The Data Stack Show

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.

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.

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 b...

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.

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) Lim...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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 (...

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.

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.

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 podc...

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.

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.

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 wor...

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.

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.

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 infrastru...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.