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Data Renegades

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Data Engineering
Business Intelligence
Big Data
Data Teams
Curiosity-Driven Insight
Data Analytics
Exploratory Data Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
AI In Data
Data Tools
Open Source
Data Modeling
SQL
Saas
Covid-19
Airflow
Superset
Data Ecosystem
Data Journalism
AI In Data Processing

Exploring data, code, culture, and everything in between.

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On episode 13 of Data Renegades, CL Kao sits down with Josh Wills to explore how AI agents are reshaping software engineering, data science, and data infrastructure. They discuss verification, benchmarking, pre-training data pipelines, multimodal AI,... more

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On episode 12 of Data Renegades, CL Kao sits down with Maxime Beauchemin to explore what happens when software teams start working alongside armies of AI agents. Max shares the thinking behind Agor, his collaborative platform for orchestrating coding... more

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On episode 11 of Data Renegades, CL Kao sits down with Michael Stonebraker, legendary database pioneer and creator of Ingres and Postgres. They explore the origins of modern relational databases, why specialized systems outperform one-size-fits-all p... more

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On episode 10 of Data Renegades, CL Kao and Dori Wilson sit down with Toby Mao. They explore how real-world data problems at Netflix and Airbnb led to the creation of SQLGlot and SQLMesh, and why data modeling remains the hardest challenge in data en... more

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Recent Guests

Michael Stonebraker
Computer scientist who shaped data management; creator of Ingres and Postgres
MIT (and involved in Vertica, Streambase, D-Boss)
Episode: Ep. #11, Contrarian Bets and AI Skepticism with Michael Stonebraker
Toby Mao
Creator of SQLGlot and co-creator of SQLMesh
Open source projects; Tobigo Data; former roles at Netflix and Airbnb
Episode: Ep. #10, Data Modeling Matters Most with Toby Mao
Wes McKinney
Author of Pandas; co-creator of Apache Arrow; investor/VC
Pandas, Apache Arrow, Compose (investor)
Episode: Ep. #9, Radical Accountability in Software with Wes McKinney
Scott Breitenother
Co-founder of Kilo Code, a fast-growing open-source AI coding agent.
Kilo Code
Episode: Ep. #8, One Human Plus Agents with Scott Breitenother
Bryan Bischof
Currently head of AI and Theory Venture, has a Ph.D. in pure mathematics
Theory Venture
Episode: Ep. #7, Truth-Seeking Data Systems with Bryan Bischof
Roger Magoulas
Pioneer in data analytics and co-chair of the O'Reilly Stratoconference
Episode: Ep. #6, From Big Data to Curiosity-Driven Insight with Roger Magoulas
Micah Wylde
Created Arroyo, a cloud-native streaming processing system
Cloudflare
Episode: Ep. #4, Streaming Made Practical with Micah Wylde
Maxime Beauchemin
Creator of open source projects Airflow and Superset
Episode: Ep. #3, Building Tools That Shape Data with Maxime Beauchemin
Simon Willison
Co-creator of Django and founder of Datasette
Datasette
Episode: Ep. #2, Data Journalism Unleashed with Simon Willison

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Dori Wilson
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Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars from 4 ratings
  • Very interesting

    A very interesting discovery this podcast. Especially if you’re a journalist or interested in data supporting fact checks etc

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    mbarsot
    United States7 months ago

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High-quality guests who bring deep domain expertise and candid perspectives.
Listeners appreciate the practical focus on data tooling and enterprise challenges.
Good for staying current on open source and modern data stack debates.
Valuable for journalists and fact-checkers seeking data storytelling insights.

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#229
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#35
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#107
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Ep. #10, Data Modeling Matters Most with Toby Mao
Q: What is the hardest problem in data engineering today that isn't talked about?
Data modeling and the ability to structure data so changes are easy; as AI and LLMs become more prevalent, preserving architecture discipline and maintainability becomes even more critical.
Ep. #10, Data Modeling Matters Most with Toby Mao
Q: What sparked the idea for SQLGlot and SQLMesh?
The realization that multiple engines (Trino, Spark, etc.) had different SQL dialects and that data scientists needed a unified way to write SQL; SQLGlot provided a transpiler/parser to run in one dialect across engines, while SQLMesh added orchestration and governance on top of that.
Ep. #7, Truth-Seeking Data Systems with Bryan Bischof
Q: What's one hot take about data you're willing to defend on a podcast?
We are in the age of unstructured data, and people are not using it enough.
Ep. #7, Truth-Seeking Data Systems with Bryan Bischof
Q: What is one principle you wish every data team looked by?
Truth-seeking is the number one principle; it is important to identify motivations beyond data analysis, such as politics or personal gain, which can undermine the pursuit of genuine insights.
Ep. #7, Truth-Seeking Data Systems with Bryan Bischof
Q: What's the most painful bug or failure you've seen in production?
Bischof discusses a bug where a clothing recommendation system recommended multiple backpacks erroneously due to its placement in the latent space of a recommendation model, which led to a humorous and frustrating debugging experience.

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The show centers on data tooling, open source, and the evolving data stack, often featuring guests who are deep practitioners or thought leaders in data engineering, analytics, and data journalism. Episodes frequently explore real-world challenges in building reliable data systems, the impact of AI and LLMs on data workflows, and the balance between experimentation and robust design. Notable strength lies in high-signal conversations with pioneering engineers and researchers, plus a willingness to critique trends and advocate for practical, actionable approaches in data infrastructure and storytelling.

Listeners are likely data professionals, engineers, and technologists who value open source, pragmatic design, and thoughtful discourse aro... more

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