Best Eric Dodds Podcasts (2024)

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The Biggest Mistakes Companies Make with Their Data with RudderStack's Eric Dodds 47:26

15d ago47:26

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In this episode, Sean is joined by Eric Dodds, Head of Product Marketing at RudderStack, to dive into the world of data management, data pipelines, and common data mistakes. Eric shares his insights on when organizations should transition from basic tools like spreadsheets to a more sophisticated data stack, including data warehouses and modern too…

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194: Building Retail Churn Prediction on DuckDB with Clint Dunn of Wilde 48:08

1d ago48:08

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Clint’s Background and Journey in Data (0:51) Starting a Data Career (2:01) Transition to Startup SaaS World (4:27) Clint’s Connection to a Federal Reserve Database (5:31) Challenges in Predictive Modeling (10:27) Data Input Challenges (15:50) Marketers' Workflow and Data Integration (18:29) Soft RO…

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Keys to the Kingdom, Secrets Management with Doppler's Brian Vallelunga 39:31

1d ago39:31

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In this episode Sean welcomes Brian Vallelunga, CEO and founder of Doppler, to discuss secrets management. Brian shares the journey of founding Doppler, a company dedicated to securing sensitive data such as API keys and credentials. Sean and Brian discuss the nuances of secrets management, its distinction from password management, and the importan…

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Mobilizing Arctic expertise: Seven scientific themes for Arctic Frontiers 2025 33:44

4d ago33:44

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Science and expert knowledge are pivotal for meeting many of the environmental challenges, economic opportunities and geopolitical imperatives of the contemporary Arctic. The Arctic Frontiers conference reflects this fact through its selection of seven scientific themes that serve as pillars for the annual event held every January in Tromsø, Norway…

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The PRQL: Hard Data ROI and Productizing Retail Churn Prediction with Clint Dunn of Wilde 1:41

3d ago1:41

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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 …

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193: Introducing the Cynical Data Guy: Is Data-Driven a Myth? 24:25

8d ago24:25

24:25

Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Introducing a special edition of the show with the cynical data guy (0:19) Metadata and LLMs (2:32) Data-driven culture (8:44) No-code orchestration tools (17:09) No Code vs. Low Code (19:58) Enterprise Challenges with No Code Solutions (20:08) No Code Tools for Small Companies (21:40) Inappropriate…

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The PRQL: The Cynical Data Guy’s Origin Story 3:08

10d ago3:08

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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 …

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192: Business Logic As Code: A New LLM-Powered Operating System for Business Automation with Binny Gill of Kognitos 47:57

15d ago47:57

47:57

Highlights from this week’s conversation include: The history of computer science and AI inflection point (1:23) Binny's early programming experiences and the constraints of technology (2:14) Getting interested in computer programming (5:02) The experiment that impacted the starting of Kognitos (8:23) Challenges in traditional computer science (16:…

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The PRQL: From Programming Tic Tac Toe to Building an Operating System for Natural Language Programs With Binny Gill of Kognitos 2:59

17d ago2:59

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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 …

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191: From Amazon to Consulting: Time Series Forecasting and How to Communicate Data Analytics Insights with David McCandless of McCandless Consulting 49:26

22d ago49:26

49:26

Highlights from this week’s conversation include: David's Background and Journey in Data (0:30) Transition to Time Series Forecasting (2:03) Working on Time Series Forecasting at Amazon (2:55) Challenges and Experience in Time Series Forecasting (4:32) Transitioning to a New Role at Amazon (5:52) Tools and Methods for Time Series Forecasting (8:17)…

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The PRQL: Practical Applications for Time Series Forecasting with David McCandless of McCandless Consulting 2:45

23d ago2:45

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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 …

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190: Aligning Data Teams and Data Tools With Business Needs Featuring Ben Rogojan, the Seattle Data Guy 52:19

29d ago52:19

52:19

Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Ben’s background and journey in data (0:18) Relating data to business outcomes (2:33) Facebook's approach to data-driven business outcomes (4:43) Subjectivity and data-driven business outcomes (8:43) Infrastructure and data collection at Facebook (12:04) The importance of first-party data and the de…

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The PRQL: Data Success From Mid-market to Enterprise with Ben Rogojan 2:47

1M ago2:47

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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 …

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Antarctic science or polar oil exploration? Prof. Klaus Dodds on Russia’s grey zone activities in the Weddell Sea 40:59

1M ago40:59

40:59

Reports of Russia’s discovery of huge oil reserves in Antarctic waters has caused concern in some quarters over (frozen) territorial claims and the future of the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, which permanently bans mining in and around the continent. Prof. Klaus Dodds, whose recent testimony for a UK parliamentary in…

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189: Customer Data Modeling, The Data Warehouse, Reverse ETL, and Data Activation with Ryan McCrary of RudderStack 1:03:52

1M ago1:03:52

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Ryan's Background and Roles in Data (0:05) Data Activation and Dashboard Staleness (1:27) Profiles and Data Activation (2:54) Customer-Facing Experience and Product Management (3:40) Profiles Product Overview (5:10) Use Cases for Profiles (6:44) Challenges with Data Projects (9:19) Entity Management…

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Privacy and Security Considerations for RAG with Graphlit's Kirk Marple 39:32

1M ago39:32

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In this episode, Kirk Marple, CEO and Co-founder of Graphlit, joins the show. Sean and Kirk dive into the world of unstructured data management, discussing the evolution and current challenges in the field. While structured data has been well-handled since the 1970s, 80-90% of the world’s data remains unstructured, with predictions of 175 billion t…

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The PRQL: How to Get Business Teams Closer to Customer Data (The Right Way) 3:00

1M ago3:00

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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 …

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188: How To Invest in Data Infrastructure and Data Projects That Create Business Value with Matthew Kelliher-Gibson of Rudderstack 56:10

1M ago56:10

56:10

Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Matt KG’s Background in Data (0:35) Challenges in purchasing data tools (1:28) Early experiences in data analysis (9:51) Matt’s Transition to a subprime auto loan company (13:19 Transition to RudderStack and software purchase decisions (17:36) Tech Problems: People and Process (22:02) Challenges in …

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User Permissions at Scale with AuthZed's Jake Moshenko 34:16

1M ago34:16

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In this episode, Jake Moshenko, CEO and co-founder of AuthZed, joins the show to explore the world of user permissions at scale. Inspired by Google's Zanzibar, AuthZed aims to tackle the challenges of authorization - a less common focus compared to authentication in the tech industry. Jake discusses the initial simplicity and subsequent complicatio…

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The PRQL: Navigating the Procurement Process for Data Infrastructure Tooling With Matthew Kelliher-Gibson of Rudderstack 2:43

2M ago2:43

2:43

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 …

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AI Deepfakes with Nametag's Aaron Painter 46:56

2M ago46:56

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In this episode host Sean Falconer is joined by Aaron Painter, CEO of Nametag, to explore the evolving threat and potential of AI deepfakes. They discuss the increasing sophistication of deepfake technology, highlighted by the significant rise in incidents such as the Retool hack, and how these technologies can manipulate public perception and secu…

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187: Startup Lessons and Torch Passing with Kostas Pardalis 46:06

2M ago46:06

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Kostas Passes the Baton as Co-Host of the Podcast (0:24) Reflecting on the Podcast (2:56) New Co-Host John Wessel and His Background in Data (4:34) Kostas Journey in Data (10:55) Rudderstack's Explosive Growth (21:28) The Podcast's Inception and Marketing Activities (24:19) Evolution of the podcast …

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The PRQL: Why Is Kostas a Guest on His Own Podcast? 3:47

2M ago3:47

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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 …

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186: Data Fusion and The Future Of Specialized Databases with Andrew Lamb of InfluxData 58:26

2M ago58:26

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: The Evolution of Data Systems (0:47) The Role of Open Source Software (2:39) Challenges of Time Series Data (6:38) Architecting InfluxDB (9:34) High Cardinality Concepts (11:36) Trade-Offs in Time Series Databases (15:35) High Cardinality Data (18:24) Evolution to InfluxDB 3.0 (21:06) Modern Data St…

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Protecting and Using Sensitive Health Data with Integral's Shubh Sinha 44:50

2M ago44:50

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In this episode we’re joined by Shubh Sinha, CEO and Co-founder of Integral, to discuss the protection and utilization of sensitive health data. Shubh shares insights from his varied career in sales, engineering, and product management, and dives into the challenges of maintaining privacy and security in healthcare. The conversation covers HIPAA re…

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The PRQL: Open Source and the Evolution of Data Systems with Andrew Lamb of InfluxData 3:35

2M ago3:35

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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 …

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Data Council Week: A Decade of Supporting the Data Community with Pete Soderling 36:02

2M ago36:02

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Pete’s background and the origin story of Data Council (1:04) Reflecting on 10 years of Data Council (2:07) Impact of the pandemic on conferences (5:25) Rebuilding after the pandemic (7:42) Evolution of Data Council (10:33) Balancing content and sponsorship (16:17) Selecting speakers and content at …

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Data Council Week: AI Isn’t Just Hype - How To Successfully Apply LLMs Today with Tristan Zajonc of Continual 35:33

2M ago35:33

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Tristan's Background and Journey into Data (1:14) Evolution of Machine Learning and AI (3:13) Impact of Generative AI (6:33) MLOps and Challenges in Early Data Science (8:48) Success and Applications of AI Today (11:34) Continual AI Copilot Platform (18:04) Challenges in building remarkable AI assis…

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Balancing Innovation and Responsibility in AI/ML Deployment with Jozu's Brad Micklea 43:50

2M ago43:50

43:50

In this episode, we dive into the world of MLOps, the engine behind secure and reliable AI/ML deployments. MLOps focuses on the lifecycle of machine learning models, ensuring they are developed and deployed efficiently and responsibly. With the explosion of ML applications, the demand for specialized tools has skyrocketed, highlighting the need for…

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Securitization dynamics: Greenland’s pivotal place in the Arctic security configuration 1:26:27

2M ago1:26:27

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“Greenland is the most dynamic piece in the new Arctic security jigsaw puzzle”, according to a new book that applies the international relations theory of securitization to analyze the security and geopolitics of Greenland and the Arctic. Marc Jacobsen, Ole Wæver and Ulrik Pram Gad, co-editors and authors of Greenland in Arctic Security: (De)securi…

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Data Council Week: How To Do Self-Service Data Analytics and Business Intelligence Right with Ryan Dolley of GoodData 42:08

2M ago42:08

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Ryan’s background in data (0:58) Transition from Performing Arts to Data (2:23) Understanding End Users in Data Projects (6:08) Learning from Failures in Data Projects (8:07) The self-service era (19:50) Struggles of self-service (21:23) The disillusion with dashboards (26:23) GoodData's approach (3…

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185: The Evolution of Data Processing, Data Formats, and Data Sharing with Ryan Blue of Tabular 1:29:43

2M ago1:29:43

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: The Evolution of Data Processing (2:36) Ryan’s Background and Journey in Data (4:52) Challenges in Transitioning to S3 (8:47) Impact of Latency on Query Performance (11:43) Challenges with Table Representation (15:26) Designing a New Metadata Format (21:36) Integration with Existing Tools and Open S…

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The PRQL: The Two Parallel Tracks of Development In Data Processing with Ryan Blue of Tabular 4:48

2M ago4:48

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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 …

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184: Kafka Streams and Operationalizing Event Driven Applications with Apurva Mehta of Responsive 58:27

3M ago58:27

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Apruva’s background in streaming technology (0:48) Developer experience and Kafka streams (2:47) Motivation to bootstrap a startup (4:09) Meeting the Confluent founders and early work at Confluent (6:59) Projects at Confluent and transition to engineering management (10:34) Overview of Responsive an…

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From the Barents Sea to the Bering Strait: Arctic geopolitics at the regional and local levels 40:24

3M ago40:24

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In this episode of the Polar Geopolitics podcast, recorded live at the 2024 Arctic Frontiers conference in Tromsø, Norway, host Eric Paglia interviews Andreas Østhagen of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Kelsey Frazier from the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. The discussion ranges from global trends affecting the geopolitical posit…

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The PRQL: Event-Driven Applications: Where Low Latency Meets High Impact with Apurva Mehta of Responsive 3:57

3M ago3:57

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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 …

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183: Why Modern Data Quality Must Move Beyond Traditional Data Management Practices with Chad Sanderson of Gable.ai 1:02:50

3M ago1:02:50

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Chad’s background and journey in data (0:46) Importance of Data Supply Chain (2:19) Challenges with Modern Data Stack (3:28) Comparing Data Supply Chain to Real-world Supply Chains (4:49) Overview of Gable.ai (8:05) Rethinking Data Catalogs (11:42) New Ideas for Managing Data (15:16) Data Discovery …

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Prompt Injection Attacks with SVAM's Devansh 47:59

3M ago47:59

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In this episode, we dive deep into the world of prompt injection attacks in Large Language Models (LLMs) with the Devansh, AI Solutions Lead at SVAM. We discuss the attacks, existing vulnerabilities, real-world examples, and the strategies attackers use. Our conversation sheds light on the thought process behind these attacks, their potential conse…

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Northern Flank: Arctic-Baltic security interconnections since the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland 1:04:34

3M ago1:04:34

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To analyze the transformed security environment in Northern Europe since the NATO accession of Sweden and Finland, this episode features an interview with Minna Ålander, research fellow at the Finish Institute of International Affairs in Helsinki. The in-depth discussion, at time when the Nordic countries have been engaged with their NATO partners …

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The PRQL: The Data Supply Chain with Chad Sanderson of Gable.ai 7:49

3M ago7:49

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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 …

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182: Building a Dynamic Data Infrastructure at Enterprise Scale Featuring Kevin Liu of Stripe 1:00:54

3M ago1:00:54

1:00:54

Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Kevin’s background and work at Stripe (0:31) Evolution of Data Infrastructure at Stripe (2:18) Kevin's Interest in Data (5:29) Software Engineer or Data Engineer? (8:27) Speech Recognition Work at Amazon (11:06) Efficiency and Cost Management (15:50) Metadata and Query Analysis (18:38) Surprising Di…

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The Hidden Hazards of Managing Unstructured Data with Skyflow's Joice John 44:56

3M ago44:56

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In this episode, Joice John, Senior Product Manager at Skyflow, joins the show to discuss the complexities of managing privacy and security with unstructured data. Joice explains what unstructured data is and its distinction from structured data, and then dives into the technologies that tackle these challenges. Joice discusses the unique privacy c…

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The PRQL: Exploring the Intersection of Software Engineering and Data Management with Kevin Liu of Stripe 6:18

3M ago6:18

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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 …

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181: OLAP Engines and the Next Generation of Business Intelligence with Mike Driscoll of Rill Data 59:50

3M ago59:50

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Highlights from this week’s conversation include: Michael’s background and journey in data (0:33) The origin story of Druid (2:39) Experiences and growth in Data (8:08) Druid's evolution (21:46) Druid's architectural decisions (26:32) The user experience (30:06) The developer experience (35:14) The evolution of BI tools (40:55) Data architecture an…

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Building Enterprise-grade Security with Skyflow's Daniel Wong 50:59

3M ago50:59

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Daniel Wong, Head of Security and Compliance at Skyflow, is back for his third appearance. Daniel discusses his extensive career at the forefront of security engineering, having worked with industry behemoths like Oracle, Salesforce, and CrowdStrike. He discusses the critical differences in security needs between large enterprises and smaller busin…

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