:05)
PostgreSQL as a Force (4:47)
Curiosity in Product Management (7:33)
Challenges with Iceberg (11:12)
Go-to-Market Strategy (13:52)
Building Community Engagement (15:56)
Importance of Feedback (18:26)
AI Integration in Mooncake Labs (21:29)
Innovation in data interaction (23:49)
PostgreSQL and startup growth (28:41)
Core component of business strategy (31:20)
The Origin of the name Mooncake Labs (34:12)
Upcoming Product Release (38:40)
Connecting with Mooncake Labs and Parting Thoughts (42:49)

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The PRQL: Zero to One: Navigating the Challenges of a Data Infrastructure Startup

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 21 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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244: Postgres to ClickHouse: Simplifying the Modern Data Stack with Aaron Katz & Sai Krishna Srirampur

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 20 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Background of ClickHouse (1:14)
PostgreSQL Data Replication Tool (3:19)
Emerging Technologies Observations (7:25)
Observability and Market Dynamics (11:26)
Product Development Challenges (12:39)
Challenges with PostgreSQL Performance (15:30)
Philosophy of Open Source (18:01)
Open Source Advantages (22:56)
Simplified Stack Vision (24:48)
End-to-End Use Cases (28:13)
Migration Strategies (30:21)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (33:29)

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The PRQL: Data Migration Made Easy: Postgres, ClickHouse, and the Future of Analytics with Aaron Katz and Sai Krishna Srirampur

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 19 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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243: The Data Economy: Turning Information into a Tradable Commodity with Viktor Kessler of Vakamo

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 16 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Viktor's Background and Journey in Data (1:20)
Evolution of Data Architecture (4:41)
The Lakehouse Concept (7:12)
Open Source Innovation (11:05)
Data Production and Decentralization (15:06)
Governance in Decentralized Systems (18:53)
Data Economy and Monetization (21:15)
Security Concerns in Data Processing (24:21)
Impact on Data Consumers (27:37)
Compaction Issues in Data Tables (29:39)
Open Source Lake Keeper Tool and Parting Thoughts (33:02)

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The PRQL: Governance, Flexibility, and the Future of Enterprise Data with Viktor Kessler of Vakamo

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 15 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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242: The Data Convergence: How Operational and Analytical Data Are Merging with Ruben Burdin of Stacksync

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ruben's Background (1:14)
Defining Operational Data (5:20)
The Convergence of Operational and Analytical Data (10:53)
Evolution from Data Warehousing to Fulfillment Centers (13:19)
Challenges of API Integration (18:25)
Understanding Data Complexity (22:18)
Database vs. API Calls (25:32)
Real-Time Database Views (28:15)
The Evolution of Data Technology (32:37)
Future Topics on PostgreSQL Scaling and Parting Thoughts (34:02)

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The PRQL: Two-Way Sync: The Future of Database Communication with Ruben Burdin of Stacksync

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 13 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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241: Marketing Meets Data: Measuring Impact and Driving Results with Pedram Navid of Dagster Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 12 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pedram’s Background and Journey in Data (1:13)
Marketing vs. Data Engineering (2:30)
Understanding Marketing Pressures (4:16)
Attribution Models and Accountability (8:13)
Balancing Marketing and Team Management (12:25)
Introduction to Dagster Components (15:00)
AI Integration with Data Engineering (19:05)
Challenges in Data Support (22:05)
Self-Service Data Access (26:07)
AI in Data Management (28:25)
Organizing Data in Technical Teams (31:25)
Challenges in Real-Time Data (33:28)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (37:01)

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The PRQL: Shifting Gears: From Code to Marketing in the Data World with Pedram Navid of Dagster Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 9 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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240: Data Council Insights from a Waymo: Postgres and the Future of the Data Stack

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Recording from a Waymo (0:54)
Future of Data Technology (2:45)
AI Integration in Data Work (4:20)
Speeding Up Data Experiences (5:29)
Snapshot Conversations with Founders (9:52)
Diversity of Perspectives on Postgres (12:37)
Cultural Significance of Database Mascots (14:09)
Incubation and Success of Open Source Projects (16:43)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (17:34)

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The PRQL: Data Council Debrief

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 5 May 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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239: How AI is Transforming Product Development with Thomas Kuckoff, Senior Product Manager at Omron Automation

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Introduction of Panelists (2:15)
Understanding Product Development (4:42)
Three Stages of Product Development (7:53)
Collaboration Across Teams (11:20)
Understanding Customer Pain Points (12:31)
Designers, Explainers, and Sustainers Framework (15:17)
AI in Product Development (18:09)
Using AI Responsibly (22:53)
AI in Sustaining Product Development (24:57)
Brand Storytelling with AI (27:40)
Tooling and AI Implementation (29:29)
Pressure for AI Integration (34:05)
The Importance of AI in Product Development (38:28)
Contextual Advantage of AI (42:52)
Evolution of Prototyping (46:11)
The Balance of Speed and Critical Thinking (48:16)
Understanding AI in Product Development (51:08)
Navigating the Messy Process of Product Development (53:14)
Final thoughts and Advice (56:32)

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238: What Every Developer Needs to Know About Microservices in 2025 with Mark Fussell, Founder & CEO at Diagrid

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Mark’s Background and Journey in Data (1:08)
Mark’s Time at Microsoft (5:33)
Internal Adoption of Azure (9:20)
Understanding Pain Points (11:06)
Complexity in Software Development (13:15)
Microservices Architecture Overview (17:15)
Microservices vs. Monolith (22:08)
Modernizing Legacy Applications (24:39)
Dependency Management with Dapr (29:43)
Infrastructure as Code (33:04)
AI's Rapid Evolution and Vendor Changes (37:27)
Language Models in Application Development (39:05)
AI in Creative Applications (42:59)
The Future of Backend Development (47:22)
Streamlining Development Processes (49:29)
Dapr as an Open Source Solution (51:11)
Getting Started with Dapr and Parting Thoughts (51:39)

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The PRQL: From Monoliths to Microservices with Mark Fussell, Founder & CEO at Diagrid

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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237: Startups, Sales, and Spreadsheets: How a Real Estate Developer Built an AI Company

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Willz’s Background and Journey (1:25)
Discussing Real Estate Data Challenges (2:58)
Inspiration for Software Creation (4:05)
From Spreadsheet to Software (9:04)
Challenges in Ownership Identification (12:24)
Company Acquisition (16:00)
Pitching Investors with Data Tools (18:46)
Lessons Learned from Selling the Company (21:45)
The Journey to Ready (26:55)
Sales Development Representatives Explained (29:22)
Role of Data in Sales (33:30)
Real-Time Dashboards (36:54)
Human-AI Collaboration (39:53)
Human Touch in Data Compilation (44:02)
Paradigm Shift in Data Access (46:19)
Frustrations with Sales Cycles (48:22)
Value of Genuine Conversations (55:23)
Optimizing Internal Tools (56:23)
Future of Data Interfaces and Parting Thoughts (57:21)

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The PRQL: Willz Tolbert’s Journey Through Real Estate and AI

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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236: Ringing Out the Old: AI's Role in Redefining Data Teams, Tools, and Business Models

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Impact of AI (1:25)
Historical Context of Technology (2:31)
Pre-existing Infrastructure for Change (4:42)
AI as a Personal Assistant (7:10)
Future of Company Roles (9:13)
Managing Teams in a Dystopian AI Future (12:31)
Business Architecture Choices (15:52)
Integration Tool Usage (18:07)
AI's Impact on Data Roles (21:53)
AI as an Interface (24:04)
Trust in AI vs. SQL (27:12)
Snowflake's Acquisition of Dataflow (29:54)
Regression to the Mean Concept (33:49)
AI's Role in Data Platforms (37:04)
User Experience in Data Tools (44:41)
Future of Data Tools (46:57)
Environment Variable Setup (51:10)
Future of Software Implementation and Parting Thoughts (52:10)

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The PRQL: AI, SaaS, and the End of Job Titles with Eric Dodds and John Wessel

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 7 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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235: Pete Soderling on the Evolution of Data Engineering

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Apr 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pete's Career Overview (1:00)
AI and Data Engineering Discussion (2:05)
Themes of Data Council (4:19)
High-Frequency Trading Insights (8:04)
San Francisco's Unique Advantages (10:27)
Data Council Conference Preview (13:23)
The Magic of In-Person Events (15:45)
Collapsing Batch and Streaming Systems (19:47)
Leveraging Local Hardware for Data Processing (22:07)
Future of Blockchain in Computing (23:57)
Intersection of AI and Data Management (26:47)
Advice for AI Startup Founders (28:44)
Blurring Lines Between Data Roles (32:46)
The Evolving Role of Engineers (36:56)
Discount Code for Data Council and Parting Thoughts (38:23)

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The PRQL: What AI Founders Need to Know About Data (Before It’s Too Late) with Pete Soderling of Zero Prime Ventures

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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234: The Cynical Data Guy on AI, Data Tools, and the Future of Coding

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

AI in Transcription Services (1:11)
The Future of AI Companies (5:09)
Potential Risks of AI Tools (8:57)
Learning vs. Dependency in Programming (10:17)
The Journey of a Data Analyst (12:07)
AI and Coding Skills (14:06)
Abstraction in Data Tools (16:59)
Data Design and AI (19:07)
User Experience vs. AI Automation (22:10)
AGI and Data Mesh (24:36)
Blank Screen Interaction Challenges (27:10)
Understanding User Value in Data Platforms (32:22)
AI's Role in Simplifying Data Interaction (34:04)
Final Thought and Takeaways (35:05)

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The PRQL: From Code to No-Code: How AI is Reshaping Data Work with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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233: The Power of a Triple Threat in Data: Business, Engineering, and Strategy with Solomon Kahn of Delivery Layer and Top Data People

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Solomon’s Background and Journey in Data (0:38)
The Importance of a Triple Threat Data Person (5:14)
Sports Sponsorship Analysis at Nielsen (7:31)
Challenges of Implementing AI in Business (11:09)
Understanding Data Delivery Models (14:18)
Innovating Data Delivery (17:38)
Modern Data Sharing Framework (19:09)
Account Management in Data Sharing (23:43)
Data Delivery Systems and Skill Sets (26:08)
Practical Steps for Monetizing Data (29:02)
Building Trust Through Branding (36:51)
LinkedIn Personal Branding Tips (40:54)
Mastering the Basics (44:16)
Professional Development in Data (48:18)
Deep Technical Skills (53:18)
Active and Outcome-Focused Approach (55:25)
Finding Top Data People and Parting Thoughts (56:44)

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The PRQL: From Data Engineer to Data Entrepreneur with Solomon Kahn of Delivery Layer and Top Data People

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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232: Building a Business Solo: Streaming Data, Synthetic Testing, and Startup Lessons with Michael Drogalis of ShadowTraffic.io

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Michael's Background and Journey in Data (0:24)
Synthetic Data Challenges (1:49)
Open Source Project Development (4:20)
Founding Distributed Masonry (5:56)
Acquisition by Confluent (7:27)
Introduction to Shadow Traffic (10:57)
Observations on Streaming Data (12:33)
Importance of Timestamps in Testing (16:22)
Customer Workflows with Shadow Traffic (19:09)
Artificial Intelligence in Data Generation (22:13)
Advantages of Domain-Specific Language (DSL) (25:14)
Solopreneurship Insights (26:53)
Exit Criteria for Startup Focus (30:12)
The Feedback Loop (33:51)
Balancing Customer Needs and Vision (35:02)
Navigating Administrative Tasks (38:15)
Expected Value Mindset (41:00)
Solopreneur Efficiency (43:01)
Maximizing Velocity (46:06)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (47:34)

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The PRQL: Solopreneurship, Streaming Data, and Synthetic Testing with Michael Drogalis of ShadowTraffic.io

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:30:00 +0000

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231: From Pre-Med to Product Strategy: Eric Dodds’ Journey in Data and Startups

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 5 Mar 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Early Aspirations: Becoming a Doctor (1:09)
The Shift to Business Studies (3:54)
Father's Influence on Career Path (4:39)
Interest in Statistics and Psychology (6:47)
Networking and Early Career (10:24)
Developing a Passion for Data (12:09)
Joining a Startup Accelerator (17:30)
Data and Engagement Metrics (21:39)
Lessons on Data Fidelity (23:40)
Entrepreneurial Journey in a VC-Backed Incubator (26:15)
Software Engineering School Initiative (30:21)
Growth and Market Timing (35:08)
Post-Exit Consultancy Experience (36:36)
Finding RudderStack (38:53)
Behavioral Data Revolution (40:44)
Advice for Aspiring Product Managers (44:20)
Understanding Customer Pain Points (46:29)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (47:03)

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230: The Cynical Data Guy: Data Tech Debt, Data Mesh, and Dashboard Directives

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Return of the Cynical Data Guy (0:14)
Risks of SQL Complexity (2:16)
Technical Debt in Data (4:34)
Data Mesh Critique (6:38)
Governance vs. Decentralization (9:55)
Never Let a Stakeholder Tell You They Need a Dashboard (12:05)
Dashboard vs. Table (13:34)
Organizational Dynamics in Data Requests (16:35)
AI and Prompt Writing (19:43)
Search Techniques and User Behavior (21:20)
Discussion on Code Optimization Tools (23:19)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (24:47)

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229: The Future of AI: Superhuman Intelligence, Autonomous Coding, and the Path to AGI with Misha Laskin of ReflectionAI

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Misha's Background and Journey in AI (1:13)
Childhood Interest in Physics (4:43)
Future of AI and Human Interaction (7:09)
AI's Transformative Nature (10:12)
Superhuman Intelligence in AI (12:44)
Clarifying AGI and Superhuman Intelligence (15:48)
Understanding AGI (18:12)
Counterintuitive Intelligence (22:06)
Reflection's Mission (25:00)
Focus on Autonomous Coding (29:18)
Future of Automation (34:00)
Geofencing in Coding (38:01)
Challenges of Autonomous Coding (40:46)
Evaluations in AI Projects (43:27)
Example of Evaluation Metrics (46:52)
Starting with AI Tools and Final Takeaways (50:35)

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The PRQL: From Theoretical Physics to AI: Misha Laskin on AGI, Superhuman Intelligence, and Autonomous Coding

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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228: The Machine Learning Reality Check: When AI Makes Sense for Marketing Attribution with Lew Dawson of Momentum Consulting

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Previewing Today’s Topic (0:14
Machine Learning Discussion (1:44)
Conditions for Machine Learning Worthiness (6:59)
Simplicity in Modeling (8:43)
Predictive Analytics vs. Machine Learning (10:42)
Optimization and Investment Problems (13:03)
Practical vs. Theoretical Saturation (15:16)
Building Relationships with Marketing Teams (19:52)
Reporting Metrics and Attribution Models (22:49)
Tracking Common Metrics (25:40)
Understanding Profit Generation (27:46)
ROI Calculation Challenges (29:49)
AI in Customer Data Analysis (31:23)
Execution Challenges in Marketing Automation (35:23)
API Limitations in Marketing Tools (36:50)
Optimizing Ads with AI (37:50)
Challenges of Real-Time Data Integration (40:01)
Final thoughts and takeaways (41:13)

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227: The Art & Science of Marketing Attribution: From UTMs to Machine Learning with Lew Dawson of Momentum Consulting

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 5 Feb 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Welcome Back, Lew (0:14)
Recap of Previous Discussion (1:03)
Benefits of Hashing Information (2:33)
Using Hashes for Data Context (4:24)
Hashing and Query Parameters (7:24)
Static Values for Hashing (11:10)
Identity Resolution in Data Attribution (14:36)
Methodologies for User Tracking (16:37)
Combining Data Sources for Attribution (21:13)
Understanding Data Gaps (25:25)
Defining Objectives and KPIs (27:50)
Identity Resolution Challenges (28:46)
User and Session Stitching (32:01)
Trusting Ad Platforms (35:23)
Defining Attribution (38:09)
The Credit Dilemma (40:18)
First Touch Attribution Explained (41:47)
Linear Attribution Model (43:21)
B2C and B2B Attribution Scenarios (45:22)
Timeframes in Attribution (47:29)
Understanding Lookback Windows (49:34)
Google Analytics Changes (51:20)
Attribution After Conversion (53:26)
Online vs. Offline Attribution (55:49)
Discipline in Tracking (58:52)
Challenges in Coordination (1:00:12)
QR Codes and Data Integration (1:01:55)

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226: Building Trust in Marketing Data: An Engineer's Guide to Attribution Architecture with Lew Dawson of Momentum Consulting

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Lew’s Background and Journey in Data (1:06)
Attribution Challenges (2:16)
Attribution War Stories (8:09
Defining Attribution (12:32)
Complexities of Attribution (16:08)
Multi-Touch Attribution Challenges (21:31)
Campaign Creation Difficulties (23:27)
UTM Parameters Explained (26:01)
Challenges in Data Extraction (31:17)
Transforming and Merging Data (36:28)
Behavioral Data and Identity Resolution (40:29)
Hierarchical Structure of Campaigns (44:03)
Challenges of Data Consistency (49:38)
Mitigating Freeform Data Issues (52:21)
Creating Unique Join Keys (55:30)
The Importance of Defining Requirements (58:42)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (1:00:39)

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The PRQL: From Data Chaos to Marketing Truth: An Engineer's Guide to Attribution with Lew Dawson of Momentum Consulting

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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225: The Stone Cold Truth About Data: False Hopes and Hard Truths with The Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

False Hope in Data Roles (1:17)
Naivety of Junior Data Analysts (4:27)
The Challenge of Defining Data (6:41)
Struggles with Enterprise BI Tools (9:43)
Career Advice for Data Professionals (12:36)
Generational Shifts in Data Roles (16:51)
Self-Service Data Requests (18:17)
The Importance of Analysis Skills (19:46)
The Broader Context of Analysis (21:44)
Boring Challenges in AI Deployment (23:29)
Technology Development vs. Human Absorption (26:14)
VC Resolutions for 2025 (27:00)
Value Addition in Leadership (32:08)
Final Thoughts and Wrap-Up (33:06)

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The PRQL: The End of Data Silos (and Other Myths) with The Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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224: Bridging Gaps: DevRel, Marketing Synergies, and the Future of Data with Pedram Navid of Dagster Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pedram’s Background and Journey in Data (0:47)
Joining Dagster Labs (1:41)
Synergies Between Teams (2:56)
Developer Marketing Preferences (6:06)
Bridging Technical Gaps (9:54)
Understanding Data Orchestration (11:05)
Dagster's Unique Features (16:07)
The Future of Orchestration (18:09)
Freeing Up Team Resources (20:30)
Market Readiness of the Modern Data Stack (22:20)
Career Journey into DevRel and Marketing (26:09)
Understanding Technical Audiences (29:33)
Building Trust Through Open Source (31:36)
Understanding Vendor Lock-In (34:40)
AI and Data Orchestration (36:11)
Modern Data Stack Evolution (39:09)
The Cost of AI Services (41:58)
Differentiation Through Integration (44:13)
Language and Frameworks in Orchestration (49:45)
Future of Orchestration and Closing Thoughts (51:54)

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The PRQL: Developer Relations, Marketing Synergies, and the Future of Data Platforms with Pedram Navid of Dagster Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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223: End-of-Year Product Trends: The Cost of Rushing Features with The Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Christmas and New Year Edition of Cynical Data Guy (0:28)
Discussion on AI (0:42)
12 Days of Shipments (1:04)
Attention-Grabbing Strategies (2:01)
Founder Mode vs. Manager Mode (3:11)
Technical Debt Remediation (5:03)
LinkedIn Posts Discussion (6:05)
Cultural Impact on Roles (8:03)
Investment in Modernization (12:07)
Reflection on Company Strategies (15:03)
Gratitude for Data Trends (16:18)
Future of Data Access (19:14)
Looking Forward to 2025 in Data (21:45)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (22:11)

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The PRQL: Year-End Reflections with The Cynical Data Guy: Ship Features Fast, Pay Later

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 6 Jan 2025 09:30:00 +0000

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222: The Future of Data Modeling: Breaking Free from Tables with Best-Selling Author, Joe Reis of Ternary Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Joe’s Recent Projects and Work (0:55)
Joe’s New Book and Inspiration for Writing It (4:39)
Challenges in Data Education (7:00)
Internal Training Programs (10:02)
Creative Problem Solving (17:46)
Evaluating Candidates' Skills (21:18)
Market Value and Career Growth (24:03)
AI's Impact on Hiring (27:47)
Content Production and Quality (31:56)
The Evolution of AI and Data (34:00)
Challenges of Automation (36:12)
Convergence of Data Fields (40:26)
Shortcomings of Relational Models (42:09)
Inefficiencies of Poor Data Modeling (47:10)
Discussion on Resource Constraints (51:50)
The Role of Language Models (53:13)
AI in Migration Projects (57:00)
Joe’s Teaser for a New Project (59:05)
Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks (1:00:07)

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The PRQL: From Tables to AI: The Future of Data Modeling with Best-Selling Author, Joe Reis of Ternary Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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221: The Art and Science of Technical Leadership in Early-Stage Startups: Building World-Class Engineering Teams from Scratch with Sokratis Vidros of Novu

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Sokratis’ Background and Journey in Data (1:19)
Engineers Wearing Multiple Hats (2:17)
The Era of Early Startups (3:32)
Lessons from Building Software (7:15)
Importance of Team Dynamics (9:12)
Balancing Creativity and Stability (15:00)
Version Control in Data Analysis (18:57)
Opinionated Modern Data Software (21:14)
Creating Dashboards for Company Stats (22:41)
Hiring for Intuition in Tech (27:38)
Interview Process Insights (30:15)
Protecting Intuitive Thinkers in Companies (35:08)
The Challenge of Trust (39:21)
Loss of Control in Delegation (40:14)
Founder Work-Life Balance (42:15)
Advice for Early-Stage Engineers (44:03)

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The PRQL: Building Software with Intuition: Lessons from Multiple Successful Startups with Sokratis Vidros of Novu

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 23 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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220: From Box Office to Big Data: Bridging Marketing and Technology Through Data-Driven Leadership with Brian Schwartz of SIZE

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Brian’s Background and Journey in Data and Marketing (0:56)
AI and Data Strategy (2:12)
Experience at DreamWorks Animation (3:15)
Marketing Timeline for Movies (5:18)
Data-Driven Decisions at Expedia (9:04)
Advising High-Growth Companies (14:59)
LinkedIn Connections and Networking (17:57)
Tension Between Marketing and Data Teams (19:59)
Technology Spending in Marketing (22:07)
Advice for Tech Leaders Facing Brand Marketers (25:50)
Frequency of Replatforming (30:11)
Understanding Data Accessibility (33:58)
Data as a Product (00:37:58)
Overhyped AI Applications (39:00)
Underutilized AI Opportunities (00:41:51)
AI's ROI Challenges (47:01)
Effective AI Support Systems (52:33)
Potential Ventures to Pursue Outside of Data (56:04)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (1:00:11)

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The PRQL: Bridging Marketing and Technology Through Data-Driven Leadership with Brian Schwartz of SIZE

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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219: The First 90 Days of Data Leadership: What the LinkedIn Posts Don't Tell You with Matt Kelliher-Gibson, The Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Lightning Round Setup (1:15)
Scenarios for New Data Leaders (2:33)
Optimism vs. Reality (3:14)
Cynical Perspective on Data Roles (5:32)
Monitoring Systems Discussion (9:31)
Executive Alignment Challenges (12:54)
Understanding Team Dynamics (17:32)
Head of Data vs. Head of Product (20:13)
Product Development Steps (22:14)
Consequences of Product Decisions (24:14)
Challenges in Data Team Dynamics (26:03)
Attribution Reporting Complexity (28:24)
Long-Term Vision for Data Teams (29:22)
AI Summaries Discussion (30:19)
Closing Thoughts on AI Nuance (32:02)

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The PRQL: The Unspoken Truths of Data Leadership with Matt Kelliher-Gibson, The Cynical Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 9 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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218: Breaking the Language Barrier Between Data and Business with Joyce Myers of Modern Technology Solutions

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 4 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Joyce's Background and Journey in Data (0:39)
Technological Growth in Logistics (3:51)
Leadership and Communication in Logistics (6:54)
Impact of Data Quality (9:13)
Significance of Data Entry Accuracy (12:05)
Data's Role in Decision Making (16:01)
The Cost of Adding Data Points (21:26)
Real-Time Data in Logistics (24:28)
Understanding Master Data (31:15)
Data vs. Information Distinction (33:21)
Navigating Change in Data Management (37:35)
Career Advice for Data Practitioners and Parting Thoughts (41:10)

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The PRQL: Small Errors, Big Consequences: The Reality of Data Quality with Joyce Myers of Modern Technology Solutions

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 2 Dec 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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217: Bridging Data Models with Business Intuition with Zenlytic’s Founders Ryan Janssen and Paul Blankley

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ryan and Paul’s Background and Journey (1:05)
Excitement about AI and Data Intersection (2:50)
Evolution of Language Models (5:05)
Current Challenges in Model Training (6:51)
Founding Zenlytic (9:12)
Integrating Vibes into Decision-Making (12:58)
Precision vs. Context in Data (15:03)
Understanding Multimodal Inputs (17:47)
The Challenge of Watching User Behavior (19:26)
Empathy in Data Analysis (21:32)
AI in Analytics (23:18)
The Complexity of Data Models (25:33)
Self-Serve Analytics Definition (28:15)
Evolution of Self-Serve Analytics (32:09)
Distillation of Data for End Users (36:44)
Challenges in Data Interpretation (39:22)
Building a Semantic Model (44:18)
Using AI for Comprehensive Analysis (46:51)
Future of AI in Analytics (51:31)
Naming the AI Agent (52:53)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (54:21)

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The PRQL: Large Language Models Haven’t Always Been Large with Ryan Janssen and Paul Blankley from Zenlytic

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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216: From Raw Data to Business Results: Building High-Impact Data Teams with Ethan Aaron and John Steinmetz

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ethan's Background (0:47)
John's Background (1:16)
Data Teams vs. Engineering Teams (2:04)
Career Paths in Data (3:40)
Pressure of Large Companies (6:10)
Contrasting Industries: Expedia vs. Gallo (9:02)
Establishing Trust in Data (11:30)
From Sales to Data (16:30)
Understanding Success Metrics (18:58)
Creating Daily Business Value (23:03)
Aligning Data Work with Leadership Goals (29:30)
Differences Between Data and Software Engineering (31:25)
The Role of Data in Business (35:56)
Understanding Data Contracts (39:35)
Accuracy vs. Usability in Data (41:51)
Observational Skills in Data Roles (44:03)
Defining Product in Data vs. Software (47:07)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (52:42)

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The PRQL: Understanding Business Needs Before Building Data Solutions with Ethan Aaron and John Steinmetz

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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215: Data Sharing and the Truth About Data Clean Rooms with Patrik Devlin of Wilde AI

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Patrik's Background and Journey to Wilde (1:12)
The Evolution of QR Codes (4:09)
Marketing Analytics and Clean Rooms (9:52)
Challenges in Data Sharing (13:20)
Technical Challenges with Clean Rooms (15:37)
Exploring Current Data Infrastructure (19:11)
Data Orchestration Tools (22:50)
Performance Tuning and Data Syncing (24:00)
Choosing Data Tools (26:08)
Mother Duck and Data Warehousing (00:30:31)
Flexible Data Architecture (32:40)
DuckDB Implementation (35:36)
Data Marketplace Concept (38:34)
Asset Availability in Data Queries (42:21)
Transition from Software Engineering to Data Stack (46:36)
Data Contracts and Type Safety (49:10)
Database Schema Perspectives (50:27)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (51:35)

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The PRQL: Data Sharing Deep Dive and Building Secure, Scalable, Flexible Data Solutions with Patrik Devlin of Wilde AI

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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214: Will Salesforce Be the Most Successful AI Company? And Do You Need That in Real-Time? Featuring the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Cynical Data Guy Explanation (00:00:44)
Marc Benioff's LinkedIn Post (1:28)
Agent Force Overview (2:23)
Speculating on the Backstory (4:08)
Top Comment Reaction (6:22)
Salesforce's Success in AI (7:30)
Distribution as a Key Factor (9:10)
Salesforce's Dashboarding Solution (10:20)
Data as a Byproduct Discussion (14:22)
Historical Data Value Debate (17:15)
Real-Time Data Processing Challenges (19:54)
Real-Time Data Use Cases (22:10)
Legacy Systems and Data Management (28:06)
Psychology of Data Usage (29:15)
Final Takeaways on Sales and Data (32:21)

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The PRQL: A Take on Salesforce Agentforce and More with the Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 4 Nov 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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213: How AI Can Bring Advanced Data Outcomes to More Businesses featuring Taylor Murphy of Arch

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Taylor's Background and Journey in Data (0:45)
Modern Data Practices and AI (1:46)
Arch's Mission and Collaboration (3:02)
Data Movement and Business Needs (6:12)
Bundling and Unbundling of Data Tools (8:26)
Cost of Computing and Data Storage (13:22)
AI Agent Models in Data Analytics (16:09)
AI Analyst and Data Democratization (18:34)
Decentralizing Data Expertise (20:08)
Anchoring Questions in Business Metrics (23:32)
Challenges for Mid-Market Companies (27:55)
Creating Metrics in Organizations (29:53)
User Experience in AI Interactions (34:54)
Human-AI Collaboration (36:49)
Managing AI Agents (39:39)
Understanding Customer Data Needs (42:47)
Automation of Data Parsing (45:05)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (46:16)

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The PRQL: From ETL to AI: Taylor Murphy’s Journey to Transform Data Analytics

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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212: Scaling Startups with Purpose: Jonathan Bragdon’s Blueprint for Capital-Efficient Growth

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Jonathan's Background in Data and VC (1:05)
Working with CPG Data (3:45)
Details of Purchase Data (6:20)
Funding Fast-Growth Companies (12:21)
Venture Studio Model (16:34)
Learnings from Consulting and Incubation (19:35)
Founder Obsession (21:54)
Capital Stack Introduction (24:18)
Capital Efficiency in Startups (28:05)
Value Creation in Venture Capital (33:37)
Revenue-Based Financing (38:43)
Exit Aperture and Dilution (39:39)
Importance of Fit in Investment (41:51)
Setting Expectations Early (44:06)
Aligning Financial and Problem-Solving Goals (46:21)
Technical and Process Focus in Startups (49:21)
Identifying Tech and Process Debt (52:39)
Advice for Aspiring Founders (54:53)
The Craft vs. Problem Focus (57:09)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (58:48)

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The PRQL: Founder Obsession and Funding Options with Jonathan Bragdon of Capacity

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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211: From Classroom to Data Science: Career Advice and AI Trends with Angelica ‘Jelly’ Spratley

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Disney Data and Analytics Conference (1:15)
Flatiron School Overview (3:51)
Defining Industry-Ready (4:48)
Transitioning to Data Science (6:33)
Teaching KPIs (8:10)
Self-Advocacy in Career Development (11:22)
Managerial Credibility (16:11)
Bridging Academic and Industry Gaps (19:30)
Managing Projects with Non-Technical Stakeholders (21:35)
Transitioning from Industry to Teaching (23:38)
Relating Data Science to Personal Interests (25:32)
Creating Engaging Learning Experiences (28:42)
Involvement in Data Literacy Organizations (31:09)
Addressing AI Concerns in Education (34:16)
Collaboration for AI Safety (38:22)
Remote Work Trends (41:09)
Productivity in Remote vs. Office Settings (44:11)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (46:13)

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The PRQL: Navigating the Data World with Angelica 'Jelly' Spratley: Career Transitions, AI Insights, and Industry-Ready Skills

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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210: From Reporting Basics to AI Automation with Eric Dodds and John Wessel: Navigating the Complexities of Data Standardization, Observability, and Business Alignment

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Reporting and Analytics Discussion (1:09)
Automation in Reporting (3:16)
AI's Impact on Analytics (5:00)
Data Quality Challenges (6:56)
Reinventing Reporting (9:23)
Automated Reporting Services (14:35)
Growth Trajectory of Reporting Tools (16:01)
Market Size Comparison (18:04)
Static vs. Time Series Data (21:27)
Differentiating Reporting and Analytics (26:26)
Ad Hoc Analysis vs. Reporting (29:52)
The Role of Data Scientists (34:03)
Planning the Reset (38:36)
Focus on Business Problems (41:30)
Identifying Business Needs (44:01)
Heuristics and Intuition (48:03)
Importance of Monitoring (52:20)
Observability in Analytics (55:53)
Observability in Metrics (58:08)
Consistency in Definitions (1:02:39)
Impact of Changing Definitions and Final Takeaways (1:04:15)

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The PRQL: Back to the Basics: The Importance of Solid Reporting and Analytics

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 7 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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209: Storytime with Cynical Data Guy: Data Projects, $50K Web Scraping Fails, and the Role of CDOs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Oct 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Previewing the Next Cynical Data Guy Episode (0:13)
Story Time: Coolest Data Project You’ve Worked On (1:13)
Failed Web Scraping Project (3:40)
Building a Neural Net for Matching (5:22)
Rebuilding the Project Strategy (7:04)
Project Completion and Politics (9:35)
Agreeable Data Guy's Pricing Story (11:00)
Balancing Advanced and Simple Solutions (14:15)
Insights from Pricing Team Meetings (16:19)
Building for Scale vs. Immediate Needs (18:29)
Open Source Data Formats (19:46)
Disaster Recovery Experiences (22:34)
Reflections on Chief Data Officers (25:01)
Cynicism in Data Projects (28:19)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (30:20)

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The PRQL: Data Projects Gone Wrong

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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208: The Intersection of AI Safety and Innovation: Insights from Soheil Koushan on LLMs, Vision, and Responsible AI Development

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Soheil’s Background and Journey in AI (0:40)
Anthropic's Philosophy on Safety (1:21)
Key Moments in AI Discovery (2:52)
Computer Vision Applications (4:42)
Magic vs. Reality in AI (7:35)
Product Development at Anthropic (12:57)
Tension Between Research and Product (14:36)
Safety as a Capability (17:33)
Community Notes and Democracy in AI (20:41)
Expert Panels for Safety (21:38)
Post-Training Data Quality (23:32)
User Data and Privacy (25:32)
Test Time Compute Paradigm (30:54)
The Future of AI Interfaces (36:04)
Advancements in Computer Vision (38:46)
The Role of AGI in AI Development (41:52)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (43:07)

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The PRQL: Balancing Safety and Innovation for AI with Soheil Koushan of Anthropic

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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207: Why Niche Data Tools Fail, Broken Hiring Processes, and the GUI vs. Command Line Showdown with The Cynical Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Welcome to another episode of the Cynical Data Guys (0:24)
Post on Short Sellers in Data (1:36)
Investment Areas in Data (4:04)
Teaching Git with GUI (9:00)
Understanding Data Scientist Roles (12:25)
Interview Process Critique (15:39)
Hiring Process Challenges (19:19)
Defining Team Fit (21:05)
Effective Hiring Framework (23:05)
Cynical Take on Trust Issues (25:02)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (26:05)

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The PRQL: Open Source Data Tools: Buying or Selling?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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206: Reviving Old-School Customer Experiences Through Modern Data Strategies, Featuring Edward Chenard, Seasoned Data Leader and Analytics Officer

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Edward's Background and Journey in Data (0:44)
P&L Ownership Discussion (1:15)
Challenges in Profit Ownership (3:38)
Data Team Dynamics (5:52)
Role Clarity Between CFO and CDO (7:31)
Nuances of Data Leadership (11:24)
Focus on Relevance in Data Work (14:05)
Best Buy's Personalization Project (18:39)
Building a Data Stack (21:00)
Crowd-Driven Algorithms (25:26)
Event-Based Personalization (28:12)
Corporate Politics and Implementation (31:00)
In-Store Experience Innovations (33:16)
Impact of Data Science at Best Buy (37:14)
The Importance of Data Teams in AI Implementation (39:19)
Using AI Conversationally (42:09)
Book Recommendations for Data Leaders (44:24)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (47:05)

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The PRQL: Modern Data, Old-School Customer Focus: A Winning Strategy with Edward Chenard

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 9 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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205: How to make LLMs Boring (Predictable, Reliable, and Safe), Featuring Nicolay Gerold

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 4 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Nicolay’s Background and Journey in AI (0:39)
Milestones in LLMs (4:30)
Barriers to Effective Use of LLMs (6:39)
Data-Centric AI Approach (10:17)
Importance of Data Over Model Tuning (12:20)
Capabilities of LLMs (15:08)
Challenges in Structuring Data (18:28)
JSON Generation Techniques (20:28)
Utilizing Unused Data (22:36)
Importance of Monitoring in AI (34:11)
Challenges in AI Testing (37:40)
Error Tracing in AI vs. Software (39:24)
The AI Startup Landscape (40:53)
Marketing for Technical Founders (42:41)
Generative AI Hype Cycle (44:33)
Connecting with Nicolay and Final Takeaways (47:59)

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The PRQL: What are LLMs Actually Good At? Featuring Nicolay Gerold

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 2 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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204: Will a Duck DB-Like Excel Emerge by 2075? And Is Data Every Company’s Most Valuable Asset? Featuring Benn Stancil of Mode

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Benn's Background and Journey in Data (0:48)
Reflection on Strategy and Vision (2:10)
The Importance of Doing It Your Way (4:10)
Early Experiences and Blogging (6:27)
Self-Imposed Pressure in Startups (8:24)
The Challenge of Decision-Making (12:11)
Key Decisions in a Startup's Trajectory (15:48)
Understanding Startup Anxiety (17:24)
Importance of Focus in Data Startups (20:02)
Product Market Fit Insights (24:38)
Cultural Change and Product Fit (30:23)
Evolution of Data Teams (31:57)
The Role of High-Profile Data Successes (34:12)
Challenges of Data in Smaller Businesses (36:16)
Product Team Dynamics (38:18)
The Future of Excel (41:11)
Anti-Patterns in Data Usage (45:05)
Imagining Excel's Replacement (47:05)
Exploring New Data Solutions (49:24)
The Role of LLMs in Data Analysis (51:29)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (53:10)

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The PRQL: Will Excel Exist in 50 Years? Featuring Benn Stancil of Mode

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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203: From Data Dreams to Practical Marketing Outcomes with Spencer Burke of Braze

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Spencer's Background at Braze (1:54)
The Early Days of Braze (2:41)
Finding Product-Market Fit (4:44)
First Major Customer (6:33)
Unique Aspects of Braze's Growth Team (8:07)
Startup Culture Experience (10:40)
Data and Marketing Perspectives (12:50)
Common Marketing Data Challenges (15:50)
Changing Dynamics in Marketing Tech (18:12)
Evaluating Marketing Tools (19:38)
Transformation of Marketing Tools (22:18)
Marketers Becoming More Technical (24:10)
API Utilization in Marketing (25:46)
Connecting Customer Experience (29:09)
Flexibility in Data Integration (32:05)
Pushing vs. Pulling Data (34:35)
Anomaly Detection in Data Reporting (37:02)
Understanding the Importance of Core KPIs (39:09)
Making Data More Consumable (42:38)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (44:51)

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The PRQL: Get Better at Data, Get Better at Marketing with Spencer Burke of Braze

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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202: Predicting the Impact of Competitive Entrants With Synthetic Controls with Evan Wimpey of Elder Research

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Evan's Background and Journey in Data (0:40)
Discussion on Synthetic Controls (1:04)
Evan's Educational Journey and Marine Corps Experience (2:54)
Joining Elder Research (4:38)
Synthetic Controls Explained (6:54)
Measuring Impact with Synthetic Controls (9:05)
Building the Control Group (12:54)
Qualitative Context in Data Analysis (14:50)
Final Steps with Synthetic Controls (16:29)
Client Analytics Maturity (18:56)
Outsourcing Decisions in Analytics (21:09)
Cohesion Between Analytics Teams (24:18)
Validation of Predictive Models (26:37)
Confidence in Marketing Predictions (29:01)
Setting Expectations for Data Science (36:09)
Evan's Background in Data Comedy (39:44)
The Journey to Award-Winning Jokes (41:29)
Creating New Jokes (46:22)
Get the Joke Book and Final Thoughts in the Episode (48:46)

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The PRQL: Data Comedy and Synthetic Controls with Evan Wimpey of Elder Research

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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201: AI Real-Talk: Uncovering the Good, Bad and Ugly Through Prototyping with Eric, John, and Matt

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Current State of LLMs (1:12)
Historical Analogy to the iPhone (3:32)
Limitations of Early iPhones (5:02)
Comparing LLMs to Historical Technologies (6:08)
Skepticism About LLM Capabilities (9:11)
Broad Nature of AI Innovations (10:12)
User Input Challenges (14:32)
Transcription and Unstructured Data (16:19)
Single Player vs. Multiplayer Experiences with LLMs (18:50)
Revenue Insights from ChatGPT (20:27)
Contextual Use of LLMs in Development (23:43)
Implications of Human Involvement (26:15)
The Role of Human Feedback (29:19)
Customer Data Management and LLMs (31:25)
Streamlining Data Engineering Processes (34:24)
Prototyping Content Recommendations (37:42)
Summarizing Content for LLMs (39:51)
Challenges with Output Quality (41:18)
Data Formatting for Marketing Use (43:20)
Efficient Workflow Integration (46:20)
Exploring New Prototyping Techniques (50:56)
Distance Metrics for Improved Relevance (53:00)
Improving Search Techniques (56:46)
Utilizing LLMs in Customer Data (59:15)
Challenges in Customer Data Processing (1:01:10)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:02:12)

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The PRQL: AI Roundtable: Putting AI in Historical Context and Real-Life Learnings Through Prototyping, with Eric, John, and Matt

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 5 Aug 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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200: Data Team Struggles: Telling Stakeholders the Truth vs. What They Want to Hear (How to Tell The Truth, Tactfully)

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Lightning Round Discussion (1:21)
Data Team's Truthfulness (2:21)
Culture as a Blocker (9:10)
Misconceptions about Data Jobs (10:32)
Cultural and Technological Influences (11:51)
Challenges in Data Science Projects (15:19)
Embracing the Process (17:23)
Barriers to Entry (19:36)
Hiring Data Leaders (22:06)
Challenges of Data Leadership (25:38)
Evolving Hiring Criteria (27:30)

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The PRQL: Jaded Takes on Data Linkedin

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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199: How To Use Data Analytics and AI To Increase Profitability With Smarter Procurement, Featuring Cameron Jagoe of ProcureVue

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Cameron's Background and Journey in Data (1:49)
Running a Bakery (3:03)
Applying Analytics to Bakery Operations (7:07)
Reevaluating Business Operations (18:08)
Optimizing for Profitability (19:09)
Working at Newell Rubbermaid (20:11)
Value Engineering Projects (22:11)
Starting a Center of Excellence (24:53)
Productizing the Approach (29:48)
Tech Stack for Data Analysis (31:40)
Data Cleaning and Classification (35:16)
Market Build and Pricing Accuracy (37:13)
The AI Tool as a Pointy Stick (38:20)
Sourcing and Sales as Two Sides of the Coin (41:04)
Challenges with Parsing Data (44:06)
Personal Journey and Company Success (46:44)
Final thoughts and takeaways (47:45)

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The PRQL: Better Analytics, Smarter Purchasing, and Improved Profitability with Cameron Jagoe of ProcureVue

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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198: Building AI Search and Customer-Enabled Fine-Tuning with Jesse Clark of Marqo.ai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Jesse’s background and work in data (0:35)
E-commerce Application for Search (1:23)
Ph.D. in Physics Experience Then Working in Data (2:27)
Early Machine Learning Journey (4:35)
Machine Learning at Stitch Fix (7:28)
Machine Learning at Amazon (10:39)
Myths and Realities of AI (13:49)
Bolt-On AI vs. Native AI (17:26)
Overview of Marqo (19:46)
Product launch and fine-tuning models (23:02)
Importance of data quality (25:38)
The power of machine learning in search (32:02)
Future of domain-specific knowledge and product data (34:08)
Unstructured data and AI (37:19)
Technical aspects of Marqo's system (39:42)
Challenges of vector search (43:27)
Evolution of search technology (48:15)
Future of search interfaces (50:43)
Final thoughts and takeaways (51:53)

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The PRQL: Exploring the Evolution of AI and ML in E-commerce Search Optimization with Jesse Clark of Marqo.ai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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197: Deep Dive: How to Build AI Features and Why it is So Dang Hard with Barry McCardle of Hex

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Overview of Hex and its Purpose (0:51)
Discussion on AI and Data Collaboration (1:42)
Product Updates in Hex (2:14)
Challenges of Building AI Features (13:29)
Magic Features and AI Context (15:22)
Chatbots and UI (17:31)
Benchmarking AI Models (19:06)
AI as a Judge Pattern (23:32)
Challenges in AI Development (25:31)
AI in Production and Product Integration (28:43)
Difficulties in AI Feature Prediction (33:38)
Deterministic template selection and AI model uncertainty (36:21)
Infrastructure for AI experimentation and evaluation (40:11)
Consolidation and competition in the data stack industry (42:27)
Data gravity, integration, and market dynamics (47:12)
Enterprise adoption and the bundling and unbundling of platforms (51:03)
The open source databases and the middle ground (53:18)
Building successful open source businesses (57:00)
The fun approach to product launch video (1:01:14)
Final thoughts and takeaways (01:03:15)

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The PRQL: Why is Building Great AI Features so Hard? Featuring Barry McCardel of Hex

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 8 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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196: Why Big Query Was a Big Deal, Observability AI, and How AI is Like a Guy at the Bar, Featuring David Wynn of Edge Delta

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

David’s Background and Career (0:49)
Econometrics Work at UPS (3:14)
Challenges with Time Series Data and Tools (7:15)
Working at Google Cloud (11:28)
BigQuery's Significance (13:51)
Comparison of Data Warehouse Products (17:23)
Learning different cloud platforms (20:17)
Coherence in GCP (23:04)
Observability and data analysis (32:44)
Support for Iceberg format in BigQuery (36:31)
AI in Observability (40:25)
AI's Role in Observability (43:39)
AI and Mental Models (46:04)
Final thoughts and takeaways (48:32)

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The PRQL: Google Cloud Deep Dive and Observability AI with David Wynn of Edge Delta

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 1 Jul 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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195: Supply Chain Data Stacks and Snowflake Optimization Pro Tips with Jeff Skoldberg of Green Mountain Data Solutions

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Jeff's Background and Transition to Independent Consulting (0:03)
Working at Keurig and Business Model Changes (2:16)
Tech Stack Evolution and SAP HANA Implementation (7:33)
Adoption of Tableau and Data Pipelines (11:21)
Supply Chain Analytics and Timeless Data Modeling (15:49)
Impact of Cloud Computing on Cost Optimization (18:35)
Challenges of Managing Variable Costs (20:59)
Democratization of Data and Cost Impact (23:52)
Quality of Fivetran Connectors (27:29)
Data Ingestion and Cost Awareness (29:44)
Virtual Warehouse Cost Management (31:22)
Auto-Scaling and Performance Optimization (33:09)
Cost-Saving Frameworks for Business Problems (38:19)
Dashboard Frameworks (40:53)
Increasing Dashboards (43:29)
Final thoughts and takeaways (46:28)

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The PRQL: Breaking down Keurig’s Supply Chain Data Stack with Jeff Skoldberg of Green Mountain Data Solutions

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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194: Building Retail Churn Prediction on DuckDB with Clint Dunn of Wilde

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Clint’s Background and Journey in Data (0:51)
Starting a Data Career (2:01)
Transition to Startup SaaS World (4:27)
Clint’s Connection to a Federal Reserve Database (5:31)
Challenges in Predictive Modeling (10:27)
Data Input Challenges (15:50)
Marketers' Workflow and Data Integration (18:29)
Soft ROI vs. Hard ROI in Data Analysis (00:21:31)
Balancing Internal Marketing and Data Team's Value (22:35)
Simplifying Data Inputs for Predictive Models (25:09)
Data Analysis Workflow and Tech Stack (29:06)
Open Data Formats and Impact on Data Platforms (34:40)
The S3 and Ecosystem Model (37:08)
In-browser SQL Queries with DuckDB (39:24)
Data Security Concerns and Solutions (41:47)
Clean Rooms and Data Sharing (43:32)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (47:35)

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The PRQL: Hard Data ROI and Productizing Retail Churn Prediction with Clint Dunn of Wilde

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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193: Introducing the Cynical Data Guy: Is Data-Driven a Myth?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Introducing a special edition of the show with the cynical data guy (0:19)
Metadata and LLMs (2:32)
Data-driven culture (8:44)
No-code orchestration tools (17:09)
No Code vs. Low Code (19:58)
Enterprise Challenges with No Code Solutions (20:08)
No Code Tools for Small Companies (21:40)
Inappropriate Use of Tools (23:06)
Final thoughts and takeaways (24:05)

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The PRQL: The Cynical Data Guy’s Origin Story

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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192: Business Logic As Code: A New LLM-Powered Operating System for Business Automation with Binny Gill of Kognitos

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 5 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The history of computer science and AI inflection point (1:23)
Binny's early programming experiences and the constraints of technology (2:14)
Getting interested in computer programming (5:02)
The experiment that impacted the starting of Kognitos (8:23)
Challenges in traditional computer science (16:04)
Reimagining programming and debugging through natural language (19:08)
The operating system for applications (20:19)
Changing the paradigm of programming (21:25)
Complexity in software compilation (22:05)
Challenges in automating business processes (24:50)
Solving business process problems with Kognitos (27:39)
AI as a tool in business solutions (34:05)
The future of AI and specialized intelligence (37:08)
Using LLMs for Context Generation (40:43)
Biases and Data Set Source Transparency (41:48)
Next Innovation in Data (44:34)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (47:06)

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The PRQL: From Programming Tic Tac Toe to Building an Operating System for Natural Language Programs With Binny Gill of Kognitos

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 3 Jun 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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191: From Amazon to Consulting: Time Series Forecasting and How to Communicate Data Analytics Insights with David McCandless of McCandless Consulting

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 29 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

David's Background and Journey in Data (0:30)
Transition to Time Series Forecasting (2:03)
Working on Time Series Forecasting at Amazon (2:55)
Challenges and Experience in Time Series Forecasting (4:32)
Transitioning to a New Role at Amazon (5:52)
Tools and Methods for Time Series Forecasting (8:17)
Forecasting Impact and Accuracy (15:30)
Explaining Variance and Lessons Learned (18:58)
Understanding Downstream Consumers and Empathy for Business Leaders (20:36)
Amazon's Culture and Decision-Making Process (24:27)
Assimilating into Amazon's Culture (26:04)
Interpreting Data for Business Stakeholders (28:34)
Consulting for Small Businesses (30:28)
Challenges in Automation and Maintenance (32:18)
Analyzing Financial Metrics for Small Businesses (34:51)
Tooling and Data Solutions for Small Businesses (39:52)
Empowering Small Businesses with Data (46:02)

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The PRQL: Practical Applications for Time Series Forecasting with David McCandless of McCandless Consulting

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 28 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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190: Aligning Data Teams and Data Tools With Business Needs Featuring Ben Rogojan, the Seattle Data Guy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ben’s background and journey in data (0:18)
Relating data to business outcomes (2:33)
Facebook's approach to data-driven business outcomes (4:43)
Subjectivity and data-driven business outcomes (8:43)
Infrastructure and data collection at Facebook (12:04)
The importance of first-party data and the death of third-party cookies (16:27)
Facebook's Data and Attribution Challenges (20:08)
Facebook's Infrastructure and Tooling (23:41)
Differences in Data Approaches (28:26)
Challenges of Data Project Alignment with Business Outcomes (32:58)
Integration of Data into Tools and Partnerships (35:12)
Building Alliances with Embedded Data Analysts (38:08)
Budgeting for Data Teams (40:02)
Healthy Team Dynamics and Budgeting (44:18)
Data Team Reporting Structure (46:23)
Connecting with Ben and More Content (50:55)

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The PRQL: Data Success From Mid-market to Enterprise with Ben Rogojan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 20 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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189: Customer Data Modeling, The Data Warehouse, Reverse ETL, and Data Activation with Ryan McCrary of RudderStack

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 16 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ryan's Background and Roles in Data (0:05)
Data Activation and Dashboard Staleness (1:27)
Profiles and Data Activation (2:54)
Customer-Facing Experience and Product Management (3:40)
Profiles Product Overview (5:10)
Use Cases for Profiles (6:44)
Challenges with Data Projects (9:19)
Entity Management and Account Views (15:33)
Handling Entities and Duplicates (17:55)
Challenges in Entity Management (22:18)
Product Management and Data Solutions (26:08)
Reverse ETL and Data Movement (31:58)
Accessibility of Data Warehouses (36:14)
Profiles and Entity Features (37:47)
Cohorts Creation and Use Cases (41:17)
Customer Data and Targeting (43:09)
Activations and Reverse ETL (45:57)
ML and AI Use Cases (55:53)
Data Activation and ML Predictions (57:02)
Spicy Take and Future Product Features (59:47)
ETL Evolution and Cloud Tools (1:00:50)
Unbundling and Future Trends (1:02:10)

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The PRQL: How to Get Business Teams Closer to Customer Data (The Right Way)

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 13 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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188: How To Invest in Data Infrastructure and Data Projects That Create Business Value with Matthew Kelliher-Gibson of Rudderstack

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Matt KG’s Background in Data (0:35)
Challenges in purchasing data tools (1:28)
Early experiences in data analysis (9:51)
Matt’s Transition to a subprime auto loan company (13:19
Transition to RudderStack and software purchase decisions (17:36)
Tech Problems: People and Process (22:02)
Challenges in Purchasing Data Tools (22:55)
Budget Constraints and Purchasing Decisions (24:46)
Challenges with Platform Documentation (26:55)
Metrics and Cost Efficiency (30:11)
Risk and Conviction in Purchasing Decisions (32:53)
Justification and Value Creation (38:17)
Connecting Data to Business Value (42:03)
Navigating Business Relationships (46:25)
Empowering Analysts (49:54)
Relational Capital and Team Competency (51:29)
Final thoughts and takeaways (54:16)

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The PRQL: Navigating the Procurement Process for Data Infrastructure Tooling With Matthew Kelliher-Gibson of Rudderstack

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 6 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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187: Startup Lessons and Torch Passing with Kostas Pardalis

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 1 May 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Kostas Passes the Baton as Co-Host of the Podcast (0:24)
Reflecting on the Podcast (2:56)
New Co-Host John Wessel and His Background in Data (4:34)
Kostas Journey in Data (10:55)
Rudderstack's Explosive Growth (21:28)
The Podcast's Inception and Marketing Activities (24:19)
Evolution of the podcast (27:22)
Memorable guests and experiences (28:29)
Connecting with industry leaders and key innovators in the space (33:05)
Kostas' new venture (36:26)
Advice for the new co-host (42:17)
Final Thoughts and Takeaways (44:47)

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The PRQL: Why Is Kostas a Guest on His Own Podcast?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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186: Data Fusion and The Future Of Specialized Databases with Andrew Lamb of InfluxData

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Evolution of Data Systems (0:47)
The Role of Open Source Software (2:39)
Challenges of Time Series Data (6:38)
Architecting InfluxDB (9:34)
High Cardinality Concepts (11:36)
Trade-Offs in Time Series Databases (15:35)
High Cardinality Data (18:24)
Evolution to InfluxDB 3.0 (21:06)
Modern Data Stack (23:04)
Evolution of Database Systems (29:48)
InfluxDB Re-Architecture (33:14)
Building an Analytic System with Data Fusion (37:33)
Challenges of Mapping Time Series Data into Relational Model (44:55)
Adoption and Future of Data Fusion (46:51)
Externalized Joins and Technical Challenges (51:11)
Exciting Opportunities in Data Tooling (55:20)
Emergence of New Architectures (56:35)
Final thoughts and takeaways (57:47)

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The PRQL: Open Source and the Evolution of Data Systems with Andrew Lamb of InfluxData

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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Data Council Week: A Decade of Supporting the Data Community with Pete Soderling

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pete’s background and the origin story of Data Council (1:04)
Reflecting on 10 years of Data Council (2:07)
Impact of the pandemic on conferences (5:25)
Rebuilding after the pandemic (7:42)
Evolution of Data Council (10:33)
Balancing content and sponsorship (16:17)
Selecting speakers and content at Data Council (19:39)
Highlights from the conference this year (21:58)
Realization of AI Future (22:45)
Embracing AI at Data Council (23:31)
Announcement of Prime Ventures (25:43)
Improving Data Council (27:45)
Trends and Technologies (29:46)
Cautions for Startups (31:47)
Connecting with Data Council and Final Takeaways (33:09)

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Data Council Week: AI Isn’t Just Hype - How To Successfully Apply LLMs Today with Tristan Zajonc of Continual

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Tristan's Background and Journey into Data (1:14)
Evolution of Machine Learning and AI (3:13)
Impact of Generative AI (6:33)
MLOps and Challenges in Early Data Science (8:48)
Success and Applications of AI Today (11:34)
Continual AI Copilot Platform (18:04)
Challenges in building remarkable AI assistants (19:58)
Reliability and accuracy in AI responses (25:31)
Regulation and adoption of AI assistants (31:30)
Future of AI assistants and Continual AI (33:12)

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Data Council Week: How To Do Self-Service Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Right with Ryan Dolley of GoodData

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ryan’s background in data (0:58)
Transition from Performing Arts to Data (2:23)
Understanding End Users in Data Projects (6:08)
Learning from Failures in Data Projects (8:07)
The self-service era (19:50)
Struggles of self-service (21:23)
The disillusion with dashboards (26:23)
GoodData's approach (30:06)
Merging wisdom with modern approach (31:50)
User experience with GoodData (34:05)
Defining metrics and AI (36:35)
Connecting with Ryan and GoodData (39:26)
Final thoughts and takeaways (41:06)

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185: The Evolution of Data Processing, Data Formats, and Data Sharing with Ryan Blue of Tabular

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Evolution of Data Processing (2:36)
Ryan’s Background and Journey in Data (4:52)
Challenges in Transitioning to S3 (8:47)
Impact of Latency on Query Performance (11:43)
Challenges with Table Representation (15:26)
Designing a New Metadata Format (21:36)
Integration with Existing Tools and Open Source Project (24:07)
Initial Features of Iceberg (26:11)
Challenges of Manual Partitioning (31:49)
Designing the Iceberg Table Format (37:31)
Trade-offs in Writing Workloads (47:22)
Database Systems and File Systems (55:00)
Vendor Influence on Access Controls (1:01:58)
Restructuring Data Security (1:03:39)
Delegating Access Controls (1:07:22)
Column-level Access Controls (1:14:19)
Exciting Releases and Future Plans (1:17:47)
Centralization of Components in Data Infrastructure (1:25:37)
Fundamental Shift in Data Architecture (1:28:28)

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The PRQL: The Two Parallel Tracks of Development In Data Processing with Ryan Blue of Tabular

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 8 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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184: Kafka Streams and Operationalizing Event Driven Applications with Apurva Mehta of Responsive

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Apruva’s background in streaming technology (0:48)
Developer experience and Kafka streams (2:47)
Motivation to bootstrap a startup (4:09)
Meeting the Confluent founders and early work at Confluent (6:59)
Projects at Confluent and transition to engineering management (10:34)
Overview of Responsive and event-driven applications (12:55)
Defining event-driven applications (15:33)
Importance of latency and state in event-driven applications (18:54)
Low Latency and Stateful Processing (21:52)
In-Memory Storage and Evolution of Kafka (25:02)
Motivation for KSQL and Kafka Streams (29:46)
Category Creation and Database-like Interface (34:33)
Developer Experience with Kafka and Kafka Streams (38:50)
Kafka Streams Functionality and Operational Challenges (41:44)
Metrics and Tuning Configurations (43:33)
Architecture and Decoupling in Kafka Streams (45:39)
State Storage and Transition from RocksDB (47:48)
Future of Event-Driven Architectures (56:30)
Final thoughts and takeaways (57:36)

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The PRQL: Event-Driven Applications: Where Low Latency Meets High Impact with Apurva Mehta of Responsive

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 1 Apr 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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183: Why Modern Data Quality Must Move Beyond Traditional Data Management Practices with Chad Sanderson of Gable.ai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Chad’s background and journey in data (0:46)
Importance of Data Supply Chain (2:19)
Challenges with Modern Data Stack (3:28)
Comparing Data Supply Chain to Real-world Supply Chains (4:49)
Overview of Gable.ai (8:05)
Rethinking Data Catalogs (11:42)
New Ideas for Managing Data (15:16)
Data Discovery and Governance Challenges (18:51)
Static Code Analysis and AI Impact on Data (24:55)
Creating Contracts and Defining Data Lineage (27:31)
Data Quality Issues and Upstream Problems (32:32)
Challenges with Third-Party Vendors and External Data (34:29)
Incentivizing Engineers for Data Quality (40:28)
Feedback Loops and Actionability in Data Catalogs (45:30)
Missing metadata (48:57)
Role of AI in data semantics (50:27)
Data as a product (54:26)
Slowing down to go faster (57:38)
Quantifying the cost of data changes (1:01:24)

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The PRQL: The Data Supply Chain with Chad Sanderson of Gable.ai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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182: Building a Dynamic Data Infrastructure at Enterprise Scale Featuring Kevin Liu of Stripe

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Kevin’s background and work at Stripe (0:31)
Evolution of Data Infrastructure at Stripe (2:18)
Kevin's Interest in Data (5:29)
Software Engineer or Data Engineer? (8:27)
Speech Recognition Work at Amazon (11:06)
Efficiency and Cost Management (15:50)
Metadata and Query Analysis (18:38)
Surprising Discoveries in Metadata Analysis (21:43)
Optimizing Cost and Value (23:55)
Product Sizing Stripe Data (26:39)
Popular Tool for Data Interaction (30:08)
Enabling Data Infrastructure Integration (35:22)
Value of Data Pipelining for Stripe (39:32)
Next Generation Product and Technology (43:54)
Maximizing value in a decentralized environment (51:34)
Future of open source projects in data infrastructure (57:59)
Final thoughts and takeaways (59:02)

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The PRQL: Exploring the Intersection of Software Engineering and Data Management with Kevin Liu of Stripe

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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181: OLAP Engines and the Next Generation of Business Intelligence with Mike Driscoll of Rill Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Michael’s background and journey in data (0:33)
The origin story of Druid (2:39)
Experiences and growth in Data (8:08)
Druid's evolution (21:46)
Druid's architectural decisions (26:32)
The user experience (30:06)
The developer experience (35:14)
The evolution of BI tools (40:55)
Data architecture and integration (47:53)
AI's impact on BI (52:26)
What would Mike be doing if he didn’t work in data? (56:27)
Final thoughts and takeaways (57:02)

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The PRQL: Making the Data Stack Serverless in the Cloud with Mike Driscoll of Rill Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:30:00 +0000

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180: Data Observability and AI for Data Operations Featuring Kunal Agarwal of Unravel Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Mar 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The evolution of data operations (1:13)
Unravel's role in simplifying data operations (2:17)
Kunal’s journey from fashion to enterprise data management (5:23)\
The Unravel platform and its components (10:08)
Challenges in data operations at scale (16:34)
Users of Unravel within an organization (22:32)
Calculating ROI on data products (25:55)
Understanding the cost of data operations (27:01)
Measuring productivity and reliability (30:59)
Diversity of technologies in data operations (34:52)
Efficiency in cost management (44:15)
Implementing observability in AI (47:55)
Challenges of AI Adoption (50:17)
Final thoughts and takeaways (51:36)

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The PRQL: What’s Driving The Evolution of Data Operations? Featuring Kunal Agarwal of Unravel Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 4 Mar 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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179: Time Series Data Management and Data Modeling with Tony Wang of Stanford University

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Tony's background and research focus (3:35)
Challenges in academia and industry (6:15)
Ph.D. student's routine (10:47)
Academic paper review process (15:26)
Aha moments in research (20:05)
Academic lab structure (23:09)
The decision to move from hardware to data research (24:43)
Research focus on time series data management (27:40)
Data modeling in time series and OLAP systems (32:01)
Issues and potential solutions for parquet format (37:32)
Role of external indices in parquet files (42:19)
Tony's open source project (47:11)
Final thoughts and takeaways (49:30)

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The PRQL: How is Academic Research Shaping the Future of Data Processing Systems? Featuring Tony Wang of Stanford University

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Tony Wang of Stanford University. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

178: How to Build a Data Stack to Win PLG, Featuring Peter Chapman

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Peter's background and journey in data (0:26)
Introduction to PLG (4:18)
Starting in data at Heroku (6:05)
Building the data stack at Heroku (8:13)
Data stack requirements for early-stage companies (12:00)
Differentiating PLG companies from open source companies (19:26)
Venture capital and open source as a lever for growth (22:56)
Initial data modeling and analysis (25:38)
Operationalizing Data (29:16)
Sales and Marketing Operationalization (31:52)
Identifying Signals (34:16)
Challenges in Developing Signals (37:07)
Account Management for Developer Tools (42:30)
Challenges in Achieving Margins (45:02)
Leveraging Infrastructure for Margins (47:35)
Inference vs Training (54:55)
Final thoughts and takeaways (57:02)

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The PRQL: Building a Future-Proof Data Stack from Day Zero? Featuring Peter Chapman

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Peter Chapman, a GTM consultant. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

177: AI-Based Data Cleaning, Data Labelling, and Data Enrichment with LLMs Featuring Rishabh Bhargava of refuel

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The overview of refuel (0:33)
The evolution of AI and LLMs (3:51)
Types of LLM models (12:31)
Implementing LLM use cases and cost considerations (00:15:52)
User experience and fine-tuning LLM models (21:49)
Categorizing search queries (22:44)
Creating internal benchmark framework (29:50)
Benchmarking and evaluation (35:35)
Using refuel for documentation (44:18)
The challenges of analytics (46:45)
Using customer support ticket data (48:17)
The tagging process (50:18)
Understanding confidence scores (59:22)
Training the model with human feedback (1:02:37)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:05:48)

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The PRQL: Exploring the Evolution of AI and ML with Rishabh Bhargava of refuel

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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176: The Fundamentals of Event-Driven Orchestration and How Generative AI Is Shaping Its Future with Viren Baraiya of orkes.io

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Viren’s background in data (0:39)
Evolution of Orchestration (1:52)
AI Orchestration (3:00)
Understanding Conductor and orkes (6:26)
Event-Driven Orchestration (8:10)
Viren’s Transition to Founder (12:27)
Non-Technical Aspects of Being a Founder (15:50)
Democratizing AI for Developers (18:16)
The evolution of microservices orchestration (21:56)
Challenges in appealing to the 99% developer group (24:32)
Value of orchestration for developers (30:31)
Role of orchestrators in managing faults (37:37)
The intersection of AI and orchestration (40:27)
Evolution of AI (44:04)
Thriving in AI Environment (47:58)
Final thoughts and takeaways (51:25)

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The PRQL: The Evolution of Application Orchestration Featuring Viren Baraiya of orkes.io

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 5 Feb 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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175: The Parts, Pieces, and Future of Composable Data Systems, Featuring Wes McKinney, Pedro Pedreira, Chris Riccomini, and Ryan Blue

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Introduction of the panel (0:05)
Defining composable data stack (5:22)
Components of a composable data stack (7:49)
Challenges and incentives for composable components (10:37)
Specialization and modularity in data workloads (13:05)
Organic evolution of composable systems (17:50)
Efficiency and common layers in data management systems (22:09)
The IR and Data Computation (23:00)
Components of the Storage Layer (26:16)
Decoupling Language and Execution (29:42)
Apache Calcite and Modular Frontend (36:46)
Data Types and Coercion (39:27)
Describing Data Sets and Schema (42:00)
Open Standards and Frontiers (46:22)
Challenges of standardizing APIs (48:15)
Trade-offs in building composable systems (54:04)
Evolution of data system composability (56:32)
Exciting new projects in data systems (1:01:57)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:17:25)

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The PRQL: Exploring the Evolution, Challenges, and Benefits of Composable Data Stacks Featuring Wes McKinney, Pedro Pedreira, Chris Riccomini, and Ryan Blue

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming discussion with a panel of experts as Wes McKinney (Co-Founder, Voltron), Pedro Pedreira Software Engineer, Meta), Chris Riccomini (Seed Investor, various startups), and Ryan Blue (Co-Founder and CEO, Tabular) join the show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

174: Does Your Data Stack Need a Semantic Layer? Featuring Artyom Keydunov of Cube Dev

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Artyom’s background in the data space (0:32)
The growth and changes at Cube (5:58)
Pain points of managing metrics definitions across different tools (9:39)
Trade-offs between coupled and decoupled semantic layers (12:12)
Making a case for implementing a semantic layer (14:17)
The evolution of semantic layers (23:28)
Challenges in designing a decoupled semantic layer (24:16)
Different approaches to solving the interface problem (26:58)
Implementing a SQL engine in Cube (35:58)
Overhead and debugging in semantic layers (39:08)
The semantic layer and its importance (46:26)
The need for semantics in data products (47:34)
What’s the future of semantic layers and user experience? (51:49)
Final thoughts and takeaways (57:34)

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The PRQL: Why is a Semantic Layer Important in the Modern Data Stack? Featuring Artyom Keydunov of Cube Dev

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Artyom Keydunov of Cube Dev. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

173: Data Analytics Is a Team Sport, Featuring Jay Henderson of Alteryx

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

No Code Analytics (1:22)
Analytics as a Team Sport (2:31)
The workflow of someone without Alteryx (11:27)
Alteryx's ability to handle diverse data sources (14:32)
The balance between ease of use and complexity (23:06)
Enabling casual end users with a no code interface (24:19)
Taking analytics to the data (31:47)
The boundaries between data engineers and end users (33:44)
The importance of collaboration in analytics (34:12)
The potential of every employee being a data worker (35:28)
The human nature of the product and users in large enterprises (00:45:38)
Final thoughts and takeaways (46:21)

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The PRQL: Bridging the Gap Between Messy Data and Sophisticated Analytics with Jay Henderson of Alteryx

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 11:28:07 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Jay Henderson of Alteryx. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

172: How WebAssembly is Enabling the Third Wave of Cloud Compute with Matt Butcher of Fermyon Technologies

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Matt’s background and journey with Fermyon (2:32)
WebAssembly and enhanced security models (3:43)
The IOT Startup and Google Acquisition (10:49)
Google's Early Containers (11:50)
Scaling and anticipating requests (20:22)
Introduction to WebAssembly and its importance (23:32)
The Benefits of WebAssembly (30:57)
Comparison of Virtual Machines, Containers, and Micro VMs (33:12)
The Importance of Fast Startup Times in WebAssembly (37:39)
Metaphysics and software development (42:12)
The importance of effective communication in code development (43:18)
The challenges and progress of WebAssembly (47:40)
Requirements of different teams and different jobs (52:17)
Final thoughts and takeaway (53:14)

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The PRQL: WebAssembly: The Future of Cloud Workloads Made Simple with Matt Butcher of Fermyon Technologies

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 8 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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171: Machine Learning Pipelines Are Still Data Pipelines with Sandy Ryza of Dagster

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The role of an orchestrator in the lifecycle of data (1:34)
Relevance of orchestration in data pipelines (00:02:45)
Changes around data ops and MLOps (3:37)
Data Cleaning (11:42)
Overview of Dagster (13:50)
Assets vs Tasks in Data Pipeline (19:15)
Building a Data Pipeline with Dexter (25:40)
Difference between Data Asset and Materialized Dataset (28:28)
Defining Lineage and Data Assets in Dagster (29:32)
The boundaries of software and organizational structures (37:25)
The benefits of a unified orchestration framework (39:56)
Orchestration in the development phase (45:29)
The emergence of analytics engineer role (51:53)
Fluidity in data pipeline and infrastructure roles (52:40)

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The PRQL: Does Machine Learning Need Its Own Orchestrator? Featuring Sandy Ryza of Dagster

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 2 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

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170: Discussing Data Roles and Solving Data Problems with Katie Bauer of GlossGenius

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The evolution of the data scientist role (1:03)
Common problems in different companies (2:05)
Measuring and curating content on Reddit (4:29)
The challenges of working with unstructured content at Reddit and Twitter (11:03)
Lessons learned from Reddit and applying them at Twitter (13:17)
Data challenges and customer behavior analysis at GlossGenius (20:16)
How the data scientist's role has changed over time (00:25:10)
The essence of the data scientist/engineer role (29:00)
Dynamics and overlaps between different data roles (32:09)
The perfect data team for Twitter (34:19)
Building a data team at a startup like GlossGenius (36:36)
The right time to bring in a dedicated data person in a startup (38:52)
The analytics engineer role (46:25)
Challenges in implementing telemetry (50:31)
Final thoughts and takeaways (52:24)

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The PRQL: What is a Data Scientist? Featuring Katie Bauer of GlossGenius

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Katie Bauer of GlossGenius. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

169: Data Models: From Warehouse to Business Impact with Tasso Argyros of ActionIQ

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Evolution of Databases and Data Systems (2:33)
Abstracting Data for Business Users (4:31)
Building a Database for Google-like Search (7:58)
The Big Data Explosion (11:10)
Selling Myspace as First Customer (13:14)
Starting ActionIQ (16:57)
The customer-centric organization (22:46)
Transitioning to customer data focus (23:53)
Understanding business users' needs (28:30)
Supporting Arbitrary Queries and Data Models (34:42)
Unique Technical Perspective of Clickstream Data (37:01)
The value per terabyte of data (46:45)
Building a product for multiple personas (50:45)
Composability and Benefits (58:05)
Evolution of Storage and Compute (1:00:09)
Composability and Treasure Data (1:02:10)

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The PRQL: From Databases to Customer Data Platforms with Tasso Argyros of ActionIQ

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Tasso Argyros of ActionIQ. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

168: Decoding Data Mesh: Principles, Practices, and Real-World Applications Featuring Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Defining data mesh (6:37)
Addressing the scale of organizational complexity and usage (9:04)
The shift from monolithic to microservices (12:24)
The sociological structure in data mesh (13:59)
Data product generation and sharing in data mesh (17:27)
Data Mesh: Simplifying Data Work (24:09)
Getting Started with Data Mesh (29:14)
Building products for Data Mesh (36:42)
Building a customizable and extensible platform to shape data practice (39:28)
The characteristics of a data product (48:40)
Defining what a data product is not (50:45)
The origin of the term "mesh" in data mesh (53:32)

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The PRQL: A Data Mesh Deep Dive with Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation regarding Data Mesh with Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

167: Data-Driven Investing and Company Building with Ben Miller of Fundrise

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Dec 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ben’s background in real estate (3:27)
Why Fundrise was Started (4:37)
Democratizing Investment Opportunities (6:35)
Investment Thesis for Venture (11:55)
Challenges with Data and Technology (12:34)
Importance of Data Model Abstraction (20:03)
Data Infrastructure and Investments (23:22)
Evolution of Data Engineering (25:12)
Closing the Tooling Gap (34:23)
The user base segmentation (36:28)
The emotional reality of investment decisions (40:50)
Data inputs for real estate investment (47:07)
The work of data infrastructure (48:28)
The limitations of underwriting analysis (49:36)
Improving accuracy with data infrastructure (52:43)

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The PRQL: Fundrise's Data-Driven Approach to Investment in Real Estate and Tech with Ben Miller

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 4 Dec 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ben Miller of Fundrise. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

166: Data Processing Fundamentals and Building a Unified Execution Engine Featuring Pedro Pedreira of Meta

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The concept of composable at a lower level of data infrastructure (1:28)
New architectures and components that allow developers to build databases (3:44)
Pedro's background and experience in data infrastructure (6:18)
The Spectrum of Latency and Analytics (12:59)
Different Query Engines for Different Use Cases (16:32)
Vectorized vs Code Gen Data Processing (19:33)
Vectorization and Code Generation (21:21)
Examples of Vectorized Engines (24:33)
Rewriting Execution Engine in C++ (27:22)
Different Organization of Presto and Spark (33:17)
Arrow and its Extensions (37:15)
The similarities between analytics and ML (44:33)
Offline feature engineering and data preprocessing for training (48:00)
Dialect and semantic differences in using Velox for different engines (50:01)
The convergence of dialects (52:23)
Challenges of substrate and semantics (53:18)
Future plans for Velox (58:09)
The discussion on evolving Parquet (1:03:38)
The integration of the relational model and the tensor model (1:07:29)

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The PRQL: How Does Composability in Data Infrastructure Differ at Different Levels of Abstraction? Featuring Pedro Pedreira of Meta

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Pedro Pedreira of Meta. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

165: SQL Queries, Data Modeling, and Data Visualization with Colin Zima of Omni

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Colin's Background and Starting Omni (1:48)
Defining “good” at Google search early in his career (4:42)
Looker's Unique Approach to Analytics (9:48)
The paradigm shift in analytics (10:52)
The architecture of Looker and its influence (12:04)
Combatting the challenge of unbundling in the data stack (14:26)
The evolution of analytics engineering (21:50)
Enhancing user flexibility in Omni (23:44)
The evolution of BI tools (32:53)
What does the future look like for BI tools? (35:14)
The role of Python and notebooks in BI (39:48)
The product experience of Omni and its vision (45:27)
Expectations for the future of Omni (47:52)
The relationship between algorithms and business logic (50:51)

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The PRQL: Building a Data Product for Data People: Looker's Vision and Omni's Future with Colin Zima

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Colin Zima of Omni. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

164: How The GTM and Data Teams at Snowflake Work Together with Travis Henry and Hillary Carpio

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The Unique Perspective of Practitioners (2:10)
Account-based Marketing (6:30)
Sales Development Representatives (SDR) (8:05)
Descriptive, People, and Engagement Data (11:38)
Data Overload and Actionable Data (14:20)
Working with Data Teams and Internal Data (17:52)
The relationship between business and data teams (22:27)
The importance of collaboration between marketing and data teams (24:17)
Travis and Hillary writing a book (25:33)
The taxonomy of personas (34:23)
Bucketing and grouping people in data systems (35:37)
Account-based marketing and sales alignment (39:00)
The data-driven approach and reliance on technology (44:25)
Managing complexity in data and account-based marketing (45:35)
Adapting to change and evolving data artifacts (51:58)
The importance of understanding the business (54:58)
Collaboration between data and go-to-market teams (55:56)

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The PRQL: Navigating the World of Data Overload with Travis Henry and Hillary Carpio of Snowflake

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Travis Henry and Hillary Carpio of Snowflake. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

163: Simplifying Real-Time Streaming with David Yaffe and Johnny Graettinger of Estuary

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Johnny and David’s background in working together (1:56)
The background story of Estuary (4:15)
The challenges of ad tech and the need for low latency (5:44)
Use cases for moving data at scale (10:35)
Real-time data replication methods (11:54)
Challenges with Kafka and the birth of Gazette (13:54)
Comparing Kafka and Gazette (20:22)
The importance of existing streaming tools (22:28)
Challenges of managing Kafka and the need for a different approach (23:40)
The role of compaction in streaming applications (26:54)
The challenge of relaxing state management (34:01)
Replication and the problem of data synchronization (36:48)
Incremental Back Fills and Risk-Free Production Database (46:03)
Estuary as a Platform and Connectors (47:45)
The challenges of real-time streaming (57:56)
Orchestration in real-time streaming (1:00:51)

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The PRQL: The Shortcomings of Apache Kafka with David Yaffe and Johnny Graettinger of Estuary

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 6 Nov 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with David Yaffe and Johnny Graettinger of Estuary. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

162: Accelerating Enterprise AI Transformation With Open Source LLMs Featuring Mark Huang of Gradient

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 1 Nov 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The potential of AI-driven applications (1:34)
The need for hardware infrastructure in AI experimentation (2:40)
Oligopoly on the closed side (11:50)
Advantages of private side vs. open source (13:18)
Leveraging valuable data within enterprises (16:00)
The urgency of adopting LLMs in the enterprise (24:02)
Expansion of LLMs into new business verticals (25:06)
The challenges of operationalizing LLMs (29:32)
Seamless experience with OpenAI (37:29)
Operationalizing with Gradient (38:36)
The early genesis of Gradient (48:53)
The democratization of AI through endpoints (51:44)
What is the future of language models? (54:07)

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The PRQL: How LLMs are Transforming Enterprise Workflows with Mark Huang of Gradient

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Mark Huang of Gradient. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

161: The Intersection of Generative AI and Data Infrastructure with Chang She of LanceDB

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Chang’s background and journey with Pandas (6:26)
The persisting challenges in data collection and preparation (10:37)
The resistance to change in using Python for data workflows (13:05)
AI hype and its impact (14:09)
The success and evolution of Pandas as a data framework (20:04)
The vision for a next-generation data infrastructure (26:48]
LanceDB's file and table format (34:35)
Trade-Offs in Lance Format (42:45)
Introducing the Vector Database (46:30)
The split between production and serving databases (51:14)
The importance of unstructured data and multimodal use cases (57:01)
The potential of generative AI and the balance between value and hype (1:01:34)
Changing expectations of interacting with information systems (1:13:53)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:15:32)

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The PRQL: How Did Pandas Become a Data Science Powerhouse? Featuring Chang She of Eto Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Chang She of Eto Labs. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

160: Closing the Gap Between Dev Teams and Data Teams with Santona Tuli of Upsolver

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Santona’s journey from nuclear physics to data science (4:59)
The appeal of startups and wearing multiple hats (8:12)
The challenge of pseudoscience in the news (10:24)
Approaching data with creativity and rigor (13:22)
Challenges and differences in data workflows (14:39)
Schema Evolution and Quality Problems (27:01)
Real-time Data Monitoring and Anomaly Detection (30:34)
The importance of data as a business differentiator (35:48)
The SQL job creation process (46:25)
Different options for creating solver jobs (47:20)
Adding column-level expectations (50:17)
Discussing the differences of working with data as a scientist and in a startup (1:00:18)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:04:01)

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The PRQL: The Intersection of Physics, Data Science, and Product Development with Santona Tuli of Upsolver

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Santona Tuli of Upsolver. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

159: What Is a Vector Database? Featuring Bob van Luijt of Weaviate

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

How music impacted Bob’s data journey (3:16)
Music’s relationship with creativity and innovation (11:38)
The genesis of Weaviate and the idea of vector databases (14:09)
The joy of creation (19:02)
OLAP Databases (22:21)
The progression of complexity in databases (24:31)
Vector database (29:23)
Scaling suboptimal algorithms (34:34)
The future of vector space representation (35:51)
Databases role in different industries (39:14)
The brute force approach to discovery (45:57)
Retrieval augmented generation (51:26)
How generative model interacts with the database (57:55)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:03:20)

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The PRQL: Enhancing Search and Recommendation Systems with Vector Databases with Bob van Luijt of Weaviate

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 9 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus conversation, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Bob van Luijt of Weaviate. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

158: The Orchestration Layer as the Data Platform Control Plane With Nick Schrock of Dagster Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 4 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Nick’s background and journey in data (2:28)
Founding Dagster Labs (7:50)
The evolution of data engineering (12:32)
Fragmentation in data infrastructure (15:04)
The role of orchestration in data platforms (19:53)
The importance of operational tools for data pipelines (25:01)
Lessons learned from working with GraphQL (26:19)
The role of the orchestrator in data engineering (34:51)
The boundaries between data infrastructure and product engineering (37:33)
Different orchestrators in the data infrastructure landscape(42:03)
The role of MLOps in data engineering (46:04)
Data Quality and Orchestration (51:04)
Future of Data Teams and Orchestration (54:27)
Final thoughts and takeaways from (58:01)

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The PRQL: The Power of Data Orchestration: A Game-Changer for Data Infrastructure, Featuring Nick Schrock of Dagster Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 2 Oct 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Nick Schrock of Dagster Labs. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

157: From Search Engine to Answer Engine Using Grounded Generative AI, Featuring Amr Awadallah of Vectara

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Amr’s extensive background in data (3:23)
The evolution of neural networks (9:21)
The role of supervised learning in AI (11:17)
Explaining Vectara (13:07)
Papers that laid the foundation for AI (15:02)
Contextualized translation and personalization (20:07)
Ease of use and answer-based search (25:01)
AI and potential liabilities (35:54)
Minimizing difficulties in large language models (36:43)
The process of extracting documents in multidimensional space (44:47)
Summarization process (46:33)
The danger of humans misusing technology (54:59)
Final thoughts and takeaways (57:12)

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The PRQL: How Can Large Language Models Revolutionize Decision-Making? Featuring Amr Awadallah of Vectara

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Amr Awadallah of Vectara. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

156: Simple, Performant, Cost-effective Data Streaming with Alex Gallego of Redpanda Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Alex’s background in the data space and the creation of Redpanda (4:23)
The cost and complexity of streaming (11:07)
The evolution of storage with Kafka (12:04)
The distinction between streaming technologies (15:10)
Simplicity as a Core Design Principle (27:03)
Cost Efficiency in a Cloud Native Era (30:44)
Removing complexity with Redpanda (34:21)
Migrations and compatibility with Redpanda (40:35)
The Future of Redpanda (43:44)
The Story Behind Redpanda (46:45)
Final thoughts and takeaways (50:25)

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The PRQL: Redpanda: Revolutionizing Streaming Systems and Challenging the Kafka Status Quo with Alex Gallego

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Alex Gallego of Redpanda. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

155: Bringing Innovation to Enterprise Resource Planning with Emilie Schario of Turbine

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Emilie’s background and journey in data (3:42)
The problem of three-way match (8:56)
Operational workflows and how data stacks solve them (13:16)
Turbine’s solution as a lightweight ERP (14:05)
Workflows and analytics (14:59)
Consolidating information into helpful application (27:41)
Challenges in operational workflows (32:19)
Friction and hurdles in ERP usage (39:28)
A solution for purchase order management (40:47)
Turbine’s focus and limitations (45:26)
Building a software that gets out of the way (52:51)
Final thoughts and takeaways (54:25)

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The PRQL: Making ERP Systems More User-Friendly with Emilie Schario of Turbine

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Emilie Schario of Turbine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

154: Making Cross-Company Data Exchange Easy with Pardis Noorzad of General Folders

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pardis’ background and journey in data (3:24)
AI before the hype (8:37)
Founding General Folders (12:36)
Data collaboration challenges (15:31)
Examples of data sharing (17:40)
Data transfer in various industries (22:16)
Defining the transfer problem (28:30)
The demand for scalable solutions (32:06)
Data transfer and model exposition (41:02)
Data governance and API (43:23)
Final thoughts and takeaways (56:48)

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The PRQL: Simplifying Data Collaboration with Pardis Noorzad of General Folders

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 4 Sep 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Pardis Noorzad of General Folders. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

153: The Future of Data Science Notebooks with Jakub Jurových of Deepnote

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Jakub’s journey into data and working with notebooks (2:43)
Overview of Deepnote and its features (7:22)
Notebook 1.0 and 2.0 (14:04)
Notebook 3.0 and its potential impact (15:46)
The need for collaboration across organizations (17:16)
Real-time, asynchronous, and organizational collaboration (28:02)
Challenges to collaboration (32:03)
Notebooks as a universal computational medium (36:14)
The rise of exploratory programming (41:40)
The power of natural language interface (43:04)
The evolving grammar of using notebooks (47:02)
Final thoughts and takeaways (55:50)

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The PRQL: Exploring the Evolution of Notebooks with Jakub Jurových of Deepnote

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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152: Three Steps To Enhance Product Analytics with Ken Fine of Heap

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ken’s background and journey to Heap (2:32)
Heap’s problem-solving approach (8:19)
Auto-capture and its significance in the marketplace (13:03)
Providing qualitative context: sessions and surveys (16:23)
Collection and storage of data (25:42)
Challenges of real-time data collection (26:40)
The true gap in the market today (37:39)
Consolidation and aggregation of data solutions (41:58)
Simplifying the data stack (47:32)
A different approach in engineering and software development (51:12)
Skills and Stages in Company Growth (55:58)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:02:52)

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The PRQL: Auto Tracking in Product Analytics with Ken Fine of Heap

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 21 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ken Fine of Heap. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

151: How To Unlock the Data Warehouse for Marketing with Chris Sell of GrowthLoop

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The need for reverse ETL in marketing (2:24)
Closing the gap between engineering, data, and marketing teams (8:37)
The analytics persona’s opportunity (11:53)
Interface layer (13:06)
Approach to messy warehouse data (15:57)
The need for a complicated infrastructure (28:43)
Challenges in data integration for marketers (29:26)
The evolution of the analytics stack (31:53)
Orchestration of the data warehouse (38:39)
The role of marketing tools (40:35)
Generating custom assets (46:27)
The shift towards making data processes easier (48:13)
Final thoughts and takeaways (49:23)

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The PRQL: How Can Reverse ETL Revolutionize Marketing Data Management? Featuring Chris Sell of GrowthLoop

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 12:10:58 +0000

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150: How Salespeople Use Data, Salesforce vs. Snowflake, and How LLMs Are Transforming Sales with Brendan Short of Groundswell

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Brendan’s background and journey to Groundswell (2:25)
The impact of generative AI on sales reps and product building (5:38)
Lead sourcing challenges (12:22)
Salesforce as a data model (14:30)
The need for guardrails in building applications around sales (24:37)
The question of interfaces in the layers of Salesforce (26:11)
A UI solution for sales and marketing (30:45)
The future of logic and machine learning models (37:11)
The battle for data ownership (39:36)
Actioning data and the role of refineries (46:03)
The potential for decentralized systems using generative AI (46:59)
Product building for the future (57:47)
Building trust in data tools (59:10)
The era of innovation (1:09:20)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:10:43)

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The PRQL: Generative AI Transforming the Sales Process Featuring Brendan Short of Groundswell

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 7 Aug 2023 10:47:20 +0000

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149: Turning Tables Into APIs for Real-time Data Apps, Featuring Matteo Pelati and Vivek Gudapuri of Dozer

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Aug 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Building Dozer: Simplifying Data Sources into APIs (1:13)
Bridging Data Engineering with Application Engineering (4:19)
Turning Data Sources into APIs (7:46)
The cost of caching (12:59)
Challenges with legacy systems (14:30)
Real-time data integration (19:31)
YAML and SQL experience (25:37)
Behind the scenes of Dozer (29:18)
Heavy Workloads and Low Latency (42:00)
Use Cases of Dozer (45:51)
Reliability and storing data from different connectors (51:35)
Importance of observability in serving data to customers (53:24)
Final thoughts and takeaways (56:34)

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The PRQL: Turning Data Into an API with Matteo Pelati and Vivek Gudapuri of Dozer

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:37:22 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Matteo Pelati and Vivek Gudapuri of Dozer. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

148: Exploring the Intersection of DAGs, ML Code, and Complex Code Bases: An Elegant Solution Unveiled with Stefan Krawczyk of DAGWorks

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Stefan’s background in data (2:39)
What is DAGWorks? (3:55)
How building point solutions influenced Stefan’s journey (5:03)
Solving the tooling problems of self-service at an organization (11:44)
Creating Hamilton (15:53)
How Hamilton works with definitions and time-series data (19:34)
What makes Hamilton an ML-oriented framework? (23:39)
Navigating the differences between ML teams and other data teams (26:27)
Understanding the fundamentals of Hamilton (28:25)
Dealing with types and conflicts in programming (33:18)
How Hamilton helps improve pipelines and maintaining data (37:11)
Why unit testing is important for a data scientist (44:54)
The ups and downs of founding building a data solution (46:32)
Connecting with DAGWorks and trying out Hamilton (50:01)
Final thoughts and takeaways (52:46)

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The PRQL: A Methodology for Better DAGs with Stefan Krawczyk of DAGWorks

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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Shop Talk: Snowflake Summit Recap

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 21 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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147: Where Data and Infrastructure Converge Featuring Lars Kamp of Resoto

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Lars work on Resoto in helping to cut cloud costs for organizations (2:02)
The trend of large resources to micro resources (5:59)
What are some of the typical resource drains in data infrastructure (8:56)
Managing cost on the backend with scale and experimentation (12:51)
Solutions for resource management problems (17:38)
How Resoto is solving pain points in resource management (26:17)
Navigating the complexities of data infrastructure (29:01)
Resoto’s solution for interpreting difficult cloud data products (36:35)
Exploring relationships of data points and finding solutions (43:40)
Querying in graph database (47:46)
How to go from graph to SQL (49:13)
How can data teams plan for costs in the coming years (50:53)
Final thoughts and takeaways (53:49)

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The PRQL: Cloud Resource Management Is a Data Problem Featuring Lars Kamp of Resoto

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Lars Kamp of Resoto. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

146: What Is a Customer Data Platform? Featuring Soumyadeb Mitra of Rudderstack

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Soumyadeb’s background and journey in data (5:49)
Defining customer data (8:10)
The complexity of customer data collection (10:04)
What is a CDP and how it is properly deployed (17:12)
Bridging the gap of data collection and useful analytics for marketing (21:46)
How Rudderstack translates data and the new profile feature (25:30)
The foundations of data in building a 360 degree customer profile (30:30)
Solutions for the intersection between engineering and business users (34:35)
How AI and other future technologies will impact data (41:14)
Final thoughts and takeaways (46:30)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Building Data Products for Multiple Personas with Soumyadeb Mitra of Rudderstack

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Soumyadeb Mitra of Rudderstack. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

145: What is Synthetic Data? Featuring Omar Maher of Parallel Domain

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 5 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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The PRQL: Synthetic Data and Self Driving Cars with Omar Maher of Parallel Domain

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 3 Jul 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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144: Explaining Features, Embeddings, and the Difference Between ML and AI with Simba Khadder of Featureform

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Simba’s background in the data space (3:05)
Subscription intelligence (6:41)
ML and Distributed Systems (9:09)
The Brutal Subscription Industry (12:31)
Serendipity in Recommender Systems (16:31)
Subscription as a Strategy (20:47)
Customizing Content for Subscribers (22:19)
Creating User Embeddings (25:53)
Building Featureform (28:01)
Embedding Projections (32:47)
Spaces and similarity (35:53)
User embeddings and transformer models (38:22)
Vector Databases for AI/ML (45:05)
Orchestrating Transformations in Featureform (51:00)
Impact of new technologies on feature stores (56:17)
Embeddings and the future of ML (59:20)
The gap between ML and business logic (1:02:26)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:06:37)

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The PRQL: Feature Stores and ML Ops with Simba Khadder of Featureform

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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Shop Talk: Accountability and Opportunity for AI

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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143: Collaborative Data Analytics on the Data Warehouse, featuring Rob Woollen & Stipo Josipovic of Sigma

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Stipo and Rob’s background in data (2:43)
What is Sigma? (7:46)
Takeaways from building analytics products in-house (9:16)
Sigma’s approach to datastore interface (11:32)
Why analytics and BI are still not a solved problem (15:50)
Combining SQL and spreadsheets for useful interface (23:17)
The evolution of BI to today (29:40)
Overcoming the challenges of collaboration in working with data (33:17)
Creating operational coding that humans can understand (46:50)
The future of BI (54:00)
Cloud’s impact on BI and analytics (1:00:04)
The value of getting close to the data for analytics (1:02:21)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:08:45)

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The PRQL: Modern Analytics Using Common Paradigms, Featuring Rob Woollen & Stipo Josipovic of Sigma

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Rob Woollen & Stipo Josipovic of Sigma. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Shop Talk: Why AI Is Not Another Crypto

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

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142: Martech’s Separation and Return to Data Infrastructure with Scott Brinker of HubSpot

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Scott’s background in martech (3:10)
Where things have gone wrong between IT and marketing (5:46)
The explosion of digital marketing data (12:04)
Costs of having data siloed (16:14)
The convergence of marketing and IT teams around data (19:27)
Navigating the massive landscape of martech tools (26:10)
Needed tools in the martech stack (31:11)
The importance of an accurate attribution model (34:37)
Building tooling for marketers and developers to use (39:20)
Future areas of development in the martech space (44:46)
Final thoughts and takeaways (52:40)

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The PRQL: Marketing, Martech, and Data with Scott Brinker of HubSpot

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Scott Brinker of HubSpot. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

141: A Journey From Backend Engineer to Data Engineer with Ioannis Foukarakis of Mattermost

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ioannis’ background and journey in data (2:42)
Rudderstack’s transformations feature and examples of its application (4:20)
Winning the transformations contest at Rudderstack (7:21)
How Ioannis’ transformation project works for data governance (9:40)
Memories from college for Ioannis and Kostas (12:30)
Getting into the world of software development (17:27)
The changes in data and engineering over the years (20:29)
Bridging java with python (23:15)
Dealing with ML workloads in the past vs. workflows of today (26:30)
Data engineers and ML engineers (33:12)
Dealing with data in the early stages to ensure reliability later on (38:39)
What creates problems with data quality? (42:11)
Exciting developments in data engineering (46:48)
Final thoughts and takeaways (51:12)

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The PRQL: The Portability of Engineering Fundamentals with Ioannis Foukarakis of Mattermost

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 5 Jun 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ioannis Foukarakis of Mattermost. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

140: Stream Processing for Machine Learning with Davor Bonaci of DataStax

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 31 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Davor’s journey from Google and what he was building there (3:32)
How work in stream processing changed Davor’s journey (5:10)
Analytical predictive models and infrastructure (9:39)
How Kaskada serves as a recommendation engine with data (14:05)
Kaskada’s user experience as an event processing platform (20:06)
Enhancing typical feature store architecture to achieve better results (23:34)
What is needed to improve stream and batch processes (27:39)
Using another syntax instead of SQL (36:44)
DataStax acquiring Kaskada and what will come from that merger (40:24)
Operationalizing and democratizing ML (47:54)
Final thoughts and takeaways (56:04)

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The PRQL: Kaskada Serving as a Recommendation Engine with Davor Bonaci of DataStax

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 29 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Davor Bonaci of DataStax. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

139: Decoupling the Execution Engine From Python’s Pandas with Aditya Parameswaran of Ponder

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Aditya’s background and journey in the data space (2:47)
What does Ponder do? (5:18)
101 on Pandas and why people utilize it (6:42)
The challenge of translating Pandas to a big data platform (16:11)
Data Warehouses and ML workflows (21:27)
The differences in the “zoo” of data languages (26:56)
Why do ML and data engineering have to be so different in languages? (34:39)
Builders should be adapting to the users and not the other way around (39:32)
Will we see a singular data interface in the future? (46:19)
Aditya’s most surprising discovery in his research (50:40)
Final thoughts and takeaways (53:18)

The PRQL: Removing the Execution Engine Language Barrier with Aditya Parameswaran of Ponder

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 22 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Aditya Parameswaran of Ponder. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

138: Paradigm Shift: Batch to Data Streaming with A.J. Hunyady of InfinyOn

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

A.J.’s background and journey in data (2:23)
Challenges with Hadoop ecosystem (8:50)
Starting InfinyOn and the need for innovation (10:02)
Challenges with Kafka and Microservices (14:01)
Real-time data streaming for IoT devices (19:28)
Paradigm shift to real-time data processing (22:17)
Benefits of Rust (29:45)
Web Assembly and Platform Features (36:29)
Analytics and Event Correlation (40:16)
Real-time data processing (47:03)
ETL vs ELP (52:20)
Final thoughts and takeaways (57:07)

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The PRQL: Data Infrastructure Systems and the Rust / WebAssembly Combo with A.J. Hunyady of InfinyOn

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 15 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with A.J. Hunyady, Founder and CEO of InfinyOn. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

137: Data Collection Secrets & The Search Data Problem with Josh Wills

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Josh’s background in data working at Google, Slack, and other companies (1:21)
The need and process for high quality data (4:33)
Digging into auction code (14:03)
Joining Slack and working in the early days of the company (18:00)
Not fighting the last war in data (25:42)
Building a product, while using the product (30:35)
Transitioning to the search team at Slack (36:50)
Usage patterns of search (41:21)
Josh’s work in helping build DuckDB (46:20)
Having the right toolset to increase precision and efficiency (52:42)
Final thoughts and takeaways (56:03)

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The PRQL: Data Engineers in the Front End with Josh Wills

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 8 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric previews his upcoming conversation with Josh Wills, an experienced data scientist who has worked with IBM, Google, Slack, DuckDB, and more. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

136: System Evolution from Hadoop to RocksDB with Dhruba Borthakur of Rockset

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Dhruba’s journey into the data space (2:02)
The impact of Hadoop on the industry (3:37)
Dhruba’s work in the early days of the Facebook team (7:54)
Building and implementing RocksDB (14:33)
Stories with Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook (24:25)
The next evolution in storage hardware (26:14)
How Rockset is different from other real-time platforms (33:13)
Going from a key value store to an index (37:15)
Where does Rockset go from here? (44:59)
The success of RocksDB as an open source project (49:11)
How do we properly steward real-time technology for impact (51:17)
Final thoughts and takeaways (56:18)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Hardware Innovation Begets Software Innovation with Dhruba Borthakur Co-Founder and CTO, Rockset

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 1 May 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Dhruba Borthakur of Rockset. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Data Council Week (Ep 7) - What’s Next for Data Council? With Pete Soderling of Data Council

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The origin story of Data Council (0:39)
Developments for the future of Data Council (2:42)
The emphasis of AI and ChatGPT at this year’s conference (3:54)
The support of the data community (5:31)
Biggest changes and innovations in the industry (7:10)
What’s next for the Data Council? (10:46)
Getting connected with Data Council (13:07)

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Data Council Week (Ep 6) - All About Debezium and Change Data Capture With Gunnar Morling of Decodable

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Gunner’s background in data (0:32)
Setting the vision in early days of Red Hat and spearheading Debezium (6:20)
Replication of data in Debezium (9:47)
The patterns and processes of Debezium (16:21)
Debezium working with Kafka (19:03)
Building a diverse system while incorporating common interfaces (24:09)
The importance of documentation in open-sourced projects (27:59)
Debezium’s vision moving forward (31:32)
Why aren’t there more CDC open-sourced solutions? (34:35)
Connecting with Gunnar (37:27)

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Data Council Week (Ep 5) - The Difference Between Data Platforms and ML Platforms with Michael Del Balso of Tecton

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:45:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Michael’s journey to co-founding Tecton (0:22)
The evolution of MLops and platform teams (3:50)
Understanding boundaries between the data platform and the MLops (8:42)
Differences in machine learning vs data pipelines (16:58)
The systems needed to handle all these types of data (22:22)
Developer experience in Tecton (25:15)
Automating challenges in ML development (32:30)
The most difficult part of the life cycle of prediction (37:24)
Exciting new developments at Tecton (39:27)

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Data Council Week (Ep 4) - Using Data Anonymization for Identity Protection With Will Thompson of Privacy Dynamics

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Will’s background in data (0:28)
Privacy dynamics and data anonymization (4:18)
Addressing data privacy problems in the space (10:33)
Developer experience with Privacy Dynamics (13:49)
How does Privacy Dynamics work? (21:09)
Update of real-time anonymized data (26:29)
The problem of dates and other complexities in data (31:24)
Being a data engineer in a startup (34:44)
Moving at the speed of a startup (41:01)
Connecting with Will and Privacy Dynamics (43:28)

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Data Council Week (Ep 3) - GTM 101 for Engineers With Chase Roberts of Vertex Ventures

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Chase’s journey to where he is today (0:51)
Lessons in go-to-market roles which helps in the VC world (2:38)
Differentiating between go-to-market and distribution (8:13)
Taking an idea to the market (11:33)
Hardest part of the pitch (17:08)
Playbooks for go-to-market founders to follow (20:25)
Focus of sales and marketing in go-to-market strategy (28:01)
Answering the what and how of the problem you are solving (32:30)
The importance of pricing in a go-to-market strategy (46:11)
Connecting with Chase (1:00:58)

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Data Council Week (Ep 2) - The Convergence of MLops and DataOps With Team Featureform

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 24 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Introducing the team from Featureform (0:31)
In the work vs. leading the work (3:01)
Difference between MLOps and data ops (7:06)
The MLOps cycle (10:12)
What is Featureform and what makes it different? (13:30)
Is there another layer needed in feature stores? (18:46)
Getting in touch with Featureform (23:55)

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Data Council Week (Ep 1) - The Evolution of Stream Processing With Eric Sammer of Decodable

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Eric’s journey to becoming CEO of Decoable (0:20)
Does real time matter? (2:12)
Differences in stream processing systems (7:57)
Processing in motion (13:04)
Why haven’t there been more open source projects around CDC? (20:34)
The Decodable experience and future focuses for the company (24:31)
Streaming processing and data lakes (32:54)
Data flow processing technologies of today (39:01)

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135: Database Knob Tuning and AI with Andy Pavlo and Dana Van Aken of OtterTune

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Origins of OtterTune (4:43)
The problem of knob tuning (6:25)
Roles of machine learning (9:32)
OtterTune’s development and industry recognition (12:03)
The challenges of database tuning and the role of human expertise (16:15)
Tuning in production (20:23)
Observability and Data Collection (23:37)
Data Security and Privacy (29:59)
Optimizing on-prem vs. cloud workloads (35:52)
Performance benchmarks (40:20)
Future opportunities OtterTune is focusing on (43:55)
Importance of automated tuning services (50:45)
Challenges in Benchmarking Real Workloads (58:43)
The Story Behind the Name OtterTune (1:08:58)
Balancing Technology and Human Factors (1:13:23)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Database Tuning and Optimization with Andy Pavlo and Dana Van Aken of OtterTune

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with with Andy Pavlo and Dana Van Aken of OtterTune. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

134: Unpacking the AI Revolution and the Technology Behind A Feature-First Future with H.O. Maycotte of FeatureBase

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The journey of H.O. into data and becoming the CEO of FeatureBase (2:37)
Characteristics of the super evolution in technology (6:36)
ChatGPT as the missionary of AI (9:45)
The tension between authenticity and technology (13:12)
What is FeatureBase? (17:53)
Comparing FeatureBase to feature stores (25:58)
Workload capacities and possibilities in FeatureBase (33:20)
The importance of developer experience on a platform (38:23)
Exciting developments for FeatureBase in the future (47:13)
Final thoughts and takeaways (53:52)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: AI and the Super Evolution with H.O. Maycotte, CEO at FeatureBase

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

On this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with H.O. Maycotte of FeatureBase. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

133: Building the Data Warehouse for Everything Else with Sammy Sidhu of Eventual

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 5 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Sammy’s background in data and tooling (2:46)
Going from multipurpose engineering to a CTO position (5:14)
Changes in technology and deep learning models (7:31)
The state of self-driving and adoption (13:49)
What is Eventual and what are they solving in the space? (20:54)
What are daft and data frame and how they work? (28:11)
Building a query optimizer (33:42)
Sammy’s take on what is going on in data and future possibilities (45:18)
Eventual’s future and its impact on the space (51:44)
Final thoughts and takeaways (53:47)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Self-Driving Technology and Data Infrastructure with Sammy Sidhu, Co-Founder and CEO of Eventual

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 3 Apr 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Sammy Sidhu, Co-Founder and CEO of Eventual. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

132: Data Quality and Data Contracts with Chad Sanderson of Data Quality Camp

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Chad’s background in data (2:10)
Breaking down data quality (4:02)
Semantic and logical layers of data (10:04)
What are data contracts and how do they work? (17:41)
Implicit contracts at companies (24:01)
Where do data contracts fit in data infrastructure? (28:14)
The value of data contracts to the producer and consumer (31:18)
Tools needed in effective data contracts (46:13)
The importance of community in data quality (50:53)
Getting connected to Data Quality Camp (1:00:55)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:01:53)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: The Value of Data Contracts with Chad Sanderson, Head of Data, Data Contracts Advocate, Data Quality Camp

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Chad Sanderson of Data Quality Camp. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

131: How Data Teams Interact With Marketing Tools with Jason Davis of Simon Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Defining CDPs (2:28)
The data team's role in marketing (7:41)
Leveraging commonalities across businesses (12:49)
Building a CDP with customer data (18:05)
Challenges in identity modeling (23:00)
CDP lifecycle and one-to-one data (30:06)
Segmentation and optimization (33:23)
Real-time data in the cloud (40:37)
The future of AI and machine learning (43:02)
Final thoughts and takeaways (46:42)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Unleashing the Potential of CDPs with Jason Davis, Co-Founder and CEO of Simon Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Jason Davis of Simon Data. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

130: From Business Intelligence to Product Analytics and Beyond with Vijay Ganesan of NetSpring.io

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Vijay’s background in data (2:09)
The journey of founding ThoughtSpot and its impact in the world of BI (2:49)
The maturation of BI (6:34)
What is NetSpring.io? (8:21)
Bridging the gap of BI and product analytics (14:41)
Why data warehouses and not time-series databases? (19:58)
The difficulty of using SQL in product analytics (28:35)
Challenges in pricing models for product analytics and tooling (35:41)
Combining analytics and attribution (42:00)
What’s the next wave of product analytics? (47:28)
Final thoughts and takeaways (53:41)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Business Intelligence and Product Analytics With Vijay Ganesan, Co-Founder and CEO at NetSpring.io

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Vijay Ganesan of NetSpring.io. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

129: Databases, Data Warehouses, and Timeseries Data with David Kogn of Timescale

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 Mar 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

David’s background and journey to Timescale (2:12)
What are time series databases? (14:13)
How Timescale would have impacted David’s trajectory early in his career (17:51)
Innovation in postgreSQL (21:02)
Why does Timescale build their timeseries databases differently? (27:08)
The challenges of building a new database on top of an old software (32:22)
Writing outside of SQL and Timescale’s secret sauce (37:47)
The importance of the developer experience in Timescale (54:08)
How does someone know when they need to implement time series functionality (56:51)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:04:57)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Time-Series Data 101

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 6 Mar 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with David Kohn of Timescale. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

128: The Possibilities Are Endless for Synthetic Data with Alex Watson of Gretel.ai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 1 Mar 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Alex’s background working for NSA and starting a company (1:51)
The Gretel.ai journey (9:30)
Defining synthetic data (13:26)
The evolution of AI in deep learning data and language learning (16:28)
The properties of synthetic data (21:31)
Boundaries between synthetic data and prediction models (25:52)
The developer experience in Gretel.ai (36:44)
Stewardship and expansion of deep learning models in the future (45:36)
Final thoughts and takeaways (52:17)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Boundaries Between Synthetic Data and Prediction Models

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Alex Watson of Gretel.ai. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

127: The Anatomy of a Data Lakehouse with Alex Merced of Dremio

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Alex’s background in the data space (2:41)
Comics and Pop Culture Blending with Finance training (5:20)
What is a data lake house? (7:36)
What is Dremio solving in for users? (11:21)
Essential components of a data lake house (16:35)
Difference between on-prem and cloud experiences (33:53)
What does it mean to be a developer advocate? (41:31)
Final thoughts and takeaways (49:02)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: What Does It Mean to be a Developer Advocate?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 12:31:27 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Alex Merced of Dremio. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

126: Crossing the Product Analytics Chasm with Spenser Skates of Amplitude Analytics

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Spenser’s journey to Co-Founding Amplitude (3:02)
Looking back over the last decade of success at Amplitude (8:31)
Going from Engineer to Sales (14:41)
Comparing product analytics and general analytics (20:11)
How cloud data warehousing has impacted analytics (31:38)
Providing an out-of-the-box experience for consumers (41:12)
Final thoughts and takeaways (54:27)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: Amplitude - From Startup to IPO

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 13:18:22 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Spenser Skates of Amplitude Analytics. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

125: Authorization Is A Data Problem with Jeff Chao of Abbey Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 Feb 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Jeff’s background at Netflix and Stripe leading him to Abbey Labs (2:22)
What Abbey is solving in the space (5:16)
Tackling permissions in an organization (7:30)
Opportunities to improve the availability of data (10:14)
The challenge of tackling a new problem area at a new company (14:59)
What is the most common challenges in the identity and security space (18:43)
Importance of identity and the ability to track it in data (22:46)
Connecting all the different platforms without frustrating the user (30:32)
What are the parts of access data that needing to be tracked (36:10)
Dealing with the varieties of data in security and managing permissions (40:26)
Final thoughts and takeaways (51:52)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Solving Identity in Marketing vs. Security

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 6 Feb 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Jeff Chao of Abbey Labs, Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

124: Pragmatism About Data Stacks with Pedram Navid of West Marin Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 1 Feb 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pedram’s journey into the world of data (4:05)
What should the datastack at an early-stage startup look like? (9:53)
New ideas surrounding access control for data (24:45)
What can data teams learn around complexity from software engineering (30:55)
Scaling up instead of scaling out in processing data (37:40)
Why DuckDB is making so much noise in the market (41:06)
Final thoughts and takeaways (53:25)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: What Does the Modern Data Stack Mean to Normal Companies?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Pedram Navid of West Marin Data. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

123: What Is a Universal Database? Featuring Stavros Papadopoulos of TileDB, Inc.

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Stavros’ journey into data and founding TileDB (3:12)
What problem was TileDB going to solve? (12:05)
Defining database systems (21:35)
What part of database architecture is TileDB? (31:58)
Storage engine solutions (42:37)
What does the API look like in using TileDB? (50:40)
What makes genomics unique in working with data (55:28)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:06:46)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: Bringing Innovation to the Lowest Level of Databases

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Stavros Papadopoulos of TileDB, Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

122: Why Accounting Needs Its Own Database with Joran Greef of Tiger Beetle

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Joran’s background leading him from accounting to coding (3:10)
What is Tiger Beetle? (5:53)
Double-entry accounting and why it is important for a database (12:28)
The need for low latency and high throughput (26:27)
Why financial database software needs a laser focus (29:01)
What are people using to implement a double-entry system? (36:09)
Safety in financial software and addressing storage faults (40:26)
Final thoughts and takeaways (55:52)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Do We Need A Dedicated Database for Every Use Case?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Joran Greef of Tiger Beetle. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

121: Materialize Origins: Breaking Down Data Flow Layers with Arjun Narayan and Frank McSherry

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Defining data flow (2:31)
Are there limitations in timely data flow operation and/or building operators? (8:20)
Areas of incremental computation that are having an impact today (17:10)
Building a library vs building a product (24:06)
Combining delight and empathy into a focus (27:52)
Final thoughts and takeaways (32:42)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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120: Materialize Origins: A Timely Dataflow Story with Arjun Narayan and Frank McSherry

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 4 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

What is Materialize? (2:43)
Frank and Arjun’s journey in data and what led them to the idea of Materialize (6:22)
The good and the bad of research in academia vs starting a company (25:20)
The MVP for databases (33:49)
Materialize’s end-to-end benefit for the user experience (43:03)
Interchanging Materialize in warehouse and cloud data usage (48:25)
The trade-offs within Materialize (1:00:02)
Final takeaways and previewing part two of the conversation (1:09:25)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: What’s our first ever two-part episode about?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 2 Jan 2023 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming two-part conversation with Arjun Narayan and Frank McSherry of Materialize. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

119: The Data Stack Show Wrapped: 2022

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 Dec 2022 09:30:00 +0000

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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118: Bringing Powerful Business Intelligence to Mobile with Zack Hendlin of Zing Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Zack’s extensive background in the world of data and the genesis of Zing (3:02)
Working on relevance, feeds, and ads at Facebook & LinkedIn (9:20)
Exploring BI and queries on mobile devices (16:48)
Reliance of input quality in data (23:28)
Delivering a mobile-first experience in BI (30:11)
Limitations of visualization on mobile devices (34:00)
How BI tools interact with one another in Zing (45:21)
The future of user-experience in consuming data (49:19)
Final thoughts and takeaways (59:56)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Do You Need Business Intelligence on Your Phone?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Zach Hendlin of Zing Data. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

117: DX for Data Tooling with Taylor Murphy of Meltano

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Taylor’s journey into data (3:09)
What’s been going on at Meltano recently? (7:28)
Addressing basic problems in data even with advancements in technology (12:23)
What makes Meltano unique in the space (16:53)
Why the CLI experience is important (25:37)
Quality vs quantity in supporting connectors (35:51)
What does data ops look like for Meltano (46:44)
Takeaways and closing thoughts (52:56)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Is Business Logic Moving Further Down the Stack?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:58:52 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Taylor Murphy of Meltano. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

116: Data Democratization & Self Service with Aron Clymer of Data Clymer

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 Dec 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Aron’s background in the world of data (2:18)
Recent Clients and major projects (3:30)
Helping to spearhead data-driven growth at Salesforce (6:50)
Stories about Marc Benioff, co-founder of Salesforce (16:12)
Biggest learnings as a consultant in the data strategy space (17:58)
The need for data democratization (23:33)
Advice for Aron’s younger self in consulting (28:45)
Current trends in data democratization and sales service (35:01)
Aron’s favorite tools and platforms to use (42:19)
Favorite part of the consulting process (47:45)
Final thoughts and takeaways (50:29)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: Data Analytics: Same As It Ever Was

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 5 Dec 2022 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Aron Clymer of Data Clymer. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

115: What Is Production Grade Data? Featuring Ashwin Kamath of Spectre

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ashwin’s background in the data space (2:43)
The unique nature of working with data in finance (7:32)
Technological challenges of working in the finance data space (13:55)
The third-party data factor and judging if it is reliable enough (17:07)
What made Ashwin decide to go out and build his own company? (31:47)
Defining data decay and data storing and why both are important (37:52)
Advice on the importance of data quality (42:10)
Final takeaways and wrap-up (50:49)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: Managing Complexities of Financial Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 18:41:44 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ashwin Kamath of Spectre. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

114: Solving Data Infrastructure Problems at Startups and Enterprises with Max Werner of Obsessive Analytics Consulting

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Max’s career journey (2:54)
Going from a small startup to a big enterprise (11:15)
Dynamics of a switchboard operator (17:09)
Common threads through different companies (20:53)
When data is not the answer (26:57)
The evolution of CDP (29:38)
Data sources to include in a CDP (35:16)
Working with event data (37:19)
Max’s take on other tools (41:18)
The cutting edge in data (43:09)
Building your data company in an evolving environment (49:28)

Find Max: https://www.obsessiveanalytics.com/

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: The Data Switchboard

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Max Werner of Obsessive Analytics Consulting. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Shop Talk: Kostas Settles the Real-Time vs. Streaming Debate

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop around the topic of streaming. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

113: What Is Streaming Graph? Featuring Ryan Wright of thatDot

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:15:19 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ryan’s background and career journey (2:49)
Quine and where it came from (4:36)
Graph databases 101 (7:17)
Use cases for graph databases (13:44)
Purposes for graphs (22:27)
How to use Quine (31:49)
Quine’s performance and scale (43:06)
Educating users about a new product (49:13)
The team that would optimize Quine (52:23)
When graph will gain popularity (56:15)

Quine: https://quine.io/

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Graph as a Utility

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:19:57 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ryan Wright of thatDot. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Shop Talk: What Coalesced at Coalesce?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop around experiences at the Coalesce conference in New Orleans. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

112: Python Native Stream Processing with Zander Matheson of bytewax

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Nov 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Zander’s background and career journey (2:32)
Introducing bytewax (5:16)
The difference between systems (10:57)
Bytewax’s most common use cases (16:15)
How bytewax integrates with other systems (20:25)
The technology that makes up bytewax (24:31)
Comparing bytewax to other systems (34:17)
What’s next for bytewax (36:31)

Try it out: bytewax.io

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Who Needs a Stream Processing Engine?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 7 Nov 2022 14:43:58 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Zander Matheson of bytewax. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Shop Talk: The Business of Data Infrastructure is Uniquely Challenging

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 4 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop surrounding data infrastructure. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

111: What if Your Code Just Ran in the Cloud for You? Featuring Erik Bernhardsson of Modal Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Nov 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Erik’s background and career journey (2:51)
Managing scale in a rapidly changing environment (6:35)
The people side of hypergrowth (12:36)
Coding competitions (17:50)
Introducing Modal Labs (19:02)
How Erik got into building Modal (21:45)
The employee experience at Modal (28:09)
How a data engineering team would use Modal (31:21)
What it takes to build a platform like Modal (36:27)
What makes Modal different (42:49)
Evolution coming for the data world (45:52)
Untapped areas in the data world (48:46)
Spotify playlists (52:03)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Erik Bernhardsson Just Can’t Stop Solving Problems

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:36:53 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Erik Bernhardsson of Modal Labs. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

110: How Can Data Discovery Help You Understand Your Data? Featuring Shinji Kim of Select Star

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Shinji’s background and career journey (3:35)
Defining “data discovery” (6:03)
The best conditions to use Select Star (8:45)
Where Select Star fits on the data spectrum (13:38)
Why Select Star is needed (17:35)
How Select Star uses metadata (21:02)
Exposing data queries (27:04)
Composing queries into metadata (33:27)
Automating BI tools (37:28)
Limits to data governance (41:39)
Maintaining economies of scale (48:56)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Shop Talk: Why Are There So Many Flavors of Databases?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop about the wide world of databases. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: What is Data Discovery?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Shinji Kim of Select Star. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

109: How Does Headless Business Intelligence Work? Featuring Artyom Keydunov and Pavel Tiunov of Cube Dev

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

The context of Headless BI (3:31)
What Cube Dev does (9:24)
How Headless BI works with other tools (13:03)
An analysis of LookML (18:04)
User interaction with Cube Dev (23:40)
Who manages data artifacts (25:22)
Taking care of the developer experience (30:37)
Levels of performance (30:37)
Artyom and Pavel’s background and career journey (35:47)
Why you should use Cube Dev (43:38)
Roles within a data organization (48:55)
How Cube Dev impacts visualization (53:35)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Shop Talk: Will the Future of the Customer Data Platform Include a Shared Logic Layer?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop around the wide world of data. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: What Comes to Mind When You Think of ‘Headless’?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Artyom Keydunov & Pavel Tiunov of CubeJS. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

108: You Can’t Separate Data Reliability From Workflow with Gleb Mezhanskiy of Datafold

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Gleb’s background and career journey (2:51)
The adoption problems (10:53)
How Datafold solves these problems (18:08)
The vision for Datafold (26:27)
Incorporating Datafold as a data engineer (38:53)
The importance of the data engineer (42:12)
Something to keep in mind when designing data tools (46:46)
Implementing new technology into your company (53:18)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Shop Talk: Is It Possible for Excel To Die?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

The PRQL: Are Marketers the Worst Data Quality Offenders?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 7 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Gleb Mezhanskiy of Datafold. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

107: Building Modern Data Teams with dbt Labs, REI, and Robinhood

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 5 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Introducing our guests (3:05)
Defining “data team” (4:40)
How data teams emerge and evolve (14:11)
The need that forces the creation of a data team (21:12)
The backbone of the data team (26:23)
Building a career within a data team (36:39)
Advice for new data team managers (47:35)
Question and answer time (52:38)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Shop Talk With Eric and Kostas: Transitioning From Consumer to Builder

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 3 Oct 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop regarding transitioning from consumer to builder. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: What Can We Learn From the Patterns of Successful Data Teams?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming panel discussion around the topic of building data teams. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

106: Optimizing Query Workloads (and Your Snowflake Bill) with Vinoo Ganesh of Bluesky Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Vinoo’s background and career journey (2:43)
How to benchmark cost (7:54)
How Bluesky addresses rising Snowflake bills (14:01)
“Workload” as defined by Bluesky (17:14)
Space for BI optimization (22:55)
How products manage bill growth (28:34)
How to optimize your workloads (35:37)
Bluesky’s partnerships (39:53)
Getting real-time feedback on your work (44:50)
Where to begin reevaluating your Snowflake game (50:47)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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Shop Talk With Eric and Kostas: Data Politicians

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk about data politicians in this new special show format. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: Comparing Snowflake to a Car

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:47:34 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Vinoo Ganesh of Bluesky Data. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

105: The Modern Data Stack Is Just Getting Started with Astasia Myers of Quiet Capital

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Astasia’s background and career journey (3:03)
How Astasia evaluates data companies (5:25)
Defining “modern data stack” (8:39)
The limit of the complexity of a solution (18:44)
How risky early-stage acquisition really is (26:15)
Flashing headlight advice for investing (30:17)
Signs you should do a product integration (33:38)
The next data infrastructure opportunities (36:19)
The likelihood of two data worlds merging (43:55)
How important open source is (49:14)
Data-centric ML (53:47)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Kostas Becomes a Prophet

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Astasia Myers of Quiet Capital. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

104: A Decade of Change in the Data Space with Benn Stancil of Mode

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Benn’s background and career journey (2:28)
The problem Benn sought to solve (4:48)
Data engineering a decade ago (9:58)
Technology inside vs. outside Silicon Valley (18:11)
What’s next for data (24:42)
Mode’s evolution and journey (29:31)
Challenges of getting enough context to create (39:21)
Current trends that won’t see long-term benefits (48:44)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: What Does 10 Years in the Data Space Give You?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 9 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Benn Stancil of Mode. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

103: Everyone Is Invited to the Data Lakehouse with Kyle Weller of Onehouse.ai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 Sep 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Kyle’s background and career journey (2:38)
Unique challenges in building data engineering products (9:33)
The problem set Databricks resolves (13:46)
About Onehouse (17:15)
From Microsoft to Onehouse (20:59)
Why there’s so much distance between data powers (24:45)
Why the data lake is not enough (30:15)
Who should have a lake house (39:03)
Why we have all three data platforms (43:53)
How to step into the data lake house world (49:48)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Who Really Needs To Know How a DBMS Works?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 2 Sep 2022 14:55:21 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Kyle Weller of Onehouse.ai. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

102: Building Pinot for Real-Time, Interactive User Analytics with Kishore Gopalakrishna of StarTree

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Kishore’s background and career journey (2:30)
Internal analytics versus user-facing analytics (3:49)
New ways of thinking about analytics (8:06)
What makes Pinot different (13:45)
How Pinot transforms systems (21:53)
Understanding the data landscape (32:40)
The Pinot user experience (36:27)
Something exciting about StarTree (40:05)
When you should adopt this technology (43:15)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Data Warehouses on Steroids

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Kishore Gopalakrishna of StarTree. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

101: The Future of Machine Learning with Willen Pienaar of Tecton and Tristan Zajonc of Continual

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

When is it right to use ML? (5:22)
ML business models (10:21)
Significant changes in delivering ML (19:07)
Why ML is different (25:19)
SQL becoming more important (34:39)
Graduating from SQL-based to real-time (37:22)
Space for a new role (45:11)
State-of-the-art models (49:03)
The most exciting thing in the ML space (53:59)
Open source in ML (56:39)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Can Machine Learning Be Commoditized?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming live stream episode featuring Willem Pienaar of Tecton and Tristan Zajonc of Continual. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

100: Data Quality Is Relative to Purpose with James Campbell of Superconductive

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

James’ role at Great Expectations (2:33)
What Great Expectations does (5:49)
How Great Expectations approaches data quality (7:01)
Why a data engineer should use Great Expectations (16:41)
Defining “data quality” (19:16)
Translating expectations from one domain to the other (27:00)
Community around Great Expectations (30:59)
The user experience (33:41)
Something exciting on the horizon (40:27)
Interacting with marketers in a non-technical way (43:57)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: What’s the Hardest Part About Data Quality?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with James Campbell at Superconductive. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

99: State of the Data Lakehouse with Vinoth Chandar of Apache Hudi

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Vinoth’s background and career journey (3:08)
Defining “data lakehouse” (5:10)
Databricks versus lake houses (13:37)
The services a lakehouse needs (17:37)
How to communicate technical details (26:55)
Onehouse’s product vision (31:41)
Lakehouse performance versus BigQuery solutions (36:44)
How to deliver customer experience equally (40:17)
How to start building a lakehouse (44:00)
Big tech’s effect on smaller lakehouses (55:33)
Skipping the data warehouse (1:04:39)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Does Lakehouse Architecture Really Mean the End of the Data Warehouse and Data Lake As We Know It?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 5 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Vinoth Chandar of Apache Hudi. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

98: Category Theory and the Mathematical Foundation of the Technologies We Use with Eric Daimler of Conexus

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Aug 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Eric’s background and career journey (3:30)
Presenting to people without knowledge of AI (11:04)
Why math was chosen over AI (19:03)
From compilers to databases (25:42)
The contribution of category theory (30:09)
The Connexus customer experience (37:45)
The primary user of Connexus (46:33)
Interacting with 300,000 databases (51:07)
When Connexus begins to add value (54:02)
The best way to learn this mathematical approach (55:46)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Farm to Table Abstract Mathematics

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 16:15:41 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Eric Damlier of Conexus AI. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

97: How To Build an Organization-Empowering Data Team with Emilie Schario of Amplify Partners

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Emilie’s background and career journey (3:00)
Hypergrowth at GitLab (5:23)
Being close to the money in data (9:50)
Big things taken from GitLab to Netlify (13:00)
Defining “data organization” (17:53)
The first roles you should hire for (22:06)
Defining “analytics engineer” (23:44)
One role to bridge different needs (27:26)
Why data analysts are needed (30:51)
How to avoid a kitchen sink of data (40:20)
Data engineer archetype (45:48)
Data roles crossing over (48:09)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: If You Were Building a Data Team What Would Your First Hire Be?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Emilie Schario from Amplify Partners. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

96: How To Collect and Leverage Data From the Physical World with Prateek Joshi of Plutoshift

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Prateek’s background and career journey (2:10)
The lack of advanced data tools for the physical world (4:55)
Dealing with data from the physical world (10:53)
Stocks in the physical world (14:20)
What it takes to execute this kind of project (19:05)
Challenges around this infrastructure (25:56)
ML tools that are useful in this environment (31:55)
Physical instrumentation and environmental interaction (36:43)
Current adoption of physical instrumentation (42:50)
Data’s responsibility in sustainability (45:56)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Collecting Data in the Physical World

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Prateek Joshi. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

95: How the Metrics Layer Bridges the Gap Between Data & Business with Nick Handel of Transform

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Nick’s background and career journey (2:40)
What Transform does (5:53)
Metrics layer vs. metrics store (8:04)
Signals vs. metrics (13:24)
The user of a metric layer (14:34)
Using Transform within an organization (17:05)
How to fuse two sources into a metric (23:54)
Currently supported databases (28:46)
Community engagement (31:33)
Optimizing for queries, metrics, and use cases (35:33)
Technology and the human factor (40:49)
Managing metrics amidst fast-paced change (46:53)
Out-of-the-box metrics store (49:26)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Data Marts Aren’t Just for the Enterprise

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 8 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Nick Hansel from Transform. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

94: Notebooks Aren’t Just for Data Scientists With Barry McCardel of Hex Technologies

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Bary’s background and Hex (3:05)
Reconciling two sides of data (9:16)
Collaboration at Hex (15:10)
What it takes to build something like Hex (20:02)
Defining “commitment engineering” (26:01)
How to begin working with Hex (30:56)
Hex customers and uniqueness (40:31)
The future in a world of data acquisition (45:30)
Crossover between analytics and ML (51:33)
Advice for data engineers (57:19)

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The PRQL: Have You Ever Been a Part of a Company That Has Done Analytics Really Well?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 1 Jul 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Barry McCardel of Hex Technologies. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

93: There Is No Data Observability Without Lineage with Kevin Hu of Metaplane

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Kevin’s background and career journey (1:54)
Metaplane and the problem that is solves (6:47)
The silence of data problems (9:53)
Data physics work that requires more (13:35)
Trusting data when bugs are present (19:12)
Building a navigable experience (22:36)
Developing anomaly detection (30:06)
What Metaplane provides today (35:05)
Metaplane’s plans for the future (37:45)
Comparing Bigquery, Snowflake, and Redshift (40:56)
Why data goes bad (48:15)
Advice for data trust workers (59:24)

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The PRQL: What Are the Similarities Between VCs and Tilapia?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:20:48 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Kevin Hu of Metaplane. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

92: Building a Decentralized Storage System for Media File Collaboration with Tejas Chopra

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Tejas’ background and career journey (2:49, 43:04)
Digital collaboration with Netflix Drive (7:57)
A formal version control component (23:44)
Centralized store vs. local affairs (31:05)
The different skill sets a data engineer needs (37:38)
How to get into data engineering (40:57)
New technologies coming into day-to-day work (44:39)

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The PRQL: What is Netflix Cloud?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:55:26 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Tejas Chopra of Netflix. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

91: The Future of Streaming Data with Stripe, Deephaven, Materialize, and Benthos

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

How we should think about batch versus streaming (6:02)
Defining “streaming ETL” (9:34)
A brief history of streaming processing platforms (22:07)
The birth and evolution of Benthos (28:41)
What led Jeff to build a new tool (34:29)
Why you shouldn’t share all the data (37:23)
Making streaming technologies approachable to engineers (42:09)
Breaking out of traditional terminology (52:58)

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The PRQL: Can Streaming Simplify Your Data Flows?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming livestream panel talking about all things streaming. Don't miss next week's episode with experts from Stripe, Deephaven, Materialize and Benthos Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

90: The Modern Data Stack Has a Join Problem with Ahmed Elsamadisi of Narrator AI

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ahmed’s background and career journey (2:27)
Why the modern data stack “sucks” (4:53)
The limitations of progress (9:13)
Showing data with only 11 columns (11:55)
Managing one table that rules them all (19:02)
Viewing the world as timestamped activities (32:40)
When this model becomes harder to use (35:15)
The two parts you need in a company (44:41)
Those who use Narrator (48:32)

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The PRQL: Can One Table Rule Them All?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 3 Jun 2022 12:38:18 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming episode with Ahmed Elsamadisi of Narrator AI. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

89: Solving Microservice Orchestration Issues at Netflix with Viren Baraiya of Orkes

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 1 Jun 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Viren’s background and career journey (2:23)
Engineering challenges in Netflix transitions (6:05)
How Conductor changed the process (9:30)
Building a lot more microservices (16:04)
Open sourcing Conductor (17:38)
Defining “orchestration” (22:05)
Using an orchestrator written in Java (31:04)
Building a cloud service around microservices (34:59)
Differentiating product experiences (37:17)
Orchestration platforms in new environments (42:15)
Advice for those early on in their career (46:10)

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The PRQL: What are the Different Flavors of Orchestration?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 27 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Viren Baraiya of Orkes. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

88: What Is Data Observability? With Tristan Spaulding of Acceldata

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 25 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Tristan’s background and career journey (2:43)
Updating old technology (11:40)
Defining “data observability” (18:44)
The primary user of a data observability tool (29:56)
Handling an incident (33:01)
Why multipliers for data observability (37:06)
Early symptoms of a data drift (43:12)
Tuning in the context of data engineering (50:11)
What keeps Tristan working with data (55:12)

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The PRQL: Does Data Exist if We Do Not Observe It?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 20 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Tristan Spaulding of Acceldata. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

87: Why Is Now the Golden Age of Data Analytics? With Cindi Howson of ThoughtSpot

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 18 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Cindi’s career journey (2:36)
Major shifts in analytics (6:34)
Where we are in formation of the modern analytics cloud (9:07)
The process of moving into the cloud (11:01)
How to accelerate the digital transformation (17:29)
Common patterns amongst company cultures (19:42)
Data regulations affecting change (22:34)
ThoughtSpot customer base (24:06)
The need to know SQL (27:42)
Power users leveraging the AI Insights (31:24)
Who should audit technology (32:33)
The ways that education is happening best (36:28)
Stuck in descriptive analytics (40:43)
Changes in company structure (43:54)
Defining an analytics engineer (46:57)
The impact on IT as a function (50:33)
Enjoying data analytics (53:06)

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The PRQL: Can You Trust AI Enabled Analytics?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 13 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Cindi Howson of ThoughtSpot and Host of The Data Chief Podcast. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

86: Solving the Data Quality Problem with Bigeye, Great Expectations, Metaplane, and Lightup.ai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Guest introductions (1:02)
Defining data quality (4:08)
Forgetting to apply software best practices (8:33)
Differentiating observability and data quality (17:53)
Who should care about quality in the organization (26:55)
Why this is still a valid conversation (35:44)
The jurisdiction of various components (45:39)

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85: You Can Stop Doing Data Fire Drills with Barr Moses of Monte Carlo

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 4 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Barr’s background and career journey (2:12)
Trust: a technical or human problem? (9:47)
Behind the name “Monte Carlo” (15:41)
Defining data accuracy and reliability (17:36)
How much can be done with standardization (22:27)
How to avoid frustration when generating data about data (25:49)
Defining “resolution” (28:59)
Understanding the concept of SLAs (33:25)
Building a company for a category that doesn’t exist yet (37:40)
What it looks like to use Monte Carlo (44:07)
The best part about working with data teams (47:28)

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The PRQL: Be Careful, Young Padawan, When Comparing Software Observability and Data Observability

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 2 May 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Barr Moses of Monte Carlo. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Data Council Week (Ep 5): A Primer on Spatial Data With Gabriel Hidalgo of Carto

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

How Gabriel got into data (1:54)
What Carto is (5:28)
Location data vs spatial data (6:37)
Time data vs space data (7:50)
System supports for spatial data (9:50)
Explaining “spatial functions” (14:19)
Who uses Carto and why (15:52)
What’s coming for Carto (19:15)
What Gabriel does at Carto (22:22)
The coolest things Carto’s done (23:52)

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Data Council Week (Ep 4): The Data Council Origin Story With Pete Soderling

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pete’s start in data and Data Council (2:01)
Learning more from failure (6:42)
Shaping terminology and definitions (9:30)
What investors look for in data technology (12:43)
Working as a data engineer (16:32)
Data Council takeaways (18:16)

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Data Council Week (Ep 3): Product Analytics the Right Way With James Greenhill of PostHog

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

How James got started in data (2:42)
What makes PostHog different (10:43)
Why we need product analytics (13:40)
Capturing and collecting data (15:17)
Dealing with drift on a platform like PostHog (19:45)
Starting from the metrics versus events (22:50)

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Data Council Week (Ep 2): Testing and Observability Are Two Sides of the Same Coin With Ben Castleton of Great Expectations

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ben’s background and career journey (2:13)
The birth of Great Expectations (5:02)
Defining software engineering (9:38)
Adopting open source products (13:04)
Working in data versus healthcare (18:01)
What's next for Great Expectations (20:29)

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Data Council Week (Ep 1): Discussing Firebolt’s Engine With Benjamin HoppDiscussing Firebolt’s Engine With Benjamin Hopp

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 25 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ben’s career journey (2:55)
What makes Firebolt different (3:58)
Firebolt’s data product family (7:37)
Table engines and Firebolt (10:57)
Ben’s favorite part of ClickHouse (12:52)
The experience of building an optimizer (15:19)
Where Firebolt fits into architecture (17:27)
Working in the data space: to love and dislike (19:51)
Coming soon in the near future (24:35)

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The PRQL: A Data Council Austin Quintuple

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview an upcoming mini-series for next week featuring conversations with experts at Data Council Austin. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Data Stack Show Live: Solving the Data Quality Problem

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Don't miss our livestream event on April 27 as we talk about all things Data Quality with some of the best in the business. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

84: Why Are Analytics Still So Hard? With Kaycee Lai of Promethium

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Kaycee’s background and career journey (2:34)
Why analytics are hard (7:28)
Defining “data management” (11:47)
Defining “data virtualization” (15:57)
The relationship between data virtualization and ETL (18:34)
Where a company should invest first (21:40)
Building without a Frankenstein stack (25:19)
How Promethium solves data stack issues (27:53)
Giving context to data (35:14)
Cataloging: background, at Promethium, future (39:29)
Who uses data catalogs (48:00)

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The PRQL: Does Putting All Your Data in One Place Create More Problems Than it Solves?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Kaycee Lai of Promethium. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

83: Closing the Gap Between Business Analytics and Operational Analytics With Max Beauchemin of Preset

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Max’s career journey and role today (2:56)
Hitting the limits of traditional BI (11:06)
The most influential technology (14:34)
Merging with BI and visualization (17:35)
Two thoughts on real-time (21:02)
Defining BI (24:53)
How many have actually achieved self-serve BI (29:54)
How preset.io fits in the BI architecture of today (32:36)
How to use preset.io to expose analytics (35:23)
The analytics process to power something like embedded (42:45)
Opportunities that exist right now in the BI market (44:53)
Commoditization in visualizations across business models (47:58)
What it felt like to create data tooling (51:34)

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The PRQL: BI, Real-Time, and Data Tooling

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 8 Apr 2022 10:42:01 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Max Beauchemin of preset.io. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

82: Databases: The Fun Never Stops with Robert Hodges of Altinity

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Robert’s background and career journey (2:21)
How studying languages influences database work (5:13)
Why Robert has been working with databases for 40+ years (7:50)
Explaining the ClickHouse database (10:43)
How ClickHouse is able to focus on latency (13:39)
The use cases behind ClickHouse (19:19)
How ClickHouse is different than other databases (25:47)
Why old problems are just now getting addressed (29:04)
How ClickHouse works with others against another (33:03)
When to implement ClickHouse (38:53)
The distance between ClickHouse and the end-user (42:24)
New database technologies (47:02)

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The PRQL: What Inspires Continued Innovation in Databases?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 1 Apr 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Robert Hodges of Altinity. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

81: Digging into Data Ops with Prukalpa Sankar of Atlan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Prukalpa’s background and career journey (3:16)
Applying a data-driven mindset to poverty (7:21)
What Atlan does (11:53)
The makeup of a realistically functioning data team (15:25)
How to create a company’s first data team (18:13)
Defining “agile data” (22:01)
The necessity of data ops (26:36)
The minimum data stack needed (29:16)
Data team size (31:58)
Where to start when you need to make adjustments (34:51)
Collaborate with different parts of the data stack (41:27)
Defining the metadata plane (44:29)
Lessons from facing crazy data problems (48:31)

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The PRQL: Data Team Diversity & Maturing Data Ops

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation about data ops and diversity with Prupalka of Atlan. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

80: Is Reverse-ETL Just Another Data Pipeline? With Census, Hightouch, & Workato

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Panel introductions (2:23)
What is driving the trend behind Reverse ETL? (5:24)
The obstacles to building an internal Reverse ETL tool at scale (15:34)
How to decide system management vs. user flexibility (20:14)
Why previous products failed in creating this category (29:12)
Increased demand and democratization of datastack skills via SaaS (42:03)
Broader applications for Reverse ETL (47:29)
Limitations of Reverse ETL (55:05)
How user technical ability affects design and build roadmaps (58:14)
What do you anticipate comes next for Reverse ETL? (1:02:45)

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The PRQL: Is Reverse ETL New or Old?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 12:27:38 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming panel discussion on reverse ETL and the modern data stack. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

79: All About Experimentation with Che Sharma of Eppo

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Che’s background and career journey (4:23)
Coherence between hemispheres in the human brain (6:58)
Raising Airbnb above primitive AB testing technology (8:54)
Economic thinking in Airbnb’s data science practice (14:24)
Dealing with multiple pipelines (16:48)
Eppo’s role in recognizing statistically significant data (20:01)
Defining “experiment” (23:25)
Types of experiments (25:57)
The workflow journey (27:18)
Dealing with metric silos (34:21)
Why we still need to innovate today (37:03)
Where experimentation can be used (39:36)
How big a sample size should be (43:29)
How to self-educate to get the maximum value (45:39)
Bridging the gap between data engineers and data scientists (48:14)

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The PRQL: Is A/B Testing Only Relevant for B2C?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 11 Mar 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Che Sharma of geteppo.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

78: The Etymology of Reverse ETL & Why It’s a Key Piece Of The Modern Data Stack with Boris Jabes of Census

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Mar 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Boris’ background career journey (2:32)
The origins of “reverse ETL” (6:39)
Reverse Fivetran (16:35)
Product as an experience (22:41)
Fivetran users vs Census users (24:14)
How to add value to a data dump (26:56)
Ways companies are creating IP (33:48)
The cascade effect of the modern data stack (37:56)
Defining “data federation” (43:51)
Lessons from building a product (49:10)

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The PRQL: Reverse ETL and the Distinction Between Operation vs Analysis on Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 4 Mar 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Borris Jabes of Census. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

77: Standardizing Unstructured Data with Verl Allen of Claravine

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Mar 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Verl’s career journey (2:46)
M&A data evaluation criteria (7:12)
What Claravine does (10:48)
The breadth of data (15:03)
Adding to content and advertising data (18:22)
How Claravine standardizes data (23:53)
Designing a data model (25:40)
The underlying technologies of building a product (33:43)
The main consumer (35:02)
Maintaining quality (39:06)
Helping solidify definitions (41:37)
Implementing Claravine’s model across various companies (44:54)
Internal changes affect on the model (46:47)
Connection brought about by structure (49:19)
Applying unstructured context to structured stamping (52:36)

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The PRQL: If Everything Is Data, How Can We Make Sense of It All?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 25 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Verl Allen of Claravine. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

76: Why a Data Team Should Limit Its Own Superpowers with Sean Halliburton of CNN

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Sean’s career journey (3:27)
Optimization and localized testing results (7:49)
Denying potential access to more data (13:46)
Other dimensions data has (18:32)
The other side of capturing events (20:55)
Data equivalent of API contracts (25:03)
SDK restrictiveness for developers (27:40)
How to know if you’re still sending the right data (30:38)
Debugging that starts in a client of a mobile app (36:08)
Communicating about data (38:36)
The next phase of tooling (41:49)
Advice for aspiring managers (45:21)

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The PRQL: How Important Is the Human Factor When Working With Data?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming show with Sean Halliburton of Warnermedia. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

75: How To Become a Data Engineer with Parham Parvizi of the Data Stack Academy

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Par’s background and current role (2:48)
About Talend (6:46)
Nonlinear pathways to data engineering roles (11:08)
What a data engineer needs to be successful (17:37)
Before “data engineer” was a title (27:59)
Signs you should be a data engineer (32:39)
Curiosity and data engineering (38:31)
Defining the modern data stack (45:07)
How to get a feel for data engineering (52:52)

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The PRQL: Can We Define the Role of the Data Engineer (Yet)?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0000

In this PRQL, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Parham Parvizi of tura.io. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

74: Kostas Respawns at Starburst, is Interviewed by Eric, and Reminisces About Winamp

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Big News: podcast hits, Kostas’ career change (2:19)
Kostas’ career start in data pipelines (4:09)
The Winamp and Napster era (11:46)
Starting an API gateway (16:56)
Observing new technology from afar (23:43)
Starting Blendo (32:38)
Problems faced in architecting the product (37:12)
Kostas’ role at Starburst (40:25)

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The PRQL: What Prompts a Conversation About Winamp & Quake Arena on The Data Stack Show?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 4 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview some exciting news coming up on episode 74 of the Data Stack Show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

73: What a High Performing Data Team (and Stack) Looks Like with Paige Berry of Netlify

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Feb 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Paige’s career path (2:44)
Paige’s role and responsibilities at Netlify (6:38)
Sharing data insights (8:55)
Scope in the context of delivering an insight (12:39)
Defining “insight” (15:10)
Where the client journey begins (16:43)
Miscommunication because of vague terminology (20:06)
Netlify’s internal knowledge repository (23:01)
Breaking down Netlify’s hub and spoke model (30:45)
What data tools to use and when (35:21)
The metric layer and BI (44:17)
Next steps in the data space (49:42)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: How High Performing Data Teams Put Tooling in the Background

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 15:20:27 +0000

This week on the PRQL, Eric and Kostas discuss tooling as they preview the upcoming show with Paige Berry of Netlify. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

72: Building Data Ops Into the Data Lifecycle with Douwe Maan of Meltano

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Douwe’s career journey (3:04)
The missing piece in GitLab’s data tooling (7:35)
The open-source offering in the data space (12:38)
Singer’s connection with Meltano (22:31)
How Meltano manages connectors on a diverse codebase (35:21)
The data house side of Meltano (39:47)
Data house operating versus Airflow (44:06)
Meltano’s vision present today (47:02)

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The PRQL: Is It Viable to Manage Integrations Open Source?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 21 Jan 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview the upcoming show featuring Douwe Maan of Meltano. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

71: ETL at the Edges with Jimmy Chan of Dropbase

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Jimmy’s career background (3:01)
How to use Data cubes (5:52)
What Dropbase is and who it is built for (11:01)
Getting sales and marketing data in usable formats (16:46)
Ensuring data remains flexible and transferable (28:36)
Defining what “offline data” is and how to use it (34:09)
How Dropbase can work with the rest of the data stack (43:30)

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The PRQL: Is Kostas an Excel Power User Yes/No?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview the upcoming conversation with Jimmy Chan of Dropbase. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

70: The Difference Between Data Lakes and Data Warehouses with Vinoth Chandar of Apache Hudi

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Vinoth’s career background (3:19)
Building a data lake at Uber (6:52)
Defining what a data lake is (14:01)
How data warehouses differ from data lakes (22:46)
When you should utilize an open source solution in your datastack (37:36)
Evolving from a data warehouse to a data lake (45:09)
Early wins Hudi earned inside of Uber (52:30)

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The PRQL: What Old Tech Concepts Were Borrowed to Build the Data Lake House?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 7 Jan 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview the upcoming show as they talk about data lakes and data warehouses and why these are important. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

69: What is the Modern Data Stack?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 5 Jan 2022 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Panel introductions and backgrounds (2:55)
What the modern data stack means to each of our panelists (5:04)
Defining the fundamental components of a modern data stack (17:22)
How the modern stack drives insights and actions for businesses (28:03)
Getting to a uniform definition to the modern stack (33:45)
Managing the modernization of a large scale data stack (39:09)
How testing works in the dbt context (48:44)
The relationship between the data warehouse and the data lake (52:25)
What has us most excited or the future of modern data stacks (56:02)

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The PRQL: Should Data Trust Drive the Evolution of Your Data Stack?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

In this PRQL, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming show where they discuss the modern data stack with some of the top experts in the industry. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

68: Season Three Recap: Holiday Edition with Eric Dodds and Kostas Pardalis

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

In this episode, Eric and Kostas look back over the great topics and guests from season three of the Data Stack Show. The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data. RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

67: Now is the Time to Think About Data Quality with Manu Bansal of Lightup Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Manu’s career background and describing Lightup (2:31)
Why traditional tools don’t work for modern data problems (6:04)
How a data lake differs from a data warehouse (11:35)
Defining data quality (14:07)
The business impact of solving and applying data quality (31:36)
Constructing a healthy financial view on the impact of data (41:09)
How to work with unstructured data in a meaningful way (47:44)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Will Data Quality Always Require a Human in the Loop?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas preview the upcoming show by talking about data quality. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

66: How Data Infrastructure Has Evolved and Managing High Performing Data Teams with Srivatsan Sridharan

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 15 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Starting his career on the first-ever data team at Yelp (2:00)
How to approach the adoption of new technology (7:04)
When to use stream processing vs. batching (11:35)
What is a pipeline and why is it core to a data engineer? (14:07)
Where a new data scientist should begin their career (19:14)
The key factors impacting a new technology decision (27:09)
Managing team emotions in decision making (34:25)
The unique challenge of Fintech vs other consumer industries (45:03)

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The PRQL: How Would You Define a Data Pipeline? Featuring the RudderStack Eng. Team

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

On the PRQL this week, Eric and Kostas bring in some of the Rudderstack engineering team to discuss data pipelines and preview episode 66 of the Data Stack Show. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

65: Operationalizing Data from the Warehouse With Aayush Jain of Cliff.ai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Aayush’s career background (4:13)
How his biological sciences academic training impacts his work (8:04)
How do we allow dashboards to get messy? (9:35)
Building cultural or technical solutions to effective dashboards (15:19)
Using data dashboards to make material business improvements (23:19)
What is business observability? (32:23)
Building a platform for operations teams (43:15)
How important community is to the cliff.ai business proposition (41:03)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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The PRQL: Why is the Data Engineer's Role Expanding?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 3 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

In this show PRQL, Eric and Kostas talk about the evolution of the role of a data engineer and preview the conversation with Aayush Jain. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

64: Data Stack Composability and Commoditization with Michel Tricot of Airbyte

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 1 Dec 2021 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Announcement: Data Stack Live! (1:00)
Michel’s career background (4:13)
Solving the technical and process challenges of moving data (7:04)
Lessons learned from managing data at Live Ramp (9:35)
How to build a modern data stack (16:19)
Triggers to signal when more data infrastructure is needed (23:19)
Why Airbyte is an open-source product (30:23)
Airbyte’s role in providing support to open-source problems (38:15)
How important DPT is for the Airbyte protocol and platform (41:03)

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The PRQL: The Beauty of Commoditization

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 09:30:00 +0000

For this week's PRQL, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming episode with Michel Tricot. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

63: The ETL - ELT Flip With Ciaran Dynes of Matillion

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:00:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas have a conversation with Ciaran Dynes, the Chief Product Officer at Matillion, a powerful and easy-to-use, completely cloud-capable ETL/ELT solution. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: What Part of the Data Stack Will Be Commoditized Next?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:30:00 +0000

On this week's PRQL, Kostas and Eric preview their upcoming conversation with Ciaran Dynes of Matillion. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

62: The Internet of Everything with Rob Rastovich of ThingLogix

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Rob’s career began as an early adopter in internet marketing and then he got the bug for machine-to-machine IoT (2:47)
Making assumptions about mass scale (8:44)
Pervasiveness of IoT in the market (11:47)
Initial reactions to technological advances that we take for granted today (17:28)
What makes IoT unique (23:56)
Killing the SQL server (29:11)
What really separates a smart device from a dumb device that can send data to the cloud (33:13)
5G, LoRa, and drawbacks and advances in widespread IoT adoption (37:05)
Security and privacy in IoT (41:23)
Using IoT as a cattle rancher (45:20)

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The PRQL: Are you afraid of IOT?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:30:00 +0000

In this PRQL, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Rob Rastovich of ThingLogix, Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

61: What is Data Design? With Kevin Gervais of Touchless

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 09:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Kevin’s interaction with data at an early age (2:35)
Working with telecom data (5:08)
Analyzing emojis in customer sentiment (8:44)
Infrastructure needed for diverse data (12:22)
Building better interfaces and looking out for human error (24:17)
Dealing with differences in identities in different layers of the stack (41:21)

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The PRQL: Will we ever get rid of the CSV?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Mon, 8 Nov 2021 09:30:00 +0000

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Data Debrief: The Highs and Lows of Open Source Projects

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 5 Nov 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Eric and Kostas break down further topics from episode 60 about stream processing and open source projects. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

60: Architecting a Boring Stream Processing Tool With Ashley Jeffs of Benthos

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Nov 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

A brief overview of Ashley’s background (2:47)
Benthos’ creation and the problems it was meant to address (4:01)
Use cases for Benthos (18:25)
Key features of Benthos that make it stand out (22:23)
Adding windowing to Benthos for fun (29:23)
The highs and lows of maintaining an open source project for five years (32:17)
The architecture of Benthos (36:23)
The importance of ordering in streaming processing (42:15)
Gaining traction with an open source project (53:21)
Benthos’ blobfish mascot (58:03)

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Data Debrief: What Open Source Data Projects Have Come Out of Facebook, Whoops, *Meta?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

On this week's debrief, Kostas and Eric talk about the variety of open source projects that come from Facebook. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

59: Making ETL Optional with Justin Borgman of Starburst Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Starburst Data is Justin’s second startup (2:42)
Starburst focuses on doing data warehousing analytics without the need for the data warehouse (4:14)
Multi-cloud solutions among merger and acquisition use cases (8:32)
Ways the stack is increasing in complexity (12:25)
Comparing essential components of a data stack from 2010 to now (15:01)
The future of ETL (27:36)
The best maturity stage for an organization to implement Starburst (31:27)
Starburst connectors (36:55)
Monetizing enterprise solutions while promoting open source ones (41:52)
The history of Presto and Trino (45:37)
Benefits of a decentralized data mesh (49:53)

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Data Debrief: Will Enterprise Build The Future of Data Tooling?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

On this week's Data Debrief, Eric and Kostas dig more into the topic of data tooling. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

58: Data Federation is No Longer The "F" Word with Scott Gnau of InterSystems

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Solving problems with data has been a long-time passion of Scott’s (2:52)
Day-to-day use of data at InterSystems (6:25)
The technical aspects involved in constructing a data fabric (17:52)
Companies at a variety of maturity levels can adopt a data fabric (26:49)
A paradigm shift in the marketplace (28:39)
Comparing and contrasting data fabric and data mesh (30:49)
Sharing data across the business and not having it siloed in different departments (39:46)
Privacy and security within a data fabric (41:22)
The future of data fabric and pushing the edge (43:17)

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Data Debrief: Can Tools Help Solve Data Quality Organizational Challenges?

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 15 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

On this Data Debrief, Eric and Kostas are joined by Brian from Rudderstack to talk about Data Quality. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

57: Improving Data Quality Using Data Product SLAs with Egor Gryaznov of Bigeye

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Egor’s software engineering background and history with Uber (2:19)
Experimentation platforms and analytics definitions (7:49)
Bigeye’s function and use cases (9:40)
Managing the relationship between the data engineer maintaining the pipelines and the downstream teams providing the context (18:49)
Pinpointing problems in data compared to problems in software (21:55)
Defining data quality at Bigeye (24:13)
Machine learning models as a data product (28:38)
Determining SLAs (32:22)
How Bigeye brings different parties together and addresses natural communication barriers (36:42)
Looking at when an organization needs to implement data quality tooling (45:54)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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56: Stream Processing and Observability with Jeff Chao of Stripe

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Oct 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Jeff’s history with stream processing (2:52)
Working with Mantis to address the impact of Netflix downtime (4:20)
Defining observability as operational insight (6:58)
Time series data and the value of data today (18:52)
Data integration’s shift from batch to streaming (29:34)
The current state of change data capture (32:20)
How an engineer thinks of the end-user (56:21)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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55: Tables vs. Streams and Defining Real-Time with Pete Goddard of Deephaven Data Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Pete’s background in data engineering and capital market trading (2:10)
Comparison of the tooling from 2012 when Deephaven started with that of today (10:30)
Taking a closer look at defining real-time data (19:47)
Getting non-technical people, clients, and developers all on the same platform (36:11)
Deephaven’s incremental update model (40:25)
Kafka, timely data flow, and Deephaven (44:22)
Use cases for Deephaven (51:52)
Going to GitHub to try out Deephaven (1:02:43)

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54: The Center of the Modern Data Stack with Neil Rahilly of Mixpanel

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Neil’s programming hobby turned into a career and how he cold-contacted Mixpanel for a job (2:28)
Lessons learned from nine years at Mixpanel (5:05)
Defining product analytics (8:06)
How Mixpanel has evolved into the product it is today (10:56)
The importance of Mixpanel’s real-time analysis (19:52)
Looking at Arb, Mixpanel’s own arbitrary segmentation database (23:44)
The business impact that the rise of the cloud data warehouse had on Mixpanel (34:56)
Sub-second latencies and real-time use cases (49:05)
Career advice from Neil (1:02:02)

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53: What Religion, a Cult, and a Tech Product Have in Common, with Bart Farrell of DoKC

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 12:53:49 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Bart’s journey from southern California, to New York, to Egypt, to London, to Spain (3:31)
Exposure to different communities and finding shared language and experience (10:21)
Looking back at early online communities and how they furthered your learning journey (27:50)
How the level of niche-ness impacts a community (44:06)
The cautionary tale of WeWork (57:28)
Surefire community killers (1:03:44)
Open source communities in tech and the passion that drives them (1:08:11)

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52: Discussing Data Warehouses, Lakes, and Meshes with James Serra of EY

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 8 Sep 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

James’ background at Microsoft and current work with EY’s data fabric (2:22)
The external and internal facing components of EY’s data fabric (6:39)
The importance of the data lineage (11:29)
The most important requirements for data quality (15:32)
Looking at the data capabilities of Microsoft (21:30)
The data warehouse, explained (29:00)
Using a data warehouse or a data lake (34:33)
Defining the buzzword data mesh (51:13)
The problem with data mesh (59:31)

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51: Democratizing AI and ML with Tristan Zajonc of Continual

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 1 Sep 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Topics in this wide-ranging conversation include:

Tristan’s background with Cloudera and the need for continual operational ML and AI (3:15)
How the complexity of Continual is hidden behind a simplicity of use (14:48)
Focusing on data that lives within a data warehouse (18:43)
Understanding features in the ML conversation (22:47)
The three layers of Continual (26:11)
The importance of SQL to Continual (30:19)
Caching layers and the data warehouse centric approach (38:28)
Betting on the warehouse being a central component of data stack architecture (43:34)

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50: From Data Infrastructure to Data Management with Ananth Packkildurai

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s episode:

Ananth’s background (2:51)
The evolution of Slack (4:54)
Kafka and Presto’s two of the most reliable and flexible tools for Ananth (9:43)
How Snowflake gained an advantage over Presto (13:24)
Opinions about data lakes (17:23)
Core features of data infrastructure (23:22)
The tools define the process, and not the other way around (31:30)
Defining a data mesh (36:44)
Data is inherently social in nature (40:31)
Lessons learned from writing Data Engineering Weekly (49:14)

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49: MLops - The Finalization of the Data Stack with Ben Rogojan of Facebook

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Topics in this conversation include:

Ben's background and his shift to data engineering (2:19)
Trends in the data space: finding the most efficient tools, the Snowflake phenomenon, and keeping up with new functionalities (5:33)
Key differences in data practices in small companies and Facebook-sized companies (12:38)
Having to build tools specifically designed for Facebook because of SaaS product limitations (16:00)
Team structure at Facebook (18:17)
Developing more robust systems that are resistent to pipeline failure (19:50)
Defining data stacks (24:01)
A sample data stack for a young company (28:37)
Why Redshift and Snowflake have trended in the opposite direction (33:02)
BigQuery and Snowflake comparisons (36:06)
MLOps and whose responsibility is it (39:12)
Feast, Tecton, and feature stores (45:40)
Having a good community around an open source product (49:30)

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48: Season Two Recap with Eric Dodds and Kostas Pardalis

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s episode:

Dissecting the different team structures from organizations in season two (1:16)
The people behind the data are key to the data itself (9:17)
Open source licensing and the core components needed for large scale commercial viability (15:13)
Game-changing core technologies in the new data economy (22:09)
Snowflake vs. Databricks battle. "The UFC of Geeks" (25:54)

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47: Taming the Four Dragons of Data with Sven Balnojan of Mercateo Gruppe

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 4 Aug 2021 15:53:10 +0000

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Sven's Ph.D. in Singularity Theory (2:59)
The Databricks vs. Snowflake conversation (8:17)
The difficulty of not just inventing something new, but making it accessible (18:01)
Databricks and unstructured data (22:22)
Organizational change responding to technological change (29:27)
The three-dimensional evolution of a successful open source project (40:31)

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46: A New Paradigm in Stream Processing with Arjun Narayan of Materialize

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Introducing Arjun and how he fell in love with databases (2:51)
Looking at what Materialize brings to the stack (5:28)
Analytics starts with a human in the loop and comes into its own when analysts get themselves out and automate it (15:46)
Using Materialize instead of the materialized view from another tool (18:44)
Comparing Postgres and Materialize and looking at what's under the hood of Materialize (23:16)
Making Materialize simple to use (32:33)
Why Materialize doubled down on writing 100% in Rust (35:43)
The best use case to start with (42:03)
Lessons learned from making Materialize a cloud offering (44:22)
Keeping databases to the cloud for low latency (48:31)

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45: Open Source and Attribution with Ophir Prusak of Codesmith

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:21:19 +0000

Highlights from today's conversation include:

Ophir's decision to switch from software engineering to marketing and riding the startup train (2:39)
Open sourcing in the world of software (5:55)
How open source has changed Ophir's life as a marketeer working at startups (10:28)
Chartio's sunsetting drove Ophir to search for a data tooling replacement (27:27)
Discussing trends in adoption of tools for small scale and large scale companies (35:01)
Data challenges related to attribution--how wrong do you want to be? (44:07)

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44: Leveraging Data in a Post-Covid World with Ruben Ugarte of Practico Analytics

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week's episode:

Ruben's background (2:36)
Massive shifts in data caused by COVID (4:47)
Big Tech is no longer untouchable (9:54)
Accelerations in the BI space (15:17)
A focus on people and on trust (23:43)
Numbers are filtered by the biases of the people viewing them (28:46)
AI trends and adoption (38:06)
Using qualitative data for insights, particularly at early stages (40:56)
Recommendations for taking stock of who is using the data and assessing what their skills are (50:06)

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43: Modern Authentication and User Management with Sokratis Vidros of Clerk.dev

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 Jul 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week's episode:

Sokratis' realization that big corporations were not the best thing for him (2:56)
Transitioning for Workable to Clerk.dev (3:40)
Convincing developers to outsource components to a service (9:36)
Clerk's layered solutions and how it affects the developer and the end-user (12:41)
Starting with Clerk from scratch vs. using Clerk to replace an existing component (19:55)
Synergies and SaaS starter kit (24:06)
Building Clerk to avoid a single point of failure (29:19)
Reflecting back on the transformation and growth of Workable, and how it was like working at eight different companies (33:03)
Lessons that Sokratis has taken away from his years as a developer (42:18)

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42: Scaling Data Science with Ryan Boyer of Shipt

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Ryan's full circle path from stocking shelves at Target to using data science for a company owned by Target (2:00)
Building great tools and wielding them effectively (5:04)
Changes at Shipt since being acquired (9:29)
How people’s bias impacts models built by data scientists (12:30)
The different data sources Shipt incorporates (22:02)
How Ryan's work as a data scientist has changed as Shipt has grown (25:29)
How data science helps marketing (31:38)
Improving search experience (34:23)
Shipt's evolving data stack (38:27)
New trends in data science (47:06)

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41: Doing MLOps on Top of Apache Pulsar and Trino with Joshua Odmark of Pandio

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:15:41 +0000

Highlights from this week’s episode:

Joshua started his first company at age 15 and then sold two more startups after that (2:15)
Embracing the open source movement and not reinventing the wheel if you don't have to (12:15)
Pulsar seemed built to address Kafka's weaknesses (17:23)
Using Redis as a coordinator for federated learning and taking advantage of its portability (23:05)
The pillars of Pandio and some practical use cases (31:24)
Feature stores and model versioning (38:23)
Seeing Pulsar as the future because of the ability to run tens of millions of topics (41:04)

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40: Graph Processing on Snowflake for Customer Behavioral Analytics

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Launching Affinio and the engineering backgrounds of the co-founders (2:36)
The massive transformation in customer data privacy regulation in the past eight years (6:23)
Creating the underpinning technology that can apply to any customer behavioral data set (10:05)
Ranking and scoring surfing patterns and sorting nodes and edges (14:13)
Placing the importance of attributes into a simple UI experience (19:28)
Going from a columnar database to a graph processing system (25:20)
Working with custom or atypical data (32:46)
The decision to work with Snowflake (37:43)
Next steps for utilizing third-party tools within Snowflake (52:18)

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39: Diving deeper into CDC with Ali Hamidi and Taron Foxworth of Meroxa

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Meroxa is a real-time data engineering managed platform (4:53)
Use cases for CDC (6:20)
Meroxa leverages open source tools to provide initial snapshots and start the CDC stream (12:29)
Making the platform publicly available (14:14)
What the Meroxa user experience looks like (16:10)
Raising Series A funding (17:49)
Easiest and most difficult data sources for CDC (20:23)
The current state of open CDC (23:16)
Expected latency when using CDC (29:56
CDC, reverse ETL, and a focus on real-time (36:39)
Are existing parts of the stack when Meroxa is adapted? (39:45)

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38: Graph Databases & Data Governance with David Allen of Neo4j

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Jun 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week's episode include:

David’s background in comparative databases (1:50)
David’s experience and lessons he learned from writing his book (3:23)
How writing a technical book compares to writing technical documentation (4:41)
The process of writing a book (6:30)
The best and worst part of David’s book writing experience (8:02)
An introduction to what Neo4j is (9:08)
What you need to graph (11:13)
Typical problems a graph database is a good solution for (13:00)
The difference between performance and relational databases (18:41)
How Neo4j addresses performance and ergonomics (23:30)
Neo4j and scalability (26:20)
How Neo4j fits in the modern data stack (31:48)
Neo4j use cases (35:45)
Practical implementation of Neo4j (40:51)
Neo4j’s relationship with open source (45:50)

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37: The Components of Data Governance with Dave Melillo of FanDuel

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 26 May 2021 08:30:00 +0000

Highlights from this week's episode include:

Dave's "nerdy" interests in sports statistics and data (2:12)
Trends in collecting, processing, and using data (4:45)
Finding a better term for "reverse ETL" (5:48)
The blurring of the distinction between sources and destinations (7:41)
The role of BI is changing (13:24)
Data governance and the physical execution behind it (19:00)
Data governance is defining and managing data in a logical way that is actionable by the business (23:43)
Consolidation of tools and services (28:49)
Databricks vs. Snowflake (33:49)
Dave's focus on regulatory data at FanDuel (45:47)

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36: Crypto and Compliance with Nick Fogle, Co-Founder of Churnkey and Wavve

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 May 2021 08:30:00 +0000

On this week's episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas talk with Nick Fogle, co-founder of Churnkey and Wavve. Together they discuss how having a legal background can impact engineering decisions, dealing with privacy and compliance concerns, and selling Wavve and starting Churnkey as a result.

Highlights from this week's episode include:

Nick's background in economics and law and teaching himself to code (2:01)
Thinking like a lawyer and trying to minimize risk to the greatest extent possible (4:23)
GDPR and compliance (8:23)
Blockchain contracts (18:26)
Unique challenges surrounding compliance with a cryptocurrency startup (21:41)
Reconciling the right to be forgotten, GDPR, and blockchain permanence (27:16)
Building Churnkey after developing it as a way to lower churn among Wavve users (31:31)
How Churnkey's stack works (37:16)
Crypto predictions (39:02)

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35: The Future of Development is Distributed with Jim Walker of Cockroach Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 May 2021 08:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas talk with Jim Walker, the VP of product marketing at Cockroach Labs, about distributed systems, competing against the speed of light, and making data easy.

Highlights from this week's episode include:

Jim background of translating deep technical concepts into understandable English and his work at Cockroach Labs (2:23)
The origin of Cockroach Labs and distributed SQL (6:10)
Living without Atomic Clocks (10:10)
Having the speed of light as the ultimate competitor (13:49)
CockroachDB’s users (19:35)
Figuring out big data for transactions (25:14)
Dealing with failure (35:04)
Open source code, community, and consumption (39:26)
Making data easy, and what's next for Cockroach (43:12)
Bringing programming into marketing (46:18)

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34: The Intersection of Data Engineering and Marketing with John Marbachm of Grafana Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 Apr 2021 08:30:00 +0000

On this week's episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas talk with John Marbach, senior growth manager at Grafana Labs. In this conversation, John discusses marketing ops and the blending of roles of data engineering and marketing.

Highlights from this week's episode include:

Grafana Labs John Marbach Senior Growth Manager
Introduction to John Marbach and working in the blurred lines between marketing and data engineering (2:14)
How managing pipeline building and consuming data influences the use of downstream tools (6:28)
Experiments in marketing (11:28)
Exploring the role of marketing ops (15:35)
How accruing technical debt can grind things to a halt (20:35)
Matching the stack with the company's scale (24:48)
CDPs and marketing to developers (28:40)
Biggest challenges and barriers between data engineering and marketing (35:19)
Takes on reverse ETL (39:07)
Thoughts on cryptocurrency and the blockchain (44:08)

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33: ML is a Data Quality Problem with Peter Gao from Aquarium Learning

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 08:30:00 +0000

On this week's episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas talk with Peter Gao, co-founder, and CEO at Aquarium Learning. A former engineer at Cruise Automation, Peter and Aquarium Learning help ML teams improve their model performances by improving their data.

Highlights from this week's episode include:

How getting hit by a drunk driver made researching self-driving cars personal for Peter (2:12)
Filtering out the hype in self-driving car news to get a clear picture of its state today (6:52)
The data required for a self-driving vehicle (13:56)
Operation Vacation and how Aquarium can help provide the tools to make models better (16:53)
Utilizing neural networks to index data (20:41)
How Aquarium fits in the ML stack (30:25)
Interesting use cases of Aquarium (33:59)
Distinguishing subclasses of machine learning (40:05)
Human involvement in machine learning (46:13)

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32: Cooking with Data Ops with Chris Bergh from DataKitchen

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 Apr 2021 08:30:00 +0000

On this week's episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas talk with Chris Bergh, the CEO and head chef at Data Kitchen. DataKitchen’s mission is to provide the software, service, and knowledge that makes it possible for every data and analytics team to realize their full potential with DataOps.

Highlights from this week's episode include:

Chris' background and how the lessons learned in the Peace Corps and at NASA apply to him today (2:03)
Why AI left Chris feeling like a jilted lover (7:49)
Most projects that people do in data analytics fail (10:12)
Three things that DataOps focuses on (16:37)
Comparing and contrasting DevOps and DataOps (22:30)
The types of data that DataKitchen handles and building a product or a service around DataOps (29:29)
Fixing problems at the source instead of just offering a tool to slightly improve things downstream (37:17)
Where we are at in the process of how companies are going to run on data (41:43)

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31: How a 160 Year-Old Publisher is Using Data with Jenna Lemonias From the Atlantic

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:09:27 +0000

On this week's episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Jenna Lemonias, director of data science at The Atlantic. The Atlantic, a publication that's been around since 1857, is adapting with the times and is implementing and emulating some of the data science practices seen at big tech companies.

Highlights from this week's episode include:

Jenna's background in astrophysics and how she pivoted to data science (2:14)
Differences in dealing with data at a FinTech company and then at a publication (4:40)
The relationship between analog and digital data at The Atlantic (9:22)
How The Atlantic structures its data science team (11:44)
The role data engineering plays (14:42)
Using natural language processing and machine-generated metadata (17:37)
The Atlantic's data stack (28:22)
The kind of data that's important to The Atlantic (29:44)
Big projects forthcoming for the data science team (37:13)

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30: The DataStack Journey with Rachel Bradley-Haas and Alex Dovenmuehle of Big Time Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 08:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas are joined by the co-founders of Big Time Data, Rachel Bradley-Haas, and Alex Dovenmuehle, formerly of Mattermost and prior to that, Heroku. At Big Time Data, they work together to provide companies with the ability to derive value and insights from decentralized datasets, improve business processes through data enrichment and automation, and build a scalable foundation to enable a data-driven culture.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Rachel and Alex's background and their goal to make data approachable for companies everywhere (3:09)
The data stack journey: making decisions when you're small that allow you to grow with your data and your organization (12:28)
The problems faced when a data stack isn't nurtured early on (15:59)
Changes in data stack technology (21:32)
How Alex and Rachel's roles at Big Time Data differ and interact with each other (39:00)
Client use cases (43:34)
Comparing the stacks of seed-stage startups, mid-sized companies, and giant enterprises (48:54)

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29: The Present and Future of Data Engineering with Joe Reis and Matthew Housley from Ternary Data

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:43:50 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas are joined by Matthew Housley, CTO, and Joe Reis, CEO and co-founder of Ternary Data. These self-described “recovering data scientists” focus on teaching skills to build a solid foundation for organizations to work with their data.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Joe and Matt’s background and expertise (2:44)
Common threads and trends in the data sphere (9:39)
Differences and commonalities between startups and enterprises and the way they deal with data (18:28)
Discussing how the role of data engineering has evolved over the years and what it might morph into in the near future (27:52)
The ideal data infrastructure and what future shifts excite them (39:52)
How ML is shaping the data space (44:30)
The state of real time (49:56)

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28: Next Gen Data Governance with Stefania from Avo

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas are joined by Stefanía Bjarney Ólafsdóttir, the CEO and co-founder of Avo. Avo, which started in 2018, provides data analytics governance as a service, helping organizations make data-driven decisions to improve their customer experience.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Stefania's background with mathematics, philosophy, bioinformatics and consumer mobile (2:39)
Making pioneering decisions as head of data science at QuizUp (8:34)
Is less more? Choosing fundamental parts of the customer experience and understanding them very well (16:56)
Bringing data consumers closer to data producers (18:34)
Avo mission to provide analytics governance as a service (25:09)
Avo use cases (36:37)
Focusing on event-based data (44:29)

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27: Building B2B Marketplaces with Mike Luby from LeafLink

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Mar 2021 09:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas are joined by Mike Luby, director of engineering at LeafLink. LeafLink is a cannabis industries B2B wholesale marketplace where thousands of brands can manage and track their orders and relationships.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

The infrastructure LeafLink provides for the cannabis supply chain and how it deals with compliance issues. (2:03)
Structuring product management organization to launch high-velocity teams (8:08)
How it started vs. How it's going (12:00)
Containerization and leveraging AWS tools for LeafLink's stack (13:19)
Shifting to an event-driven architecture (24:46)
Using APIs to provide critical integrations for customers to automate and optimize their businesses (32:47)
Keeping an eye for the future but building for today (36:56)

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26: Democratizing the Insurance Market with Daniel Gremmell from Policygenius Inc.

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:57:16 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas are joined by Daniel Gremymell, head of data at Policygenius, Inc. Policygenius, an insurance marketplace, strives to make it easy for people to understand their options, compare quotes, and buy a policy all in one place with help from licensed experts.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

What brought Daniel to Policygenius and how his background in industrial engineering and statistics impacts what he does (1:49)
Policygenius consolidates carriers and pairs insurance customers with live experts to get the best prices and plans (6:29)
How data analysts and data scientists re-shape the customer experience of selecting insurance (10:36)
How roles and titles like "head of data" are changing the industry (24:32)
Organizing a company with structured embedding (27:28)
Policygenius' data stack (31:31)

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25: MLOps and Feature Stores with Willem Pienaar from Tecton

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 09:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas is joined by Willem Pienaar, tech lead at Tecton to discuss machine learning, features and feature stores.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Willem Pienaar's background in South Africa and southeast Asia and from Goject to Tecton (1:58)
Tecton was founded by the builders of Uber's Michaelangelo (6:37)
Defining features and their life cycles (10:05)
Comparing a feature store to a database (16:40)
Data architecture in a feature store (26:16)
How feature stores evolve as a company expands (30:12)
Main touchpoints between the feature and the data infrastructure (37:59)
How Tecton manages productizing complex architectures (41:44)
How Feast and Tecton work together (45:12)
Tecton impressing VCs and preparing for a competitive, emerging market (48:14)

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24: Demystifying AI with Duc Haba

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric is joined by Duc Haba, an AI researcher and enterprise mobility solution architect consultant who most recently did AI consulting work with Cognizant. Their discussion revolves around demystifying artificial intelligence and why so many people either fear AI or place too much trust in it. Duc talks about some of the AI projects he has worked on, some successes and some failures, and points to how the data biases that humans bring into the models can radically alter the outcome of those endeavors.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Duc's background with AI and getting to work with LeVar Burton (1:44)
Demystifying AI and coming up with a definition for it (3:34)
Misplaced fears of AI (7:53)
Misplaced trust in AI (10:36)
Public versus hidden AI (13:58)
Acquiring the data needed for to train AI models (23:11)
Examples of interesting AI projects Duc has worked on (27:58)
Where to go to learn more about AI (35:06)
Thinking of AI as something that can help your business do something better with what it's already been doing (39:53)
Anticipating the near-future of AI (44:16)

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23: Migrating from On-Premises to the Cloud with Alex Lancaster from Intuit

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 3 Feb 2021 09:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric are joined by the risk data engineering manager at Intuit, Alex Lancaster. Alex has been with Intuit, known for its products like QuickBooks, TurboTax, Mint and more, for 15 years and was part of a recent massive and successful re-architecturing from on prem to cloud-based.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Alex and his role at Intuit (1:51)
Data marts at Intuit (2:57)
Revolutionary changes in the data engineering space in the past 15 years (6:46)
Security in the cloud vs. on prem (12:46)
Data architecture at Intuit (15:42)
Doing ETLs inside or outside of the database (19:11)
How to transition successfully from on prem to cloud. Forklifting vs. re-stacking (23:22)
Alex’s application of software engineering skills to data engineering (28:44)
Dealing with data engineering challenges related to security and regulation (31:48)
Pipelines managed and challenges in data types (36:45)

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22: Season One Recap with Eric Dodds and Kostas Pardalis

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 29 Jan 2021 16:46:37 +0000

Season One of The Data Stack Show is in the books, and in this episode, Kostas and Eric take a look back at some of the biggest takeaways, trends, and topics from the season. With some great guests already set for season two, the next slate of episodes is shaping up to take an even deeper dive into the world of data and the people shaping it.

Key points in the conversation include:

Patterns with data warehouses and data lakes (3:38)
Looking back at the people behind the data and their stories (8:12)
Minimizing flaws while remembering that data is built by humans, for humans (11:02)
Using proven technology and making mature solutions (15:20)
Data involves a significant amount of trust (23:38)

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21: Data Integrity and Governance with Patrick Thompson and Ondrej Hrebicek from Iteratively

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric are joined by the co-founders of Iteratively, CEO Patrick Thompson and CTO Ondrej Hrebicek. Iteratively helps companies know that their data can be trusted by helping capture clean, consistent product analytics. Today’s conversation digs into the behind the scenes of Iteratively and how trust in data can help accelerate the velocity of an organization.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Patrick and Ondrej’s background and the biggest problem Iteratively addresses (2:50)
Why some companies still use spreadsheet schema management and the potential pitfalls they’re setting themselves up for with this (4:39)
Defining schema in the context of data (7:02)
Viewing the process as a team sport (11:34)
Identifying common mistakes and implementing best practices (13:46)
A walkthrough of Iteratively (17:13)
Utilizing a JSON schema format (26:58)
Laying Iteratively on top of or integrating it with an implementation for analytics (30:36)
Entry point into organizations (33:02)
Organizational change and velocity realized after implementing Iteratively (36:04)
What’s next for Iteratively? (42:47)

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20: Transforming the Real Estate Market with Predictive Analytics with Arian Osman from Homesnap

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric are joined by Arian Osman, a senior data scientist at Homesnap who is also nearing the end of his PhD in computational sciences and informatics and is the developer of an e-commerce clothing brand. Homesnap is designed for both homebuyers and agents to access data from the MLS (Multiple Listing Service), providing real-time, accurate information to all parties involved.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Arian’s background and an overview of Homesnap (2:30)
Utilizing data in Arian’s e-commerce clothing brand (7:14)
Homesnap’s sell speed feature and visualizing outputs (13:28)
The psychology that drives upper and lower limits (19:33)
Deciding the life-cycle of a model (25:50)
Collaborating with internal stakeholders (30:47)
Unique challenges of data in the real estate domain (38:16)
Useful third-party tools (43:33)

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19: Defining Data Governance with Stephen Bailey from Immuta

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 6 Jan 2021 09:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric are joined by Stephen Bailey, Director of Applied Data Science at Immuta. Immuta is a startup that focuses on enabling data teams to have really fast, efficient, and understandable access controls on their data.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

The problem that Immuta solves (2:04)
Stephen’s background researching how the brain works (4:56)
Immuta’s stack (15:09)
Leveraging metadata (18:02)
The main use case for Immuta is simplifying the access control layer (20:06)
Unifying data (31:52)
Defining the quality of data (34:04)
Learning to trust the numbers (39:42)
What’s next for Immuta (46:15)

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18: Data Science in Health Insurance with Jason Haupt of Bind

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 31 Dec 2020 09:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric are joined by Jason Haupt, data science lead at Bind, a no-deductible health insurance company determined to give immediate answers and clear costs before point of care. Jason’s unique background of having a Ph.D. in particle physics and working at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have informed the way he goes about approaching data at Bind.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Jason’s background in particle physics and his path to Bind (2:53)
A cloud-only approach to data and utilizing AWS (9:01)
Focusing on activities that help its members (12:08)
Dealing with 12,000 columns of data from an insurance claim form (17:13)
Rethinking the relationship between marketing and product teams (25:28)
Examining the data pipeline (29:30)
Privacy and security concerns with medical information (35:45)
How experience with the LHC impacted the way he thinks about data (40:06)
Transition from academic work to industry (46:20)

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17: Working with Data at Netflix with Ioannis Papapanagiotou

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Dec 2020 09:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric are joined by Ioannis Papapanagiotou, senior engineering manager at Netflix. Ioannis oversees Netflix’s data storage platform and its data integration platform. Their conversation highlighted the various responsibilities his lean teams have, utilizing open source technology and incorporating change data capture solutions.

Key points in this week’s episode include:

Ioannis’ background with academia and Netflix (4:42)
Comparing the data storage and data integration teams (6:19)
Discussing indexing and encryption (20:31)
Netflix’s role in the open source community (27:21)
Implementing change data capture (40:42)
Using Bulldozer to efficiently move data in batches from data warehouse tables to key-value stores (42:43)

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16: Applying the Event Sourcing Pattern at Scale with Andrew Elster from Earnnest

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric finish part two of a conversation about Earnnest, a digital platform originally designed for facilitating real estate transactions. In the previous episode, they talked with the CTO and co-founder Daniel Jeffords, and in this week’s episode, they talked with the other co-founder, Andrew Elster, CIO and chief architect. Andrew describes more about Earnnest’s stack and their decision to utilize Elixir and talks about their vision for scaling up their product.

Key topics in the conversation include:

Andrew’s journey from electrical engineering, to avoiding pirates in oceanic oil exploration, to starting Earnnest (2:57)
Keeping the platform flexible to expand beyond real estate transactions (10:24)
Being adaptable to support existing workflows (18:33)
The evolution of the database and implementing event sourcing (25:01)
Using a functional language like Elixir (30:54)
Developing Earnnest with scale in mind (37:33)

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15: Early Stage Analytics and Learning from the Y Combinator Experience with Axel Delafosse from Pool

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 17:25:24 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric are joined by Axel Delafosse, founder and CEO of Pool, a messaging app designed to help couples spend less time deciding what to do and spend more time together. Axel shares his story of how he went from having his idea being shot down in person by Paul Graham to being accepted for Y Combinator. While Pool is still a young startup, Axel offers wise insight from lessons he’s learned along the way.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Pool Messenger, “the ultimate antidote to decision paralysis” (2:50)
Pitching to Paul Graham and applying to YC (6:17)
The importance of the co-founder relationship (14:01)
The YC experience and losing Facebook’s API (17:37)
Products die, relationships last (22:05)
Breaking down the data stack (28:50)
Using data and conversations with users to evaluate the experience (36:12)

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14: Breaking Down Electronic Money Transfers and Modernizing Real Estate Transactions with Dan Jeffords of Earnnest

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 09:30:00 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Kostas and Eric chat with Daniel Jeffords, CTO and co-founder of Earnnest, a financial tool for the real estate industry. Earnnest’s digital platform allows buyers to securely and electronically deposit funds directly to an escrow holder and keeps agents, buyers, and escrow holders in the loop with automated emails and tracking information.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Earnnest’s approach to the way payments are handled in an antiquated real estate industry (2:12)
Clearing up the differences in the way money changes hands, ACH, wire, and checks (12:39)
How Earnnest works and who are the involved parties (21:06)
Disrupting a highly regulated industry (24:24)
Emphasizing security and transparency (30:09)
Erlang, Elixir, Dwolla and more. How Earnnest uses data (33:40)
Trying very hard to store very little data (42:58)

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13: Building Open Source Products at Scale with Reza Shafii from Kong Inc.

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 6 Nov 2020 13:23:46 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Reza Shafii, vice president of products at Kong Inc. discusses open source projects and products with Kostas and Eric. Kong is a cloud connectivity company best known for being the creator and primary supporter of Kong, the most widely adopted open-source micro service API gateway.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Being a self-proclaimed middleware geek (2:17)
Middleware explained (5:41)
Kong as a company, open source project, and a brand (10:44)
Drawing the lines between the open source and property parts of a SaaS platform (24:22)
Dealing with the extra friction in adopting middleware from the bottom up (33:02)

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12: Building a CDP on your Data Warehouse with Nicholas Ziech-Lopez of MessageGears

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 08:30:00 +0000

In this episode of The Data Stack Show, hosts Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds talk with Nicholas Ziech-Lopez, director of product strategy at MessageGears. MessageGears is designed to reduce data friction for marketers by connecting directly to a brand’s data source and using their live data. This episode centered around the world of CDPs and where MessageGears fits in that space.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Nicholas’ arrival at MessageGears and the company’s background (2:20)
MessageGears data sources (6:52)
Accessing the data warehouses (9:19)
Coordination and crossover of data and marketing roles (20:57)
Being a customer marketing platform (31:43)
Dealing with messy data (36:04)
Bridging the physical and digital world with consumers (43:49)
What’s coming up next for MessageGears (51:09)

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11: Why Modern Cyber Security is a Data Problem with Jack Naglieri of Panther Labs

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:30:00 +0000

This week’s episode of The Data Stack Show features a conversation with hosts Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds and guest Jack Naglieri, founder and CEO of Panther Labs. Panther, a San Francisco based startup, is an open platform that helps security teams detect and respond to breaches in cloud-native environments, providing a modern alternative to traditional SIEMs.

Highlights from this week’s episode include:

Introduction to Jack and Panther Labs (2:33)
The different pillars of data security (10:24)
Onboarding process for a company using Panther (18:40)
Thinking of security as a data problem (24:55)
Using S3 and other infrastructure suggestions that will be helpful in the long run (32:16)
Use cases for analyzing past and real-time data (39:20)
Panther’s data stack (42:54)
Open source technology being helpful for the community (47:57)
The future for Panther (54:39)

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10: The Evolution of the BI Market with Huy Nguyen of Holistics

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 18:30:28 +0000

In this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds are joined by CTO and Co-Founder of Holistics, Huy Nguyen. Holistics takes an approach to business intelligence and data analytics that they call DataOps. They focus on data team productivity and company-wide access to insights.

Important points in the conversation included:

Introduction to Huy and Holistics (3:12)
Approaching BI with more than just visualization (8:59)
How friction between different roles within an organization is addressed by Holistics (15:20)
Holistics as a complementary tool (23:25)
Describing their own data stack (34:47)
History of BI and trends for the future (39:33)

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09: Building the Operating System for Work with Ivan Kanevski of Slapdash

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 7 Oct 2020 08:30:00 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds are joined by Slapdash co-founder Ivan Kanevski. Slapdash describes itself as the operating system for work. Slapdash emphasizes reducing the time people spend controlling their computer in relation to the time they spend expressing their intent.

Key topics discussed were:

Starting Slapdash and expanding on tools from working at Facebook (3:31)
Being client agnostic and working with the tools that people bring to the job (7:35)
Distinctions between mouse-centric and keyboard-centric users (12:58)
Slapdash’s approach to collecting data (16:08)
Building Slapdash to scale and using Postgres (19:45)
Using a graph model and a focus on efficiency (24:50)
Challenges of reducing latency (29:35)
Opening up Slapdash to be programmable (38:17)

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08: When data alone is not enough - Reinventing book shopping at Bookshop.org with Mason Stewart

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:30:02 +0000

In this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds chat with Mason Stewart, the lead engineer at Bookshop.org. Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. Their hope is to help strengthen the fragile ecosystem and margins around bookselling and keep local bookstores an integral part of our culture and communities.

Among other topics, today’s conversation talked about making what some might call boring decisions with the data stack that are better described as mature decisions and the intertwining of human interaction with data for problem solving and recommendations.

Background on Mason and Bookshop.org (3:28)
Technical challenges of keeping up with a rapidly expanding business (10:00)
Interacting with data from fulfillment partners (14:36)
Data schema for books and dealing with Elasticsearch (24:46)
Human intervention in recognizing problems and exceptions (31:38)
In-depth look at Bookshop’s data stack (37:06)
Using curated lists from bookstores instead of algorithmic recommendations (43:50)

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07: Discussing Data Engineering Best Practices with IFTTT’s Peter Darche

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 08:30:15 +0000

In this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds connect with IFTTT data scientist Peter Darche. IFTTT is a free platform that helps all your products and services work better together through automated tasks. Their discussion covered a lot of ground involving their data stack, their use cases and clearing up once and for all how to pronounce the company’s name.

Background on IFTTT (2:12)
Peter tells the proper way to pronounce IFTTT (3:34)
An overview of IFTTT’s technological architecture (6:14)
The uses of data and analytics at IFTTT (8:04)
Constructing the data stack (10:11)
Dealing with challenges (15:20)
Best practices for communicating with internal teams about the data (23:04)
Discussing functional data engineering (26:05)

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06: The Technical Challenges and Opportunities of Building a Startup Inside a Large Bank with Sam Bledsoe of Ruby

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:30:04 +0000

This week on The Data Stack Show, Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds continue their conversation about Ruby, a start-up designed to help families navigate their financial situation in some of life’s most challenging moments, by talking with the Nashville company’s CTO Sam Bledsoe. This follow-up discussion digs into how their data engineering and marketing setups co-exist and how they rely on Azure.

Sam’s background and more info about Ruby (2:11)
Privacy-related challenges at the intersection of banking and medical data (4:33)
What to expect from using Azure (15:06)
Breaking down the stack (24:44)
The need for marketing people with technological skills (36:20)
Talking Big Query, RedShift, Spark and data virtualization (41:15)
Biggest changes anticipated in moving as a spin-off from the bank (43:59)

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05: The Convergence of Data Engineering and Marketing with Nic Discepoli of Ruby

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 9 Sep 2020 08:30:09 +0000

On this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds are joined by Nic Discepoli for the first of two conversations about Ruby, a startup where he is the customer analytics lead. This Nashville-based company is designed to help families navigate their financial situation in some of life’s most challenging moments, often corresponding with a medical event. Their conversation included topics like:

Launching Ruby and Nic’s involvement in the company (3:35)
Realizing that tracking data manually on spreadsheets was no longer sustainable (7:07)
Rundown of Ruby’s toolset (9:50)
Challenges with data quality (14:27)
Using unique IDs and following UTM parameters through the stack (21:04)
Recalculating customer acquisition cost with data (33:05)

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04: Relational to Real-Time with Change Data Capture with DeVaris Brown of Meroxa

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 2 Sep 2020 08:30:01 +0000

In this episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas Pardalis and Eric Dodds talk change data capture (CDC) with DeVaris Brown, co-founder and CEO of Meroxa. Their conversation digs into the benefits of utilizing CDC and how Meroxa is using it. Highlights from the conversation include:

Introduction to DeVaris and Meroxa (3:24)
Why CDC has more traction today (6:58)
How CDC is changing the way we build products (12:52)
Where CDC is playing an important role (21:11)
The experience that Meroxa delivers (24:42)
Looking at Meroxa’s sources, technology and data stack (27:28)
DeVaris’ vision for the company (37:10)

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03: Turning All Data at Grofers into Live Event Streams

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 18:42:31 +0000

In this week’s episode of The Data Stack Show, Kostas Pardalis connects with Satyam Krishna, a data engineer at Grofers, India’s largest low-price online supermarket. Grofers boasts a network of more than 5,000 partner stores, a user base with three million iOS and Android app downloads, and an efficient supply chain that allow it to deliver more than 25 million products to customers every month.

Satyam offers insights into how he helped build the data engineering function at Grofers, how they developed a robust data stack, how they’re turning production databases into live event streams using Change Data Capture, how Grofers’ internal customers consume data, and the company made adjustments due to the pandemic.

Topics of discussion included:

Satyam moving from a developer to a data engineer (2:43)
Describing Grofers’ data stack and data lake (6:41)
Who is consuming data inside the company and what are some of their common uses specific to Grofers? (12:03)
What are the biggest issues day-to-day as a data engineer? (18:21)
COVID’s impact on business practices and the data stack (21:28)
The big problem of data discoverability and metadata cataloging (27:44)
Completely changing architecture to something that can scale up (33:16)

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02: The Importance of Data During a Global Pandemic with Utkarsh Gupta of 1mg

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:49:30 +0000

In this episode, Kostas Pardalis sits down with Utkarsh Gupta, senior engineer of data science at 1mg, India’s largest online healthcare platform.

Together they discussed 1mg’s data infrastructure, its response to the global pandemic and how data drives their product and their business. Highlights from the show included discussions about:

Utkarsh and 1MG’s background (1:32)
1mg being based on a bedrock of data (4:25)
Business analytics (5:33)
Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on business (11:40)
Description of 1mg’s data stack (16:53)
Biggest challenges faced and managing collaboration (27:08)
Opinions on open source technology (40:31)

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01: Discussing Mattermost Data Infrastructure with Alex Dovenmuehle

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Wed, 12 Aug 2020 08:30:07 +0000

In this episode, Kostas Pardalis sits down with Alex Dovenmuehle, head of data engineering for Mattermost, an open-source self-hosted communication tool that optimizes dev workflows in highly secure environments. Kostas and Alex discuss:

Alex's background and experience (2:29)
Data stack Mattermost is using (9:25)
How Mattermost built their Data Stack (21:05)
Using data to understand the story of the customer's journey (24:58)
Focus on privacy and security (26:33)
Practical ways Mattermost is using data (37:14)
What's next for data analytics at Mattermost and wrap up (42:45)

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00: Welcome to the Data Stack Show

heard@heardpods.com (Rudderstack) — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 18:25:46 +0000

Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.