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Before a song is released, a record is produced, or a chorus is written, the musicians that write them think. A lot. They live. A lot. And they feel. A LOT. Hosted by award-winning interviewer and radio host Sofia Loporcaro, Before the Chorus dives into the stories and experiences that shape these artists, and ultimately, the music we hear.
Ash Smith - Data Products, Interoperability, Data Teams, and More
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Ash Smith is a data engineer based in Perth, Australia (the most remote city in the world). We chat about data products, interoperability, and the importance of collaboration and incentive structures within data teams.
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Ash Smith is a data engineer based in Perth, Australia (the most remote city in the world). We chat about data products, interoperability, and the importance of collaboration and incentive structures within data teams.
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1 Freestyle Fridays - Big AI, Bigger Layoffs, Same Old Problems? 22:57
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In this episode, I unpack how Big Tech is using massive AI investment to justify mass layoffs. All of this AI projects keep failing for the same reasons every other tech wave and IT project has: bad data, org problems, etc. Will AI be different?
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1 Shane Murray - The Impact of AI on Data Teams, Unstructured Data Observability, and More 52:03
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Shane Murray (Field CTO Monte Carlo, Former Head of Data NY Times) joins me to chat about the impact of AI on data teams and business strategies, data observability on unstructured data, and more.
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1 Freestyle Friday - Hedonic Treadmills, Goal-Oriented Type A Success, and Letting Go 16:01
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I'm very type-A and goal-oriented to a very unhealthy degree. In this rant, I explain how I'm slowly letting go of this and instead focusing on long-term sustainability.
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1 Madison Schott - From Analytics Engineer to Content Creator 47:10
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Madison Schott joins me to chat about about her journey from working as an analytics engineer to creating content about dbt, SQL, data modeling, and more.
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1 Freestyle Fridays - I'm Ambivalent About Vibes, The Power of No, and More 21:01
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Are you vibe coding? Using Claude Code, Cursor, etc? I really don't care. I also talk about the power of no, Spartan Races, and more.
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1 Peter Hanssens - Building Strong Data Engineering Communities 57:26
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Peter Hanssens is an Australia-based data engineer, business owner, and community pillar. He runs Cloud Shuttle, a data engineering consultancy and organizes DataEngBytes, a series of meetups and conferences throughout Australia and New Zealand. We chat about building data engineering communities, running conferences, and much more.…
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1 Aaron Neiderhiser - Creating the Future of Healthcare Analytics 42:15
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Aaron Neiderhiser (CEO of Tuva Health) has an audacious goal of improving US healthcare analytics. It all starts with the data. Aaron discusses his journey and obsession with making sense of the gigantic mess of US healthcare data.
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1 Freestyle Fridays - The End is Nigh (Again) 16:15
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There have been lots of social media posts declaring things to be dead - SQL, R, data engineering, BI, etc. I give my thoughts on these proclamations, why it's a wrong way to think about our space, and more.
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1 Definitive Python Polars with Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdorp 1:02:52
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Jeroen Janssens and Thijs Nieuwdo join me to chat about all things Polars. We discuss the evolution of the Polars library, its advantages over pandas, and their journey of writing 'Python Polars: The Definitive Guide.'
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1 Freestyle Fridays - Small is the New Big, AI Native Data Architectures, and More 18:49
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In this episode, I rant and speculate about why small teams and companies are the future, AI native data architectures, why the future is awesome, and more. This episode is brought to you by Keboola. Check out their new MCP server at https://www.keboola.com/mcp
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1 Gordon Wong - The Impact of AI on Attention and Expertise, Platform Wars, and More 30:16
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Regular guest Gordon Wong joins me to chat about the impact of AI on attention and expertise, product management, and much more.
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1 Freestyle Fridays - Next-Generation Data Architectures. Ramblings and Speculations. 16:29
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In this episode, I ramble and speculate about what the next-generation data architectures look like. Thanks for Keboola and GoodData for sponsoring this episode. Keboola: https://www.keboola.com/mcp GoodData: GoodData.com/resources
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1 Zhamak Dehghani - Autonomous Data Products, Decentralized Data and AI, and More 29:40
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Zhamak Dehghani (creator of Data Mesh, CEO of NextData) joins me to chat about what she thinks is next in data - autonomous data products, decentralized data and AI, and much more. Zhamak is one of the people I most respect in our industry. She's a once-in-a generation phenomenon who will change the trajectory of our industry.…
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1 Matthew Scullion - The Agentic Data Engineering Team 45:13
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Matthew Scullion (CEO, Co-Founder of Matillion) joins me to chat about the future of data engineering, namely agentic data engineering teams. What does this new world look like? Matthew shares some ideas of what he's building at Matillion, and the broader context of what agentic AI means for the data ecosystem, teams, and workflows.…
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Wrapping up the week at Snowflake Summit. As always, the big platform ate away at their partners. If you're a partner, what can you do to shield yourself from platform cannibalization? In this episode, I give some advice from what I've seen in the data ecosystem over the years.
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