Episodes

  • Building Uber's AI Assistant: How Genie Revolutionizes On-Call Support with Paarth Chothani from Uber

    Building Uber's AI Assistant: How Genie Revolutionizes On-Call Support with Paarth Chothani from Uber
    Jul 22 2025
    In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros speak with Paarth, a Staff Engineer at Uber, about his work on Genie - an innovative AI assistant that revolutionizes on-call support by combining RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) with agent-based automation to help engineers find solutions faster.
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    26 mins
  • From Zero to 100M Users: Inside Notion’s Data Stack and AI Strategy with Sumit Gupta

    From Zero to 100M Users: Inside Notion’s Data Stack and AI Strategy with Sumit Gupta
    Jun 10 2025
    Dive into the future of data engineering with Sumit Gupta, Lead BI Engineer at Notion, as he shares insights with the bros on navigating the AI revolution in modern data stacks. From leveraging tools like Snowflake and dbt to automating content creation with AI, discover how traditional technical skills are evolving alongside the rise of AI. Whether you're a seasoned data professional or just starting your journey, learn why embracing AI isn't optional and how to balance technical expertise with crucial soft skills in this rapidly changing landscape. Get an insider's perspective on working at tech giants like Notion, Snowflake, and Dropbox, while exploring practical applications of AI in both professional and personal contexts.
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    22 mins
  • How Rising Wave Is Redefining Real-Time Data with Postgres Power

    How Rising Wave Is Redefining Real-Time Data with Postgres Power
    May 7 2025
    In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros sit with Yingjun Wu, founder and CEO of Rising Wave, to explore the innovative world of stream processing systems. Yingjun shares his journey from academic research to creating a Postgres-compatible streaming system that drastically reduces resource usage. They discuss how Rising Wave's S3-based architecture and Postgres compatibility provide advantages over traditional systems like Flink, and explore the increasing role of Apache Iceberg in data pipelines.
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    32 mins
  • Revolutionizing Data Governance with DataStrato’s Unified Open Source Approach

    Revolutionizing Data Governance with DataStrato’s Unified Open Source Approach
    Apr 8 2025
    In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros sit with Lisa Cao, Product Manager at DataStrato, to explore data catalogs and Apache Gravitino, a unified metadata lake used to manage access and perform data governance for all data sources. They discuss data catalogs and how they refine the data management process.
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    24 mins
  • Beyond Database Optimization with AI

    Beyond Database Optimization with AI
    Mar 19 2025
    In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros welcome the CEO DuckDB Labs and co-creator DuckDB, Hannes Mühleisen. They delve into the groundbreaking journey of DuckDB, an analytical database that processes billions of queries every month. Learn why DuckDB prioritizes broad compatibility over specialized optimizations, how its extension model works and the emerging solutions for database technology in the age of AI.
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    31 mins
  • AI and Data Movement: Trends and Best Practices with Estuary’s Daniel Pálma

    AI and Data Movement: Trends and Best Practices with Estuary’s Daniel Pálma
    Feb 11 2025
    In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, the bros sit with Daniel Pálma, Head of Marketing at Estuary, to delve into the intriguing world of data engineering and marketing. Daniel shares his transition journey into marketing from data engineering and how his technical proficiency has been leveraged to market to engineers. The conversation cuts across the importance of AI in data movement, the future of data engineering, real-time data integration challenges, and the evolution of data integration.
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    31 mins
  • AI and Data Change Management with Chad Sanderson, CEO Gable AI

    AI and Data Change Management with Chad Sanderson, CEO Gable AI
    Jan 7 2025
    In this episode of The Data Engineering Show, host Benjamin and co-host Eldad are joined by Chad Sanderson, CEO and co-founder of Gable AI to discuss the revolution of data quality and governance, the importance of understanding data flow and the processes that help organizations manage their data more effectively.
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    37 mins
  • Tech Stacks and Tradeoffs: Xudo's Founder on Picking the Right Tools for BI Success

    Tech Stacks and Tradeoffs: Xudo's Founder on Picking the Right Tools for BI Success
    Nov 26 2024
    Wouter Trappers is the founder of Xudo and shares his slightly unconventional path from philosopher to data consultant with the Bros in this latest episode of The Data Engineering Show. Wouter’s grounding in philosophy has proved to be a shaping influence on his approach to business intelligence. Much more than just a software solution, for Wouter, BI is all about change management and aligning leadership with data projects.
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    25 mins