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The Data Stack Show

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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Latest Episodes:

The PRQL: What are LLMs Actually Good At? Featuring Nicolay Gerold Sep 02, 2024

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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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

204: Will a Duck DB-Like Excel Emerge by 2075? And Is Data Every Company’s Most Valuable Asset? Featuring Benn Stancil of Mode Aug 28, 2024

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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)

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: Will Excel Exist in 50 Years? Featuring Benn Stancil of Mode Aug 26, 2024

Show notes

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

203: From Data Dreams to Practical Marketing Outcomes with Spencer Burke of Braze Aug 21, 2024

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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)

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: Get Better at Data, Get Better at Marketing with Spencer Burke of Braze Aug 19, 2024

Show notes

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

202: Predicting the Impact of Competitive Entrants With Synthetic Controls with Evan Wimpey of Elder Research Aug 14, 2024

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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)

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: Data Comedy and Synthetic Controls with Evan Wimpey of Elder Research Aug 12, 2024

Show notes

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

201: AI Real-Talk: Uncovering the Good, Bad and Ugly Through Prototyping with Eric, John, and Matt Aug 07, 2024

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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)

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The PRQL: AI Roundtable: Putting AI in Historical Context and Real-Life Learnings Through Prototyping, with Eric, John, and Matt Aug 05, 2024

Show notes

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

200: Data Team Struggles: Telling Stakeholders the Truth vs. What They Want to Hear (How to Tell The Truth, Tactfully) Jul 31, 2024

Show notes

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)

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 pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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