121: Materialize Origins: Breaking Down Data Flow Layers with Arjun Narayan and Frank McSherry

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Defining data flow (2:31)
• Are there limitations in timely data flow operation and/or building operators? (8:20)
• Areas of incremental computation that are having an impact today (17:10)
• Building a library vs building a product (24:06)
• Combining delight and empathy into a focus (27:52)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (32:42)

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