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187: Startup Lessons and Torch Passing with Kostas Pardalis
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The PRQL: Why Is Kostas a Guest on His Own Podcast?
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186: Data Fusion and The Future Of Specialized Databases with Andrew Lamb of InfluxData
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The PRQL: Open Source and the Evolution of Data Systems with Andrew Lamb of InfluxData
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Data Council Week: A Decade of Supporting the Data Community with Pete Soderling
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Data Council Week: AI Isn’t Just Hype - How To Successfully Apply LLMs Today with Tristan Zajonc of Continual
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Data Council Week: How To Do Self-Service Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Right with Ryan Dolley of GoodData
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185: The Evolution of Data Processing, Data Formats, and Data Sharing with Ryan Blue of Tabular
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The PRQL: The Two Parallel Tracks of Development In Data Processing with Ryan Blue of Tabular
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184: Kafka Streams and Operationalizing Event Driven Applications with Aprurva Mehta of Responsive
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The PRQL: Event-Driven Applications: Where Low Latency Meets High Impact with Apruva Mehta of Responsive
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183: Why Modern Data Quality Must Move Beyond Traditional Data Management Practices with Chad Sanderson of Gable.ai
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The PRQL: The Data Supply Chain with Chad Sanderson of Gable.ai
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182: Building a Dynamic Data Infrastructure at Enterprise Scale Featuring Kevin Liu of Stripe
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The PRQL: Exploring the Intersection of Software Engineering and Data Management with Kevin Liu of Stripe
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181: OLAP Engines and the Next Generation of Business Intelligence with Mike Driscoll of Rill Data
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The PRQL: Making the Data Stack Serverless in the Cloud with Mike Driscoll of Rill Data
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180: Data Observability and AI for Data Operations Featuring Kunal Agarwal of Unravel Data
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The PRQL: What’s Driving The Evolution of Data Operations? Featuring Kunal Agarwal of Unravel Data
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179: Time Series Data Management and Data Modeling with Tony Wang of Stanford University
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The PRQL: How is Academic Research Shaping the Future of Data Processing Systems? Featuring Tony Wang of Stanford University
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178: How to Build a Data Stack to Win PLG, Featuring Peter Chapman
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The PRQL: Building a Future-Proof Data Stack from Day Zero? Featuring Peter Chapman
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177: AI-Based Data Cleaning, Data Labelling, and Data Enrichment with LLMs Featuring Rishabh Bhargava of refuel
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The PRQL: Exploring the Evolution of AI and ML with Rishabh Bhargava of refuel
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176: The Fundamentals of Event-Driven Orchestration and How Generative AI Is Shaping Its Future with Viren Baraiya of orkes.io
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The PRQL: The Evolution of Application Orchestration Featuring Viren Baraiya of orkes.io
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175: The Parts, Pieces, and Future of Composable Data Systems, Featuring Wes McKinney, Pedro Pedreira, Chris Riccomini, and Ryan Blue
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The PRQL: Exploring the Evolution, Challenges, and Benefits of Composable Data Stacks Featuring Wes McKinney, Pedro Pedreira, Chris Riccomini, and Ryan Blue
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174: Does Your Data Stack Need a Semantic Layer? Featuring Artyom Keydunov of Cube Dev
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The PRQL: Why is a Semantic Layer Important in the Modern Data Stack? Featuring Artyom Keydunov of Cube Dev
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173: Data Analytics Is a Team Sport, Featuring Jay Henderson of Alteryx
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The PRQL: Bridging the Gap Between Messy Data and Sophisticated Analytics with Jay Henderson of Alteryx
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172: How WebAssembly is Enabling the Third Wave of Cloud Compute with Matt Butcher of Fermyon Technologies
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The PRQL: WebAssembly: The Future of Cloud Workloads Made Simple with Matt Butcher of Fermyon Technologies
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171: Machine Learning Pipelines Are Still Data Pipelines with Sandy Ryza of Dagster
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The PRQL: Does Machine Learning Need Its Own Orchestrator? Featuring Sandy Ryza of Dagster
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170: Discussing Data Roles and Solving Data Problems with Katie Bauer of GlossGenius
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The PRQL: What is a Data Scientist? Featuring Katie Bauer of GlossGenius
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169: Data Models: From Warehouse to Business Impact with Tasso Argyros of ActionIQ
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The PRQL: From Databases to Customer Data Platforms with Tasso Argyros of ActionIQ
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168: Decoding Data Mesh: Principles, Practices, and Real-World Applications Featuring Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan
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The PRQL: A Data Mesh Deep Dive with Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan
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167: Data-Driven Investing and Company Building with Ben Miller of Fundrise
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The PRQL: Fundrise's Data-Driven Approach to Investment in Real Estate and Tech with Ben Miller
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166: Data Processing Fundamentals and Building a Unified Execution Engine Featuring Pedro Pedreira of Meta
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The PRQL: How Does Composability in Data Infrastructure Differ at Different Levels of Abstraction? Featuring Pedro Pedreira of Meta
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165: SQL Queries, Data Modeling, and Data Visualization with Colin Zima of Omni
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The PRQL: Building a Data Product for Data People: Looker's Vision and Omni's Future with Colin Zima
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164: How The GTM and Data Teams at Snowflake Work Together with Travis Henry and Hillary Carpio
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