In this episode, Sean and I talk with Jon Saltzman about all things data lineage and its importance at every step of the data pipeline. … Read More
Author Archives: Leslie Denson
Getting to the Heart of ETL with Data Transformation
In this episode, Sean and I chat with one of Ascend’s Field Data Engineers, Shayaan Saiyed, about one thing data engineers can’t function without—data transformations. … Read More
Back to the Beginning with Data Ingest
In this episode, we go back to the foundations of data engineering and data pipelines with a deep dive into data ingest. … Read More
Negotiating the Release From Accidental Ransomware
In this episode, we discuss the concept of accidental ransomware—or when a team is slowed down by the burden of managing and maintaining commoditized software. … Read More
Autopiloting Snowflake ETL with the Data Automation Cloud
In this episode, we do things a bit differently and chat with one of Ascend’s lead engineers, Nandan Tammineedi, about his work helping develop the Ascend for Snowflake platform. … Read More
Data Automation: The Pros and Pros. Are there Cons?
In this episode, we look at a foundational aspect of data engineering workloads—automation, including the confusion that frequently surrounds data automation and how some data teams can avoid the major pitfall of going too far too fast. … Read More
Orchestrating Data for Success with Automation
In this episode, we chat about one of the foundational principles of data engineering—data orchestration. What is it, who needs it, and just how data engineering organizations need it to evolve over the next few years. … Read More
Reading from a Single Source of Data Truth with the New York Post
With Ascend, the ability to rapidly iterate on ETL enabled the New York Post team to focus on the higher-level work that provided value across many business units without the need to manually transform dozens—if not hundreds—of distinct data sources. … Read More
Operationalizing Machine Learning Pipelines with Vidora’s Shawn Azman
In this episode, we chatted with Shawn Azman, Head of Operations at Vidora, about successfully operationalizing machine learning pipelines. … Read More
Podcast: Expecting Great Things from Data with James Campbell
In this episode, we chatted with James Campbell, CTO of Superconductive—the team behind Great Expectations, about some of the intricacies of data validation as well as what it’s like to build an engaged community in the data realm. … Read More