Data in the Wild

Today, we’re joined by Dan Singerman, founder and director of Reason Factory. He talks to us about why you should consider the user’s mental model when creating software, why it’s important to have consistent vernacular across your system, and more. Reason Factory Follow Dan on Twitter Chapters (00:36) - Dan’s background and what his consultancy does (04:03) - What is a model? (06:45) - The challe...

Today, we’re joined by Ivar Østhus, CTO and co-founder of Unleash. He talks to us about the inspiration behind Unleash, why they have two different APIs in their platform, and more. Unleash Check out Unleash on GitHub Follow Ivar on Twitter Follow Unleash on Twitter Chapters (00:33) - What is Unleash? (01:05) - Tall tale about the inspiration behind Unleash (02:37) - How Ivar learned about continu...

Today, we’re joined by Anthony Eden, co-founder of DNSimple. He talks to us about the difference between DNS and domain registration, what ephemeral data is, and more. DNSimple How DNS Works Follow Anthony on Twitter Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn Chapters (00:35) - What is DNSimple? (01:24) - DNS versus domain registration (02:44) - DNSimple’s tech stack (04:05) - Example of ephemeral data (10:...

Today, we’re joined by Mathias Hansen, co-founder of Geocodio. He talks to us about the challenges of dealing with geodata, how opening up data helps improve accuracy for everyone, and more. Geocodio Follow Mathias on Twitter Chapters (00:52) - What is Geocodio? (04:01) - Geocodio’s tech stack (06:46) - Data models and flexible pricing (10:13) - Challenges in geocoding (19:05) - Long lat or lat lo...

Today, we’re joined by Benedikt Deicke, co-founder and CTO of Userlist. He talks to us about why naming things and cache invalidation are hard, why it’s a good idea to denormalize your data sometimes, and more. Userlist Real Time Analytics with PostgreSQL Follow Benedikt on Twitter Follow Userlist on Twitter and LinkedIn Visit Benedikt’s website Chapters (01:28) - What is Userlist? (02:10) - Userl...

Today, we’re joined by Anna Maste, exited founder of Boondockers Welcome and current founder of Subscribe Sense. She talks to us about what you need to be mindful of when building two-sided marketplaces, why it’s important to make many-to-one relationships from the get go, and more. Boondockers Welcome Subscribe Sense Check out Anna’s Christmas songs Follow Anna on Twitter Check out Anna’s website...

Today we talk to Pierre de Wulf, the technical co-founder of ScrapingBee. He talks to us about how they arrived at 36 different pricing data types, the difference between plans and subscriptions, and more. ScrapingBee Follow Pierre on Twitter Follow ScrapingBee on Twitter Chapters (00:44) - What is ScrapingBee? (03:56) - The evolution of ScrapingBee’s data model (06:40) - Subscription versus plan...

Today, we’re joined by Monica Lent, founder of Affilimate. She talks to us about why you should always start with an array, the importance of storing data in the right format and database from the beginning, and more. Affilimate Check out Monica’s website Follow Monica on Twitter and LinkedIn Follow Affilimate on Twitter and LinkedIn Chapters (00:23) - What is Affilimate? (01:19) - Diving into Aff...