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A discussion about the guest's experience joining Facebook in 2009 and the energetic and forward-looking engineering culture during that time, including projects like React, GraphQL, and PyTorch, and their goal to incorporate the best parts of that culture into their own company.

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For those excited about Open Source, data, and understanding Facebook’s high performance culture, this is the episode for you!

Nick Schrock is the Founder of Dagster Labs and previously Co-Creator of GraphQL while at Facebook. In this episode, we discuss how Facebook maintained a culture of urgency and decentralization. Nick dives into the problem solved behind GraphQL’s creation and how the product rolled out within Facebook. We also cover the modern data stack and how Dagster Labs is moving beyond the orchestration layer to provide more value to data engineering workflows. Finally, we discuss Nick’s decision to transition from the CEO role and advice he has for other founders in the Open Source space.

Where to Find Nick:

· Twitter: https://twitter.com/schrockn

· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schrockn/

Where to Find Shomik:

· Twitter: https://twitter.com/shomikghosh21

· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shomik-ghosh-a5a71319/

· Newsletter: https://www.shomik.substack.com

· Podcast: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube.

In this episode, we cover:

(00:56) – Joining Facebook During “Move Fast & Break Things” Era in 2009

(06:06) – Why Facebook Open Source Has Proliferated So Well

(09:04) – How Facebook Culture Changed to “Move Fast With Stable Infrastructure”