Michael Toy

Michael Toy, co-creator of the Malloy language and former Looker engineer, discusses revolutionizing data interaction beyond SQL. He shares insights on Malloy’s design as a human-centric, composable language, emphasizing semantic modeling and hierarchical data. Michael explains the practical implications of eliminating SQL barriers and the user-friendly syntax aimed at easing adoption. He also highlights the exciting synergy between Malloy and LLM-generated queries and invites collaboration in the open-source development to shape its future.