Monday Morning Data Chat

#82 - Data Contracts & Domain Ownership w/ Ananth Packkildurai

May 24, 2022
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Ananth Packkildurai
Ananth Packkildurai, a wealth of knowledge and experience in data engineering, discusses data contracts, domain ownership, metadata management, and his new project Schemata. He explores the challenges of modern data stacks, the difference between C'mon schema and a metric layer, and the difficulties of data ingestion and analytics. Ananth also talks about his motivation for writing newsletters and curating them, and touches on topics like the Skimada app and future guests.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Strategies for Reading and Curating Data Content
01:49 • 2min
3
Data Engineering Trends and the Challenges of Modern Data Stacks
03:36 • 20min
4
Understanding Data Contracts
23:29 • 6min
5
The Difference Between C'mon and a Metric Layer or Semantic Layer
29:17 • 3min
6
Challenges of Data Ingestion and Analytics
31:51 • 23min
7
Motivation for Writing Newsletters and the Process of Curating Them
54:46 • 3min
8
A discussion on newsletters, Skimada app, data debates, and future guests
57:17 • 3min