

The Data Stack Show
Rudderstack
Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.
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Sep 20, 2023 • 55min
156: Simple, Performant, Cost-effective Data Streaming with Alex Gallego of Redpanda Data
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Alex’s background in the data space and the creation of Redpanda (4:23)The cost and complexity of streaming (11:07)The evolution of storage with Kafka (12:04)The distinction between streaming technologies (15:10)Simplicity as a Core Design Principle (27:03)Cost Efficiency in a Cloud Native Era (30:44)Removing complexity with Redpanda (34:21)Migrations and compatibility with Redpanda (40:35)The Future of Redpanda (43:44)The Story Behind Redpanda (46:45)Final thoughts and takeaways (50:25)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Sep 18, 2023 • 4min
The PRQL: Redpanda: Revolutionizing Streaming Systems and Challenging the Kafka Status Quo with Alex Gallego
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Alex Gallego of Redpanda.

Sep 13, 2023 • 1h 1min
155: Bringing Innovation to Enterprise Resource Planning with Emilie Schario of Turbine
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Emilie’s background and journey in data (3:42)The problem of three-way match (8:56)Operational workflows and how data stacks solve them (13:16)Turbine’s solution as a lightweight ERP (14:05)Workflows and analytics (14:59)Consolidating information into helpful application (27:41)Challenges in operational workflows (32:19)Friction and hurdles in ERP usage (39:28)A solution for purchase order management (40:47)Turbine’s focus and limitations (45:26)Building a software that gets out of the way (52:51)Final thoughts and takeaways (54:25)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Sep 11, 2023 • 7min
The PRQL: Making ERP Systems More User-Friendly with Emilie Schario of Turbine
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Emilie Schario of Turbine.

Sep 6, 2023 • 1h 3min
154: Making Cross-Company Data Exchange Easy with Pardis Noorzad of General Folders
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Pardis’ background and journey in data (3:24)AI before the hype (8:37)Founding General Folders (12:36)Data collaboration challenges (15:31)Examples of data sharing (17:40)Data transfer in various industries (22:16)Defining the transfer problem (28:30)The demand for scalable solutions (32:06)Data transfer and model exposition (41:02)Data governance and API (43:23)Final thoughts and takeaways (56:48)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Sep 4, 2023 • 6min
The PRQL: Simplifying Data Collaboration with Pardis Noorzad of General Folders
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Pardis Noorzad of General Folders.

Aug 30, 2023 • 60min
153: The Future of Data Science Notebooks with Jakub Jurových of Deepnote
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Jakub’s journey into data and working with notebooks (2:43)Overview of Deepnote and its features (7:22)Notebook 1.0 and 2.0 (14:04)Notebook 3.0 and its potential impact (15:46)The need for collaboration across organizations (17:16)Real-time, asynchronous, and organizational collaboration (28:02)Challenges to collaboration (32:03)Notebooks as a universal computational medium (36:14)The rise of exploratory programming (41:40)The power of natural language interface (43:04)The evolving grammar of using notebooks (47:02)Final thoughts and takeaways (55:50)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Aug 28, 2023 • 4min
The PRQL: Exploring the Evolution of Notebooks with Jakub Jurových of Deepnote
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Jakub Jurových of Deepnote.

Aug 23, 2023 • 1h 7min
152: Three Steps To Enhance Product Analytics with Ken Fine of Heap
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Ken’s background and journey to Heap (2:32)Heap’s problem-solving approach (8:19)Auto-capture and its significance in the marketplace (13:03)Providing qualitative context: sessions and surveys (16:23)Collection and storage of data (25:42) Challenges of real-time data collection (26:40)The true gap in the market today (37:39)Consolidation and aggregation of data solutions (41:58)Simplifying the data stack (47:32)A different approach in engineering and software development (51:12)Skills and Stages in Company Growth (55:58)Final thoughts and takeaways (1:02:52)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

Aug 21, 2023 • 4min
The PRQL: Auto Tracking in Product Analytics with Ken Fine of Heap
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Ken Fine of Heap.