

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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Mar 22, 2023 • 48min
131: How Data Teams Interact With Marketing Tools with Jason Davis of Simon Data
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Defining CDPs (2:28)The data team's role in marketing (7:41)Leveraging commonalities across businesses (12:49)Building a CDP with customer data (18:05)Challenges in identity modeling (23:00)CDP lifecycle and one-to-one data (30:06)Segmentation and optimization (33:23)Real-time data in the cloud (40:37)The future of AI and machine learning (43:02)Final thoughts and takeaways (46:42)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.

Mar 20, 2023 • 3min
The PRQL: Unleashing the Potential of CDPs with Jason Davis, Co-Founder and CEO of Simon Data
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Jason Davis of Simon Data.

Mar 15, 2023 • 58min
130: From Business Intelligence to Product Analytics and Beyond with Vijay Ganesan of NetSpring.io
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Vijay’s background in data (2:09)The journey of founding ThoughtSpot and its impact in the world of BI (2:49)The maturation of BI (6:34)What is NetSpring.io? (8:21)Bridging the gap of BI and product analytics (14:41) Why data warehouses and not time-series databases? (19:58)The difficulty of using SQL in product analytics (28:35)Challenges in pricing models for product analytics and tooling (35:41)Combining analytics and attribution (42:00)What’s the next wave of product analytics? (47:28)Final thoughts and takeaways (53:41)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.

Mar 13, 2023 • 3min
The PRQL: Business Intelligence and Product Analytics With Vijay Ganesan, Co-Founder and CEO at NetSpring.io
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Vijay Ganesan of NetSpring.io.

Mar 8, 2023 • 1h 9min
129: Databases, Data Warehouses, and Timeseries Data with David Kogn of Timescale
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:David’s background and journey to Timescale (2:12)What are time series databases? (14:13)How Timescale would have impacted David’s trajectory early in his career (17:51)Innovation in postgreSQL (21:02)Why does Timescale build their timeseries databases differently? (27:08)The challenges of building a new database on top of an old software (32:22)Writing outside of SQL and Timescale’s secret sauce (37:47)The importance of the developer experience in Timescale (54:08)How does someone know when they need to implement time series functionality (56:51)Final thoughts and takeaways (1:04:57)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.

Mar 6, 2023 • 4min
The PRQL: Time-Series Data 101
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with David Kohn of Timescale.

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Mar 1, 2023 • 57min
128: The Possibilities Are Endless for Synthetic Data with Alex Watson of Gretel.ai
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Alex’s background working for NSA and starting a company (1:51)The Gretel.ai journey (9:30)Defining synthetic data (13:26)The evolution of AI in deep learning data and language learning (16:28)The properties of synthetic data (21:31)Boundaries between synthetic data and prediction models (25:52)The developer experience in Gretel.ai (36:44)Stewardship and expansion of deep learning models in the future (45:36) Final thoughts and takeaways (52:17)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.

Feb 27, 2023 • 4min
The PRQL: Boundaries Between Synthetic Data and Prediction Models
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Alex Watson of Gretel.ai.

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Feb 22, 2023 • 53min
127: The Anatomy of a Data Lakehouse with Alex Merced of Dremio
Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Alex’s background in the data space (2:41)Comics and Pop Culture Blending with Finance training (5:20)What is a data lake house? (7:36)What is Dremio solving in for users? (11:21)Essential components of a data lake house (16:35)Difference between on-prem and cloud experiences (33:53)What does it mean to be a developer advocate? (41:31)Final thoughts and takeaways (49:02)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.

Feb 20, 2023 • 4min
The PRQL: What Does It Mean to be a Developer Advocate?
In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation with Alex Merced of Dremio.