
Drill to Detail
Mark Rittman is joined each episode by a special guest from the world of business intelligence, analytics and big data.
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Sep 7, 2023 • 48min
Drill to Detail Ep.111 'Making Analytics Fun, Frictionless and Ducking Awesome' with Special Guest Jordan Tigani
Mark Rittman is joined in this final episode of the current series of Drill to Detail by returning guest Jordan Tigani, Co-Founder & CEO at Motherduck to talk about the journey from big data to small data and bringing hybrid cloud execution to DuckDB.Big Data is DeadTeach Your Duckdb To FlyAnnouncing Motherduck: Hybrid Execution Scales Duckdb From Your Laptop Into The CloudDrill to Detail Ep.64 ‘Google BigQuery, BI Engine and the Future of Data Warehousing’ with Special Guest Jordan Tigani

Aug 14, 2023 • 53min
Drill to Detail Ep.110 'Building a Sequel to SQL with Malloy' featuring Special Guests Lloyd Tabb and Carlin Eng
Mark Rittman is joined in this special episode by previous Looker founder and inventor of the LookML language Lloyd Tabb together with Carlin Eng, Product Manager at Google Cloud to talk about Malloy, a new query language to replace SQL for analytics.Drill to Detail Ep.60 'A Deeper Look Into Looker' With Special Guest Lloyd TabbMalloy : An experimental language for dataA Sequel to SQL? An introduction to MalloyWhy SQL syntax sucks, and why it mattersComposing with QueriesDimensional Flexibility, one of the things that makes Malloy SpecialData is Rectangular and other Limiting MisconceptionsMalloy's Near Term Roadmap

Aug 3, 2023 • 54min
Drill to Detail Ep.109 'Dagster, Orchestration and Software-Defined Assets' with Special Guest Nick Schrock
Mark Rittman is joined in this episode by returning guest and Elementl Founder Nick Shrock to talk about Dagster's role in the modern data stack ecosystem and software defined assets, a new, declarative approach to managing data and orchestrating its maintenance.Introducing Software-Defined AssetsRethinking Orchestration as Reconciliation: Software-Defined Assets in DagsterOptimizing Data Materialization Using Dagster’s PoliciesHow I use Dagster to orchestrate the production of social science data assets

Jul 20, 2023 • 53min
Drill to Detail Ep.108 "Mode, ThoughtSpot and AI as the Next Discontinuity" with Special Guest Benn Stancil
Mark Rittman is joined in this special episode of Drill to Detail by Benn Stancil, CTO and Founder at Mode to talk about their recent acquisition by ThoughtSpot, the economics of the modern data stack and how AI and LLMs could likely become our industry’s next discontinuity.We don’t need another SQL chatbotThe new philosophersThoughtSpot acquires Mode Analytics, a BI platform, for $200M in cash and stockChatGPT-Powered Data Analysis using Cube, Delphi and the Code Interpreter Plugin

Jul 6, 2023 • 44min
Drill to Detail Ep.107 'Cube, Headless BI and the AI Semantic Layer' with Special Guest Artyom Keydunov
Mark Rittman is joined in this episode by Artyom Keydunov, Founder at Cube to talk about embedded analytics and Cube's origin story, headless BI, query acceleration and how Cube and Delphi enable an AI-powered conversational interface for the semantic layer.Empower uniquely insightful AI & LLM data experiencesAI-powered conversational interface for the semantic layerDefine metrics upstream to align your teamHow Rittman Analytics Delivers the Semantic Layer Today with CubeRittman Analytics Cube Quickstart

Jun 22, 2023 • 43min
Drill to Detail Ep.106 'Customer Studio, Hightouch Performance and the Evolution of Reverse ETL' with Special Guest Tejas Manohar
Hightouch co-Founder and co-CEO Tejas Manohar returns as special guest to talk with Mark Rittman about the reverse ETL market today, the evolution of the composable customer data platform and new featured in Hightouch to enrich customer profiles and drive personalization across marketing campaigns.Reverse ETL is Dead (Ethan Aaron LinkedIn Post)Customer 360 Data Warehousing and Sync to HubspotYou don't need the Modern Data Stack to get sh*t doneHightouch Customer StudioHightouch Personalization APIHightouch Match BoosterWhat's in Store for Data Teams in 2023?

Jun 1, 2023 • 38min
Drill to Detail Ep.105 ‘Data Catalogs, Data Discovery and Data Lineage for the Modern Data Stack’ with Special Guest Shinji Kim
Mark is joined by Shinji Kim, Founder and CEO of Select Star to talk about their mission to re-invent data catalogs, data discovery and data lineage for the modern data stackData Discovery vs. Data Observability: Understanding the Differences for Better DataOpsSelect Star and dbt Labs Partner for Better Data Discovery on dbtSelect Star : Free Trial

May 17, 2023 • 47min
Drill to Detail Ep.104 ‘Delta Lakes, Tiger Temples and the Databricks Lakehouse Platform’ with Special Guests Jason Pohl and Stewart Bryson
Mark Rittman is joined by Jason Pohl, Senior Director of Data Management at Databricks along with special co-host and Head of Customer Experience at Coalesce, Stewart Bryson to talk about data lakehouses, Databricks and helping to raise tigers in a Thai Tiger Temple.Databricks - A HistoryWhat is a Delta Lake?The Databricks Lakehouse PlatformDatabricks SQLJason Pohl LinkedIn ProfileLions and Tigers and a Bear named Maam MaamStewart Bryson Github profileCoalesce.io

Apr 26, 2023 • 31min
Drill to Detail Ep. 103 'Reverse ETL, Profiles Sync and Segment Unify' with Special Guest Kevin Niparko
Mark Rittman is joined by Twilio Segment Head of Product Kevin Niparko to talk about trends in the customer data platform market, Reverse ETL and Profiles Sync, the impact of LLMs (Large Language Models) on digital customer experience and Segment Unify, a consumer scale real-time identity resolution solution that provides complete, real-time, portable customer profiles.Segment Unify is here: complete, real-time, portable customer profilesActivate warehouse data in all of your destination toolsCustomer profiles made portableDrill to Detail Ep.94 'Rudderstack and the Warehouse-First Customer Data Platform' with Special Guest Eric DoddsDrill to Detail Ep. 86 'Reverse ETL, Hightouch and CDW as CDP' with Special Guest Tejas Manohar

Apr 14, 2023 • 52min
Drill to Detail Ep.102 'LLMs, Semantic Models and Bringing AI to the Modern Data Stack' with Special Guest David Jayatillake
Mark Rittman is joined by David Jayatillake, CEO and co-founder of Delphi Labs, to talk about the role of semantic models and the marketplace today, large language models and the phenomena that is ChatGPT, and how Delphi Labs are planning on bringing AI to Slack and the modern data stack.https://www.delphihq.com/#abouthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/david-jayatillake/details/experience/For B2B Generative AI Apps, Is Less More?LinkedIn post on rationale behind Delphi Labs product developmentDelphi - Jaffle Shop DemoSemantic Superiority - Part 1 and Part 2Semantic Search product featureLLM Implications on Analytics (and Analysts!)“Is This You?” Entity Matching in the Modern Data Stack with Large Language models and github repoChatGPT, Large Language Models and the Future of dbt and Analytics ConsultingRA Assistant
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