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82: Databases: The Fun Never Stops with Robert Hodges of Altinity Apr 06, 2022

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Robert’s background and career journey (2:21)
How studying languages influences database work (5:13)
Why Robert has been working with databases for 40+ years (7:50)
Explaining the ClickHouse database (10:43)
How ClickHouse is able to focus on latency (13:39)
The use cases behind ClickHouse (19:19)
How ClickHouse is different than other databases (25:47)
Why old problems are just now getting addressed (29:04)
How ClickHouse works with others against another (33:03)
When to implement ClickHouse (38:53)
The distance between ClickHouse and the end-user (42:24)
New database technologies (47:02)

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.

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The PRQL: What Inspires Continued Innovation in Databases? Apr 01, 2022

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Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Robert Hodges of Altinity. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

81: Digging into Data Ops with Prukalpa Sankar of Atlan Mar 30, 2022

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Prukalpa’s background and career journey (3:16)
Applying a data-driven mindset to poverty (7:21)
What Atlan does (11:53)
The makeup of a realistically functioning data team (15:25)
How to create a company’s first data team (18:13)
Defining “agile data” (22:01)
The necessity of data ops (26:36)
The minimum data stack needed (29:16)
Data team size (31:58)
Where to start when you need to make adjustments (34:51)
Collaborate with different parts of the data stack (41:27)
Defining the metadata plane (44:29)
Lessons from facing crazy data problems (48:31)

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The PRQL: Data Team Diversity & Maturing Data Ops Mar 25, 2022

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Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation about data ops and diversity with Prupalka of Atlan. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

80: Is Reverse-ETL Just Another Data Pipeline? With Census, Hightouch, & Workato Mar 23, 2022

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Panel introductions (2:23)
What is driving the trend behind Reverse ETL? (5:24)
The obstacles to building an internal Reverse ETL tool at scale (15:34)
How to decide system management vs. user flexibility (20:14)
Why previous products failed in creating this category (29:12)
Increased demand and democratization of datastack skills via SaaS (42:03)
Broader applications for Reverse ETL (47:29)
Limitations of Reverse ETL (55:05)
How user technical ability affects design and build roadmaps (58:14)
What do you anticipate comes next for Reverse ETL? (1:02:45)

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The PRQL: Is Reverse ETL New or Old? Mar 18, 2022

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Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming panel discussion on reverse ETL and the modern data stack. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

79: All About Experimentation with Che Sharma of Eppo Mar 16, 2022

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Che’s background and career journey (4:23)
Coherence between hemispheres in the human brain (6:58)
Raising Airbnb above primitive AB testing technology (8:54)
Economic thinking in Airbnb’s data science practice (14:24)
Dealing with multiple pipelines (16:48)
Eppo’s role in recognizing statistically significant data (20:01)
Defining “experiment” (23:25)
Types of experiments (25:57)
The workflow journey (27:18)
Dealing with metric silos (34:21)
Why we still need to innovate today (37:03)
Where experimentation can be used (39:36)
How big a sample size should be (43:29)
How to self-educate to get the maximum value (45:39)
Bridging the gap between data engineers and data scientists (48:14)

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.

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The PRQL: Is A/B Testing Only Relevant for B2C? Mar 11, 2022

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Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Che Sharma of geteppo.com. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

78: The Etymology of Reverse ETL & Why It’s a Key Piece Of The Modern Data Stack with Boris Jabes of Census Mar 09, 2022

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Boris’ background career journey (2:32)
The origins of “reverse ETL” (6:39)
Reverse Fivetran (16:35)
Product as an experience (22:41)
Fivetran users vs Census users (24:14)
How to add value to a data dump (26:56)
Ways companies are creating IP (33:48)
The cascade effect of the modern data stack (37:56)
Defining “data federation” (43:51)
Lessons from building a product (49:10)

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.

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The PRQL: Reverse ETL and the Distinction Between Operation vs Analysis on Data Mar 04, 2022

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Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Borris Jabes of Census. 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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