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The Data Stack Show

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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.
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Episodes

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

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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to d...

Apr 28, 202315 min

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

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...

Apr 27, 202340 min

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

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...

Apr 26, 202343 min

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

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 Dyna...

Apr 26, 202346 min

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

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 i...

Apr 25, 20231 hr 2 min

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

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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, an...

Apr 24, 202326 min

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

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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStac...

Apr 23, 202343 min

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

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 focusin...

Apr 19, 20231 hr 16 min

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

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 f...

Apr 12, 202359 min

133: Building the Data Warehouse for Everything Else with Sammy Sidhu of Eventual

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 f...

Apr 05, 202358 min

132: Data Quality and Data Contracts with Chad Sanderson of Data Quality Camp

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 t...

Mar 29, 20231 hr 7 min

131: How Data Teams Interact With Marketing Tools with Jason Davis of Simon Data

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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by Rudde...

Mar 22, 202348 min

130: From Business Intelligence to Product Analytics and Beyond with Vijay Ganesan of NetSpring.io

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...

Mar 15, 202358 min

129: Databases, Data Warehouses, and Timeseries Data with David Kogn of Timescale

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 expe...

Mar 08, 20231 hr 9 min

The PRQL: Time-Series Data 101

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.

Mar 06, 20234 min

128: The Possibilities Are Endless for Synthetic Data with Alex Watson of Gretel.ai

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 (...

Mar 01, 202357 min

The PRQL: Boundaries Between Synthetic Data and Prediction Models

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.

Feb 27, 20234 min

127: The Anatomy of a Data Lakehouse with Alex Merced of Dremio

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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the C...

Feb 22, 202353 min

The PRQL: What Does It Mean to be a Developer Advocate?

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.

Feb 20, 20234 min

126: Crossing the Product Analytics Chasm with Spenser Skates of Amplitude Analytics

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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for develope...

Feb 15, 202358 min

The PRQL: Amplitude - From Startup to IPO

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.

Feb 13, 20233 min

125: Authorization Is A Data Problem with Jeff Chao of Abbey Labs

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 ...

Feb 08, 202355 min

The PRQL: Solving Identity in Marketing vs. Security

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.

Feb 06, 20235 min

124: Pragmatism About Data Stacks with Pedram Navid of West Marin Data

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) The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powere...

Feb 01, 202357 min
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