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126: Crossing the Product Analytics Chasm with Spenser Skates of Amplitude Analytics Feb 15, 2023

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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 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: Amplitude - From Startup to IPO Feb 13, 2023

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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.

125: Authorization Is A Data Problem with Jeff Chao of Abbey Labs Feb 08, 2023

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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 the different platforms without frustrating the user (30:32)
What are the parts of access data that needing to be tracked (36:10)
Dealing with the varieties of data in security and managing permissions (40:26)
Final thoughts and takeaways (51:52)

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: Solving Identity in Marketing vs. Security Feb 06, 2023

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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.

124: Pragmatism About Data Stacks with Pedram Navid of West Marin Data Feb 01, 2023

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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)

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: What Does the Modern Data Stack Mean to Normal Companies? Jan 30, 2023

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In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Pedram Navid of West Marin Data. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

123: What Is a Universal Database? Featuring Stavros Papadopoulos of TileDB, Inc. Jan 25, 2023

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Stavros’ journey into data and founding TileDB (3:12)
What problem was TileDB going to solve? (12:05)
Defining database systems (21:35)
What part of database architecture is TileDB? (31:58)
Storage engine solutions (42:37)
What does the API look like in using TileDB? (50:40)
What makes genomics unique in working with data (55:28)
Final thoughts and takeaways (1:06:46)

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: Bringing Innovation to the Lowest Level of Databases Jan 23, 2023

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In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Stavros Papadopoulos of TileDB, Inc. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

122: Why Accounting Needs Its Own Database with Joran Greef of Tiger Beetle Jan 18, 2023

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Joran’s background leading him from accounting to coding (3:10)
What is Tiger Beetle? (5:53)
Double-entry accounting and why it is important for a database (12:28)
The need for low latency and high throughput (26:27)
Why financial database software needs a laser focus (29:01)
What are people using to implement a double-entry system? (36:09)
Safety in financial software and addressing storage faults (40:26)
Final thoughts and takeaways (55:52)

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: Do We Need A Dedicated Database for Every Use Case? Jan 16, 2023

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In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Joran Greef of Tiger Beetle. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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