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DataGen#128 - Le temps réel, grande tendance de 2024 avec Benjamin Djidi, CEO @Popsink📆 S’inscrire au webinar qu’on organise le 3 septembre à 12h avec Benjamin : ICI 📆Benjamin Djidi est le CEO de Popsink, la plateforme d'intégration et de traitement de données en temps réel. Fin 2023, j’ai enregistré un épisode sur les tendances data de 2024 avec Christophe Blefari (alias Blef). Une des plus grosses tendances de l’année est le temps réel et Blef m’avait parlé d’une nouvelle solution : Popsink. J’ai donc invité Benjamin sur le podcast pour en savoir plus.On aborde :🔥 Le parcours de Benjamin et la genèse de Popsin...
2024-05-1520 min
What's New In DataCrafting the Blueprint for Decentralized Data Systems with Hubert DulayUnlock the secrets to transforming your data engineering strategies with Hubert Dulay, the mastermind behind "Streaming Data Mesh," in a riveting exploration of how the field is evolving beyond monolithic systems. As we converse with this data integration expert, you'll gain unparalleled insights into the decentralization wave sweeping across data management. Hubert unveils the power of domain-centric stewardship, where domain engineers are empowered with SQL to revolutionize analytics. Meanwhile, he advocates for a paradigm shift—one that involves harnessing data right from its origin, ensuring a seamless journey to analytics that aligns perfectly with Data Mesh's core tenets.
2024-03-1520 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Kai WaehnerIn this podcast Ralph and I interview a former colleague of mine, Kai, who has extensive experience in the data streaming and real-time events space. Kai highlights the top five trends for data streaming with Kafka and Flink, including data sharing, data contracts for governance, serverless stream processing, multi-cloud adoption, and the use of generative AI in real-time contexts. We discuss the role of generative AI in providing accurate answers and the importance of real-time data integration for contextual recommendations, using the example of travel and flight cancellations. We also delve into the role of Flink as a stream...
2024-01-0550 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Materialize - ConsistencyIn this podcast, we interview Arjun Narayan, Frank McSherry, and Nikhil Benesch from Materialize. Ralph and I are writing a book on streaming databases and seeking expert insights from Materialize on topics rarely discussed in the field. We begin by exploring the distinction between operational and analytical workloads, highlighting the importance of real-time or near-real-time results for operational tasks. We further delve into the significance of consistency in operational workloads and the challenges of using eventually consistent systems. The guests caution against relying on eventually consistent stores and databases, stressing the value of consistency in certain domains like payments.
2023-11-2851 min
Hubert's PodcastFilipinos in Tech - Marlow and RonIn continuing the Filipinos in Tech series, in this episode, I interview Marlo Carrillo and Ron Guerrero currently at Databricks but previously from Cloudera. We reflect on the significance of the Balikbayan box, symbolizing resilience and the importance of remembering their roots. We share personal and emotional stories of their own families' journeys to America, the struggles they faced, and the sacrifices made for a better life. We also discuss the challenges of growing up Filipino in different communities, feeling different, and trying to find connections. We highlight how Filipinos assimilate into new cultures while holding onto their heritage...
2023-11-221h 00
Hubert's PodcastInterview with DeepHaven FoundersThe founders of Deep Haven created the company to monetize technology from their previous company and diversify their capabilities in the capital markets. They found a gap in the market for a data system that met their needs, so they developed DeepHaven to provide a live data stack that integrates with Kafka and other data sources. Deephaven Community Core is an open-source project that is a real-time, time-series, column-oriented analytics engine with relational database features. Queries can seamlessly operate upon both historical and real-time data. Deephaven includes an intuitive user experience and visualization tools. It can ingest...
2023-11-201h 16
Hubert's PodcastFilipinos in Tech - Al DomingoAnother episode of “Filipinos in Tech.” This time I interview Al Domingo, senior director of solutions engineering, Americas Strategic at Confluent (and a long time friend). Al and I share a love of real-time data and music (guitars specifically) but we also share pride in our heritage as Filipinos.We also reflect on our experiences as Filipinos in the tech industry. We discuss the cultural expectations placed on Filipinos to pursue careers in healthcare and the challenges of being one of the few Filipinos in his workplace. Al also shares his fascination with open-source technology and his time...
2023-11-1750 min
Hubert's PodcastFilipinos in TechThis is the first of a series of podcasts about Filipino Americans in the tech industry, with our guest Keith Oliver Rull sharing his immigration experience and career journey. We discuss the stress and struggles faced by Filipino immigrants, their hard work and sacrifices, and the lack of Filipino representation in the tech industry. The conversation touches upon the impact of colonial mentality on Filipino culture. Get full access to SUP! Hubert’s Substack at hubertdulay.substack.com/subscribe
2023-11-1359 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Peter CorlessIn this podcast interview, I discuss federated systems with Peter Corliss, the Director of Product Marketing for StarTree. Peter will be presenting at a meetup next Tuesday:Peter explains the emergence of federated systems from the evolution of web development and the need to define the backend workings of front-end websites. They also explore the definitions of terms like stack, platform, and cluster in today's environment. The conversation highlights the shift from traditional stacks to clusters of systems and discusses the distinction between federated systems and federated data. They also delve into the challenges and...
2023-10-2754 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Aklivity co-founders John and LeonidIn this podcast interview, the founders of Aklivity, John and Leonid, discuss their journey from working on WebSocket at Kaazing to starting Aklivity. Aklivity aims to support event-driven architectures, particularly those based on Kafka. They also highlight the lessons they learned at Kaazing, emphasizing the importance of meeting clients where they are and using familiar tools and APIs.We delve into the features and capabilities of Zilla, an open-source project developed by Aklivity. Zilla acts as a proxy for Apache Kafka and supports both source and sink APIs. It allows for data extraction from various sources, placing...
2023-10-2536 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Sai, CEO of PeerDBIn this podcast interview, Sai, the CEO and co-founder of PeerDB, discusses his background and motivations for creating the company. He noticed that customers using existing ETL tools for data movement with Postgres often faced issues and ended up building in-house solutions. This inspired him to start PeerDB, a data movement tool optimized for Postgres. The initial use case for PeerDB is real-time streaming of data from Postgres to data warehouses, queues, and storage engines.Sai explains the benefits of this feature, including minimal lag and the ability to easily stream data across different namespaces, topics, and...
2023-10-2330 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Micah, Founder/CEO of ArroyoIn this podcast, Ralph and I interview Micah Wylde the founder and creator of Arroyo, a stream processing platform. Micah talks about the challenges of current stream processing tools being too difficult for end-users. These challenges motivated him to create Arroyo to make stream processing accessible to everyone. Micah also delves into the importance of the Dataflow paper by Google, explaining how Arroyo focuses on timely data processing by using watermarks to handle potentially delayed and out-of-order data. It’s how Arroyo differentiates itself from other stream processing solutions.SUP! Hubert’s Substack is a reader-supported publ...
2023-10-1827 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Ben, CEO PopsinkIn this podcast episode, Ralph and I interview Ben, the CEO and founder of Popsink. Ben shares his background, starting his data journey at Amazon and later becoming the head of data at SIXT, a well-known European car rental company. Ben explains that the motivation behind creating Popsink was frustration with the current data tools, particularly in the realm of serving operations and facing the complexities of serving end users. He wanted to go beyond traditional table-based approaches and create a more optimal solution. Popsink aims to provide a familiar experience for users from the database world, implementing technologies...
2023-10-1630 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Timeplus at Current23In this podcast, I’m joined by Ting and Jove at Current 23 at the StartupHub. Ting and Jove are two founders of Timeplus, a streaming database company. Timeplus recently announced their open source version, called Proton, under Apache Linux 2. It provides a docker image for easy setup on laptops. While the SAS version focuses on usability with a user-friendly interface and community-based deployment, the open source version aims to collect feedback from developers and provides a secure primary interface with no web UI. The podcast continues with Jove explaining that the open source version of Timeplus is compact and ca...
2023-10-0418 min
Hubert's PodcastShort Interview with Speedb at Current23Speedb (pronounced “speedy bee”) is an embedded key-value storage engine that is a fork of RocksDB. At Current23, I caught up with the founders as they introduced many features on top of RocksDB and managed a large community of RocksDB and Speedb users. They emphasize the project's open-source nature and the community's acceptance of contributions. Their current work focuses on performance improvement, ease of use, and resource management. Streaming is a focus for Speedb, highlighting the growing market for event streaming databases. Speedb is a drop-in replacement for RocksDB that is faster and more efficient than RocksDB due to a ne...
2023-10-0205 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Eric BrodaIn this podcast, Ralph, my co-host and I interview Eric Broda. In this interview with Eric Broda, co-author of the book "Implementing Data Mesh," the focus is on the technical aspects of implementing a data mesh. The interview touches on the book's content, emphasizing its technical and hands-on nature, providing tools, frameworks, and code to help organizations implement a data mesh successfully. Eric's perspective on data mesh is discussed, highlighting potential conflicts with other viewpoints in the field, particularly in defining domains and data products as well as how they are consumed. Despite these differences, the interview emphasizes the...
2023-09-2659 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Robert Zych - The Pinot GuyIn this podcast episode, host I interview Robert Zych, a software engineer at Raft with nearly 20 years of experience in software and data engineering. Robert talks about his engineering background and why he is so passionate about the Apache Pinot project. Robert explains that Apache Pinot is a game changer in real-time analytics, offering scalability, performance, and powerful features like UPSERT and the StarTree index. These capabilities, Robert states, are lacking in other data warehouses he has worked with, making Pinot a compelling choice. Robert also highlights the importance of data quality when using Pinot for real-time...
2023-09-2238 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Timothy Sehn - Founder and CEO at DoltHub30-Second Summary: Tim Sehn on Dolt and Data ManagementIn this interview, Tim Sehn discusses Dolt, a revolutionary data management system. Dolt challenges traditional data sharing barriers by proposing the concept of "renting data" as easily as renting a computer. Dolt's novel approach involves Prolly trees, enabling lightning-fast data access. With use cases spanning from version control for complex spreadsheets to replicating MySQL, Dolt bridges data and versioning seamlessly. It's gaining traction, with significant funding and a growing user base, and is set to focus on edge case compatibility in the coming months.3-Minute Summary: Tim Sehn on...
2023-09-201h 05
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Epsio CEO Gilad KleinmanOur guest today is Gilad Kleinman, CEO of Epsio. Epsio has emerged from the world of academia with over a decade of experience dedicated to one mission: optimizing database queries. With the explosion of data in OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) databases and the increasing complexity of queries, our guest emphasizes the need to keep things simple.But that's not all. They're on the path to revolutionize the database world, embracing the concept of HTAP (Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing) and recognizing that queries aren't just ad hoc; they're recurring and essential.They've found a way to bridge the gap between...
2023-09-1835 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with WarpStream FoundersOur guests today are the co-founders of WarpStream: Richard Artoul and Ryan Worl. WarpStream is a company that's creating waves in the world of data streaming and storage. Their innovative approach to distributed systems has caught the attention of tech enthusiasts everywhere.Richie, one of the co-founders, is no stranger to the tech world, with an impressive background that includes stints at M3 Uber and Chronosphere. And his serendipitous meeting with his co-founder, Ryan, at a Percona live conference, laid the foundation for WarpStream.Ryan, the other half of this dynamic duo, had the spark...
2023-09-1454 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Hojjat - CEO of DeltaStreamToday, we have an exclusive interview with a visionary in the field, Hojjat, the CEO of DeltaStream and one of the original creators of ksqlDB.DeltaStream is at the forefront of revolutionizing data processing with its serverless stream processing platform. One of the key challenges Hojjat highlights is the management of multiple clusters, which can become a cumbersome task for many organizations. With DeltaStream, the user doesn't have to worry about nodes and servers. It's all about simplifying the process and allowing businesses to focus on what matters most – their data.We delve into the di...
2023-09-1347 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Seth Wiesman (Materialize)In this episode, we talk to Seth Wiseman the Director of Field Engineering at Materialize and Apache Flink Committer about streaming databases. He is not a fan of the term streaming database - "Streaming is just an implementation of a database."Enter Materialize. The name itself carries the promise of a new era. The market is growing hungry to understand the potential of materialized views. While the perception is that streaming might be complex, it's worth noting that companies like Uber have invested significantly in technologies like Apache Flink, boasting a team of 30 engineers solely dedicated to...
2023-09-111h 07
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Mike and Tun at QuixIn this enlightening podcast episode, we delve into the world of stream processing and cloud-native solutions with two key figures from Quix: Michael Rosam, Founder and CEO, and Tun Shwe, VP of Data and DevRel.Quix Streams is a game-changing cloud-native solution that harnesses the agility of Python for stream processing, all wrapped up in a lightweight library. The conversation with Michael and Tun sheds light on Quix's journey, motivations, and the pivotal role it plays in the data processing landscape.Michael shares his motivation for founding Quix, stemming from his experiences in F1 racing...
2023-09-0843 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Epsio CEO Gilad KleinmanOur guest today is Gilad Kleinman, CEO of Epsio. Epsio has emerged from the world of academia with over a decade of experience dedicated to one mission: optimizing database queries. With the explosion of data in OLTP (Online Transaction Processing) databases and the increasing complexity of queries, our guest emphasizes the need to keep things simple.But that's not all. They're on the path to revolutionize the database world, embracing the concept of HTAP (Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing) and recognizing that queries aren't just ad hoc; they're recurring and essential.They've found a way to...
2023-09-0335 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with WarpStream Founders Richard Artoul and Ryan WorlOur guests today are the co-founders of WarpStream: Richard Artoul and Ryan Worl. WarpStream is a company that's creating waves in the world of data streaming and storage. Their innovative approach to distributed systems has caught the attention of tech enthusiasts everywhere.Rich, one of the co-founders, is no stranger to the tech world, with an impressive background that includes stints at M3 Uber and Chornosphere. And his serendipitous meeting with his co-founder, Ryan, at a Foundation DB conference, laid the foundation for WarpStream.Ryan, the other half of this dynamic duo, had the spark...
2023-09-0354 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Timothy Sehn - Founder and CEO at DoltHub30-Second Summary: Tim Sehn on Dolt and Data ManagementIn this interview, Tim Sehn discusses Dolt, a revolutionary data management system. Dolt challenges traditional data sharing barriers by proposing the concept of "renting data" as easily as renting a computer. Dolt's novel approach involves Prolly trees, enabling lightning-fast data access. With use cases spanning from version control for complex spreadsheets to replicating MySQL, Dolt bridges data and versioning seamlessly. It's gaining traction, with significant funding and a growing user base, and is set to focus on edge case compatibility in the coming months.
2023-08-221h 04
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Seth Wiesman (Materialize)In this episode, we talk to Seth Wiseman the Director of Field Engineering at Materialize and Apache Flink Committer about streaming databases. He is not a fan of the term streaming database - "Streaming is just an implementation of a database."Enter Materialize. The name itself carries the promise of a new era. The market is witnessing a growing hunger to understand the potential of materialized views. While the perception is that streaming might be complex, it's worth noting that companies like Uber have invested significantly in technologies like Apache Flink, boasting a team of 30 engineers solely...
2023-08-201h 06
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Hojjat Jafarpour Founder and CEO at DeltaStreamHojjat is the founder and CEO of DeltaStream, a unified serverless stream processing platform to manage, secure and process all your event streams. I had the pleasure of working with Hojjat at Confluent where he was the creator of ksqlDB a streaming database implemented on Kafka. Ralph and I interview Hojjat to get his perspective on streaming databases and streaming in general and his motivation behind starting DeltaStream.
2023-08-1146 min
Hubert's PodcastInterview with Feldera Founders and DBSPRalph M. Debusmann and Hubert Dulay interview Mihai Budiu and Leonid Ryzhyk from FelderaThe Feldera Continuous Analytics Platform, or Feldera Platform, in short, is a fast computational engine and associated components for continuous analytics over data in motion. Feldera Platform allows users to configure data pipelines as standing SQL programs (DDLs) that are continuously evaluated as new data arrives from various sources. What makes Feldera's engine unique is its ability to evaluate arbitrary SQL programs incrementally, making it more expressive and performant than existing alternatives like streaming engines.This recording starts 10 minutes into the...
2023-08-1143 min
New Kids On the BloqGuys, whats the deaaaal with these Blockchains? (Featuring Kai Waehner & Hubert Dulay)In this week's episode we talk with two hardcore technologists and try to figure out, what actual use is there for Blockchain technology? Are there enough real world use-cases that provide enough utility for mass adoption? Why is Blockchain good for one use case and not the others? We will see usability as the main barrier for adoption?Come join us as we take a peek deeper into the world of Crypto and the technology that it's built on.You can find the guests information below:Kai Waehner: Twitter - @KaiWaehner | Blog...
2022-03-121h 00