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Building A Better Data Warehouse For The Cloud At Firebolt - Episode 148

September 1, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Building A Better Data Warehouse For The Cloud At Firebolt - Episode 148

Data warehouse technology has been around for decades and has gone through several generational shifts in that time. The current trends in data warehousing are oriented around cloud native architectures that take advantage of dynamic scaling and the separation of compute and storage. Firebolt is taking that a step further with a core focus on speed and interactivity. In this episode CEO and founder Eldad Farkash explains how the Firebolt platform is architected for high throughput, their simple and transparent pricing model to encourage widespread use, and the use...

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Metadata Management And Integration At LinkedIn With DataHub - Episode 147

August 25, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Metadata Management And Integration At LinkedIn With DataHub - Episode 147

In order to scale the use of data across an organization there are a number of challenges related to discovery, governance, and integration that need to be solved. The key to those solutions is a robust and flexible metadata management system. LinkedIn has gone through several iterations on the most maintainable and scalable approach to metadata, leading them to their current work on DataHub. In this episode Mars Lan and Pardhu Gunnam explain how they designed the platform, how it integrates into their data platforms, and how it is...

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Exploring The TileDB Universal Data Engine - Episode 146

August 17, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Exploring The TileDB Universal Data Engine - Episode 146

Most databases are designed to work with textual data, with some special purpose engines that support domain specific formats. TileDB is a data engine that was built to support every type of data by using multi-dimensional arrays as the foundational primitive. In this episode the creator and founder of TileDB shares how he first started working on the underlying technology and the benefits of using a single engine for efficiently storing and querying any form of data. He also discusses the shifts in database architectures from vertically integrated monoliths...

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Closing The Loop On Event Data Collection With Iteratively - Episode 145

August 10, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Closing The Loop On Event Data Collection With Iteratively - Episode 145

Event based data is a rich source of information for analytics, unless none of the event structures are consistent. The team at Iteratively are building a platform to manage the end to end flow of collaboration around what events are needed, how to structure the attributes, and how they are captured. In this episode founders Patrick Thompson and Ondrej Hrebicek discuss the problems that they have experienced as a result of inconsistent event schemas, how the Iteratively platform integrates the definition, development, and delivery of event data, and the...

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A Practical Introduction To Graph Data Applications - Episode 144

August 4, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on A Practical Introduction To Graph Data Applications - Episode 144

Finding connections between data and the entities that they represent is a complex problem. Graph data models and the applications built on top of them are perfect for representing relationships and finding emergent structures in your information. In this episode Denise Gosnell and Matthias Broecheler discuss their recent book, the Practitioner's Guide To Graph Data, including the fundamental principles that you need to know about graph structures, the current state of graph support in database engines, tooling, and query languages, as well as useful tips on potential pitfalls when...

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Build More Reliable Distributed Systems By Breaking Them With Jepsen - Episode 143

July 28, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Build More Reliable Distributed Systems By Breaking Them With Jepsen - Episode 143

A majority of the scalable data processing platforms that we rely on are built as distributed systems. This brings with it a vast number of subtle ways that errors can creep in. Kyle Kingsbury created the Jepsen framework for testing the guarantees of distributed data processing systems and identifying when and why they break. In this episode he shares his approach to testing complex systems, the common challenges that are faced by engineers who build them, and why it is important to understand their limitations. This was a great...

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Making Wind Energy More Efficient With Data At Turbit Systems - Episode 142

July 21, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Making Wind Energy More Efficient With Data At Turbit Systems - Episode 142

Wind energy is an important component of an ecologically friendly power system, but there are a number of variables that can affect the overall efficiency of the turbines. Michael Tegtmeier founded Turbit Systems to help operators of wind farms identify and correct problems that contribute to suboptimal power outputs. In this episode he shares the story of how he got started working with wind energy, the system that he has built to collect data from the individual turbines, and how he is using machine learning to provide valuable insights...

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Open Source Production Grade Data Integration With Meltano - Episode 141

July 13, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Open Source Production Grade Data Integration With Meltano - Episode 141

The first stage of every data pipeline is extracting the information from source systems. There are a number of platforms for managing data integration, but there is a notable lack of a robust and easy to use open source option. The Meltano project is aiming to provide a solution to that situation. In this episode, project lead Douwe Maan shares the history of how Meltano got started, the motivation for the recent shift in focus, and how it is implemented. The Singer ecosystem has laid the groundwork for a...

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DataOps For Streaming Systems With Lenses.io - Episode 140

July 6, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on DataOps For Streaming Systems With Lenses.io - Episode 140

There are an increasing number of use cases for real time data, and the systems to power them are becoming more mature. Once you have a streaming platform up and running you need a way to keep an eye on it, including observability, discovery, and governance of your data. That's what the Lenses.io DataOps platform is built for. In this episode CTO Andrew Stevenson discusses the challenges that arise from building decoupled systems, the benefits of using SQL as the common interface for your data, and the metrics that...

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Data Collection And Management For Teaching Machines To Hear At Audio Analytic - Episode 139

June 30, 2020 tmacey Comments Off on Data Collection And Management For Teaching Machines To Hear At Audio Analytic - Episode 139

We have machines that can listen to and process human speech in a variety of languages, but dealing with unstructured sounds in our environment is a much greater challenge. The team at Audio Analytic are working to impart a sense of hearing to our myriad devices with their sound recognition technology. In this episode Dr. Chris Mitchell and Dr. Thomas le Cornu describe the challenges that they are faced with in the collection and labelling of high quality data to make this possible, including the lack of a publicly...

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