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Data Council
The Zero Prime Podcast with Pete Soderling explores the early stories of top startups as seen through the eyes of their engineer-founders. In each episode we uncover insights on what it takes to start a company as an engineer in the words of the founders themselves. From the most cutting edge infrastructure companies to the newest trends in developer tooling, we introduce you to the engineer-founder personalities behind the up and coming software startups that you can’t afford to ignore.
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Oct 3, 2022 • 23min
E02: Metadata Architecture w/ Shirshanka Das
Shirshanka Das spent a decade leading data architecture at LinkedIn where he was the co-creator of DataHub, Apache Gobblin, Databus, Espresso and other high scale data infrastructure projects. Today he is the co-founder and CEO of Acryl Data, listen and learn what problems they are seeking to solve.Highlights:[1:10] Leaving LinkedIn and starting Acryl [4:33] Datahub growth [8:12] Where will the data catalog market segment be in 5 to 10 years?[12:07] Unlimited context within the operating system [16:08] Organizations adopting the right thinking behind metadata [21:00] Is the data catalog a stand alone category of data infrastructure 10 years from now?-- Mark your calendars for May 12-14, 2026 and join us for Data Council AI, the technical conference built by engineers for engineers. It's the only event where you'll be able to connect with 2,000+ practitioners for 3 full days of technical deep dives, battle-tested architectures and production insights in San Francisco, the heart of the AI world. Visit us at https://www.datacouncil.ai/ for the latest updates or subscribe to the newsletter as we release more details about the 2026 event!

Sep 13, 2022 • 21min
E01: Data Orchestration w/ Nick Schrock
Get an update from Nick Schrock on the dagster project. This episode discusses the world of data orchestration at large, when and how to implement dagster, and the broader competitive landscape.Highlights:[0:34] The Dagster project and the problems it solves[3:05] Software defined assets and how they work [4:55] Example of how this can be implemented [6:30] Promotion of Dagster pipelines from development to production[10:34] Dagster cloud overview [13:15] When to adopt a data orchestrator [14:23] Will data orchestration be subsumed into larger data platforms or remain standalone? [18:10] The competitive landscape of data orchestration-- Mark your calendars for May 12-14, 2026 and join us for Data Council AI, the technical conference built by engineers for engineers. It's the only event where you'll be able to connect with 2,000+ practitioners for 3 full days of technical deep dives, battle-tested architectures and production insights in San Francisco, the heart of the AI world. Visit us at https://www.datacouncil.ai/ for the latest updates or subscribe to the newsletter as we release more details about the 2026 event!


