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 Assets

• Rethinking Orchestration as Reconciliation: Software-Defined Assets in Dagster

• Optimizing Data Materialization Using Dagster’s Policies

• How I use Dagster to orchestrate the production of social science data assets

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 chatbot

• The new philosophers

• ThoughtSpot acquires Mode Analytics, a BI platform, for $200M in cash and stock

• ChatGPT-Powered Data Analysis using Cube, Delphi and the Code Interpreter Plugin

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 experiences

• AI-powered conversational interface for the semantic layer

• Define metrics upstream to align your team

• How Rittman Analytics Delivers the Semantic Layer Today with Cube

• Rittman Analytics Cube Quickstart

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 Hubspot

• You don't need the Modern Data Stack to get sh*t done

• Hightouch Customer Studio

• Hightouch Personalization API

• Hightouch Match Booster

• What's in Store for Data Teams in 2023?

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 stack

• Data Discovery vs. Data Observability: Understanding the Differences for Better DataOps

• Select Star and dbt Labs Partner for Better Data Discovery on dbt

• Select Star : Free Trial