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.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 482
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
168: Decoding Data Mesh: Principles, Practices, and Real-World Applications Featuring Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Defining data mesh (6:37)
- Addressing the scale of organizational complexity and usage (9:04)
- The shift from monolithic to microservices (12:24)
- The socio…
00:56:40 |
Wed 13 Dec 2023
The PRQL: A Data Mesh Deep Dive with Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation regarding Data Mesh with Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan.
00:03:01 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
167: Data-Driven Investing and Company Building with Ben Miller of Fundrise
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Ben’s background in real estate (3:27)
- Why Fundrise was Started (4:37)
- Democratizing Investment Opportunities (6:35)
- Investment Thesis for Venture (11:55…
00:57:04 |
Wed 06 Dec 2023
The PRQL: Fundrise's Data-Driven Approach to Investment in Real Estate and Tech with Ben Miller
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ben Miller of Fundrise.
00:03:24 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
166: Data Processing Fundamentals and Building a Unified Execution Engine Featuring Pedro Pedreira of Meta
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- The concept of composable at a lower level of data infrastructure (1:28)
- New architectures and components that allow developers to build databases (3:4…
01:12:16 |
Wed 29 Nov 2023
The PRQL: How Does Composability in Data Infrastructure Differ at Different Levels of Abstraction? Featuring Pedro Pedreira of Meta
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Pedro Pedreira of Meta.
00:06:03 |
Mon 27 Nov 2023
165: SQL Queries, Data Modeling, and Data Visualization with Colin Zima of Omni
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Colin's Background and Starting Omni (1:48)
- Defining “good” at Google search early in his career (4:42)
- Looker's Unique Approach to Analytics (9:48)
- The …
00:54:23 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
The PRQL: Building a Data Product for Data People: Looker's Vision and Omni's Future with Colin Zima
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Colin Zima of Omni.
00:01:57 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
164: How The GTM and Data Teams at Snowflake Work Together with Travis Henry and Hillary Carpio
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- The Unique Perspective of Practitioners (2:10)
- Account-based Marketing (6:30)
- Sales Development Representatives (SDR) (8:05)
- Descriptive, People, and Eng…
00:56:56 |
Wed 15 Nov 2023
The PRQL: Navigating the World of Data Overload with Travis Henry and Hillary Carpio of Snowflake
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Travis Henry and Hillary Carpio of Snowflake.
00:04:39 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
163: Simplifying Real-Time Streaming with David Yaffe and Johnny Graettinger of Estuary
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Johnny and David’s background in working together (1:56)
- The background story of Estuary (4:15)
- The challenges of ad tech and the need for low latency (…
01:03:57 |
Wed 08 Nov 2023
The PRQL: The Shortcomings of Apache Kafka with David Yaffe and Johnny Graettinger of Estuary
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with David Yaffe and Johnny Graettinger of Estuary.
00:03:51 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
162: Accelerating Enterprise AI Transformation With Open Source LLMs Featuring Mark Huang of Gradient
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- The potential of AI-driven applications (1:34)
- The need for hardware infrastructure in AI experimentation (2:40)
- Oligopoly on the closed side (11:50)
- Adv…
00:57:27 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
The PRQL: How LLMs are Transforming Enterprise Workflows with Mark Huang of Gradient
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Mark Huang of Gradient.
00:03:36 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
161: The Intersection of Generative AI and Data Infrastructure with Chang She of LanceDB
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Chang’s background and journey with Pandas (6:26)
- The persisting challenges in data collection and preparation (10:37)
- The resistance to change in using…
01:21:05 |
Wed 25 Oct 2023
The PRQL: How Did Pandas Become a Data Science Powerhouse? Featuring Chang She of Eto Labs
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Chang She of Eto Labs.
00:04:43 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
160: Closing the Gap Between Dev Teams and Data Teams with Santona Tuli of Upsolver
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Santona’s journey from nuclear physics to data science (4:59)
- The appeal of startups and wearing multiple hats (8:12)
- The challenge of pseudoscience in …
01:05:42 |
Wed 18 Oct 2023
The PRQL: The Intersection of Physics, Data Science, and Product Development with Santona Tuli of Upsolver
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Santona Tuli of Upsolver.
00:05:47 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
159: What Is a Vector Database? Featuring Bob van Luijt of Weaviate
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- How music impacted Bob’s data journey (3:16)
- Music’s relationship with creativity and innovation (11:38)
- The genesis of Weaviate and the idea of vector …
01:08:48 |
Wed 11 Oct 2023
The PRQL: Enhancing Search and Recommendation Systems with Vector Databases with Bob van Luijt of Weaviate
In this bonus conversation, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Bob van Luijt of Weaviate.
00:05:10 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
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