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...
Nov 30, 2022•55 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ashwin Kamath of Spectre.
Nov 28, 2022•6 min
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 M...
Nov 23, 2022•59 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Max Werner of Obsessive Analytics Consulting.
Nov 21, 2022•3 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop around the topic of streaming.
Nov 18, 2022•21 min
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/ The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 5 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ryan Wright of thatDot.
Nov 14, 2022•3 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop around experiences at the Coalesce conference in New Orleans.
Nov 11, 2022•20 min
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 The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll t...
Nov 09, 2022•50 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Zander Matheson of bytewax.
Nov 07, 2022•5 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop surrounding data infrastructure.
Nov 04, 2022•20 min
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 ...
Nov 02, 2022•58 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Erik Bernhardsson of Modal Labs.
Oct 28, 2022•4 min
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) The Data Stack Show is a weekl...
Oct 26, 2022•58 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop about the wide world of databases.
Oct 24, 2022•16 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Shinji Kim of Select Star.
Oct 21, 2022•4 min
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 visual...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 1 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop around the wide world of data.
Oct 17, 2022•20 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Artyom Keydunov & Pavel Tiunov of CubeJS.
Oct 14, 2022•5 min
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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each ...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop around the wide world of data.
Oct 10, 2022•18 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Gleb Mezhanskiy of Datafold.
Oct 07, 2022•4 min
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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk shop regarding transitioning from consumer to builder.
Oct 03, 2022•28 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming panel discussion around the topic of building data teams.
Sep 30, 2022•3 min
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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly po...
Sep 28, 2022•56 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas talk about data politicians in this new special show format.
Sep 26, 2022•22 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Vinoo Ganesh of Bluesky Data.
Sep 23, 2022•4 min
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 sou...
Sep 21, 2022•59 min
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Astasia Myers of Quiet Capital.
Sep 16, 2022•3 min
