Unapologetically Technical Episode 14 – Cliff Crosland
https://youtu.be/Riy8860hHSo Unapologetically Technical’s newest episode is now live! In this episode of Unapologetically Technical, I interview Cliff Crosland, the co-founder and CEO of Scanner.dev. Cliff Crosland is a data engineer passionate about helping people wrangle massive log volumes. He sees logs as a treasure trove of insights and believes effective log analysis is critical in […]
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Data Teams Survey 2020-2024 Analysis
Survey Changes Over Time
Between 2020 and 2024 (see 2020, 2023, and 2024 for each year’s information), I’ve been conducting a data teams survey. I…
Data Teams Survey 2024 Results
In the spring of 2024, I ran a new survey to gather more data for my Data Teams book and update my 2023 and 2020 surveys. In total, we had 81 respondents.
This survey was designed to get information about how…
Unapologetically Technical Episode 13 – Jeff Chou
https://youtu.be/rjpXnaabaqo Unapologetically Technical’s newest episode is now live! In this episode of Unapologetically Technical, I interview Jeff Chou, CEO and co-founder of Sync Computing. Jeff, who holds a PhD from UC Berkeley and a postdoc from MIT, shares his unique journey from academia to startup life, and how his experience with simulations shaped the vision […]
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Unpacking the Latest Streaming Announcements: A Comprehensive Analysis
https://youtu.be/NaOwMim240Y This video covers the latest announcements from StreamNative, Confluent, and WarpStream. We discuss communication protocols, how they’re used, and what they mean for you. We also discuss the various systems using Kafka’s protocol. Finally, we discuss the announcements about writing to Iceberg and DeltaLake directly from the broker and what that means for costs […]
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Unapologetically Technical Episode 12 – AJ Hunyady
https://youtu.be/3L-QvVca-As Unapologetically Technical’s newest episode is now live! In this episode of Unapologetically Technical, I interview AJ Hunyady, the founder and CEO of InfinyOn. We talked about his early experiences with networking systems, such as creating firewalls, email, and web servers, and how those prepared him for data work. We chatted about the various implications […]
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Unapologetically Technical Episode 11 – Hubert Dulay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NHGyesU2Kw In this episode of Unapologetically Technical, I interview Hubert Dulay, the author of Streaming Data Mesh and Developer Advocate at StarTree. We talked about his early experience with web backends like CORBA and SOAP and how those prepared him for data work. He shares his advice for those with web development skills to transition […]
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Unapologetically Technical Episode 10 – Michael Drogalis
And just like that, we’re down to the 10th episode of Una…
Why Most Data Projects Fail & How to Avoid It at GOTO 2023
I had the pleasure of being one of the speakers at GOTO Amsterdam 2023 where I talked about “Why Most Data Projects Fail & How to Avoid It” and I can’t wait to share this talk with you! Abstract: Unfortunately, the majority of data projects fail. Yet, they fail for the same reasons. Most […]
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Unapologetically Technical Episode 9 – Gunnar Morling
https://youtu.be/ayAGiPd2zq4?si=o0SHbsbT0-Pmdkqd This week on Unapologetically Technical, I had the wonderful pleasure of interviewing Gunnar Morling, the creator of the Billion Row Challenge and Senior Staff Software Engineer at Decodable. In this episode, we talk about why it is so important to stay in a position long enough to gain experience and see the success or failure of decisions. […]
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