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
239: How AI is Transforming Product Development with Thomas Kuckoff, Senior Product Manager at Omron Automation
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Introduction of Panelists (2:15)
- Understanding Product Development (4:42)
- Three Stages of Product Development (7:53)
- Collaboration Across Teams (11:20)
- Un…
238: What Every Developer Needs to Know About Microservices in 2025 with Mark Fussell, Founder & CEO at Diagrid
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Mark’s Background and Journey in Data (1:08)
- Mark’s Time at Microsoft (5:33)
- Internal Adoption of Azure (9:20)
- Understanding Pain Points (11:06)
- Complexit…
The PRQL: From Monoliths to Microservices with Mark Fussell, Founder & CEO at Diagrid
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 an…
237: Startups, Sales, and Spreadsheets: How a Real Estate Developer Built an AI Company
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Willz’s Background and Journey (1:25)
- Discussing Real Estate Data Challenges (2:58)
- Inspiration for Software Creation (4:05)
- From Spreadsheet to Software…
The PRQL: Willz Tolbert’s Journey Through Real Estate and AI
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 an…
236: Ringing Out the Old: AI's Role in Redefining Data Teams, Tools, and Business Models
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- The Impact of AI (1:25)
- Historical Context of Technology (2:31)
- Pre-existing Infrastructure for Change (4:42)
- AI as a Personal Assistant (7:10)
- Future of …
The PRQL: AI, SaaS, and the End of Job Titles with Eric Dodds and John Wessel
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 an…
235: Pete Soderling on the Evolution of Data Engineering
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Pete's Career Overview (1:00)
- AI and Data Engineering Discussion (2:05)
- Themes of Data Council (4:19)
- High-Frequency Trading Insights (8:04)
- San Francisco…
The PRQL: What AI Founders Need to Know About Data (Before It’s Too Late) with Pete Soderling of Zero Prime Ventures
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 an…
234: The Cynical Data Guy on AI, Data Tools, and the Future of Coding
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- AI in Transcription Services (1:11)
- The Future of AI Companies (5:09)
- Potential Risks of AI Tools (8:57)
- Learning vs. Dependency in Programming (10:17)
- Th…
The PRQL: From Code to No-Code: How AI is Reshaping Data Work with the Cynical Data Guy
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 an…
233: The Power of a Triple Threat in Data: Business, Engineering, and Strategy with Solomon Kahn of Delivery Layer and Top Data People
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Solomon’s Background and Journey in Data (0:38)
- The Importance of a Triple Threat Data Person (5:14)
- Sports Sponsorship Analysis at Nielsen (7:31)
- Challe…
The PRQL: From Data Engineer to Data Entrepreneur with Solomon Kahn of Delivery Layer and Top Data People
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 an…
232: Building a Business Solo: Streaming Data, Synthetic Testing, and Startup Lessons with Michael Drogalis of ShadowTraffic.io
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Michael's Background and Journey in Data (0:24)
- Synthetic Data Challenges (1:49)
- Open Source Project Development (4:20)
- Founding Distributed Masonry (5:5…
The PRQL: Solopreneurship, Streaming Data, and Synthetic Testing with Michael Drogalis of ShadowTraffic.io
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 an…
231: From Pre-Med to Product Strategy: Eric Dodds’ Journey in Data and Startups
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Early Aspirations: Becoming a Doctor (1:09)
- The Shift to Business Studies (3:54)
- Father's Influence on Career Path (4:39)
- Interest in Statistics and Psyc…
230: The Cynical Data Guy: Data Tech Debt, Data Mesh, and Dashboard Directives
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- The Return of the Cynical Data Guy (0:14)
- Risks of SQL Complexity (2:16)
- Technical Debt in Data (4:34)
- Data Mesh Critique (6:38)
- Governance vs. Decentrali…
229: The Future of AI: Superhuman Intelligence, Autonomous Coding, and the Path to AGI with Misha Laskin of ReflectionAI
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Misha's Background and Journey in AI (1:13)
- Childhood Interest in Physics (4:43)
- Future of AI and Human Interaction (7:09)
- AI's Transformative Nature (10…
The PRQL: From Theoretical Physics to AI: Misha Laskin on AGI, Superhuman Intelligence, and Autonomous Coding
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 an…
228: The Machine Learning Reality Check: When AI Makes Sense for Marketing Attribution with Lew Dawson of Momentum Consulting
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:
- Previewing Today’s Topic (0:14
- Machine Learning Discussion (1:44)
- Conditions for Machine Learning Worthiness (6:59)
- Simplicity in Modeling (8:43)
- Predicti…