Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Sammy’s background in data and tooling (2:46)
• Going from multipurpose engineering to a CTO position (5:14) 
• Changes in technology and deep learning models (7:31)
• The state of self-driving and adoption (13:49)
• What is Eventual and what are they solving in the space? (20:54)
• What are daft and data frame and how they work? (28:11)
• Building a query optimizer (33:42)
• Sammy’s take on what is going on in data and future possibilities (45:18)
• Eventual’s future and its impact on the space (51:44)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (53:47)

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