The speakers discuss the benefits of using a metrics layer in a Business Intelligence (BI) tool, including consolidating all metrics in one place and improving data analysis. They also mention a new tool called Castor for identifying tables in the data warehouse and the dashboards that use those tables.
"Modern art" was a terrible label because, ya' know, time would pass and here we are 50 years after the end of that period shaking our heads at what a short-sighted semantic gaff that was. We share that observation for no particular reason. On this episode, we sat down with broad, deep, and entertaining thinker
Benn Stancil from
Mode to talk about one facet of the modern data stack: the metrics layer. What is it? Who's thinking about solving for it? What is a monthly DAU? These are questions to ponder that, hopefully, won't leave you impersonating a
piece of modern art. For complete show notes, including links to items mentioned in this episode and a transcript of the show, visit the
show page.