Drill to Detail Ep.115 ‘Airbnb, DataOps and SQLMesh’s Data Engineering Innovation’ with Special Guest Toby Mao

Toby Mao, co-founder and CTO of Tobiko Data, shares insights from his rich experience at Netflix and Airbnb in this engaging discussion. He dives into the transformative journey of building SQLMesh, highlighting its innovative features for data operations. The conversation contrasts SQLMesh with DBT, showcasing SQLMesh's strengths in state management and error checking. Toby also emphasizes the importance of the semantic layer in data quality and shares the collaborative spirit behind SQLMesh's community, making it a vital tool for modern data engineering.