What even is the modern data stack (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Benn Stancil’s weekly Substack on data and technology provides a fascinating perspective on the modern data stack & the industry building it. On this episode, Benn joins Jerod to dissect a few of his essays, discuss opportunities he sees during this slowdown & explain why he thinks maybe we should disband the analytics team.

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Featuring:

• Benn Stancil – Twitter, LinkedIn
• Jerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

Show Notes:

• Benn’s Substack
• It’s time to build
• github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core
• Disband the analytics team
• A gambler’s guide to giving talks
• gilesbowkett/archaeopteryx

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1. This week on The Changelog (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Cronitor (00:01:14)

https://cronitor.io

3. Start the show! (00:05:37)

4. Welcoming Benn Stancil (00:05:46)

5. Defining "modern data stack" (00:11:50)

6. It's time to build (00:16:03)

https://benn.substack.com/p/its-time-to-build

7. Opportunity in the slowdown (00:19:51)

8. A. Is there enough money? (00:25:59)

9. B. How do you pick a target? (00:27:57)

10. The hardest parts of Mode (00:30:28)

11. Sponsor: Retool (00:32:26)

https://retool.com/changelog

12. Disband the analytics team (00:36:58)

https://benn.substack.com/p/disband-the-analytics-team

13. Is it all worth it (00:43:59)

14. What's interesting these days (00:46:30)

15. What's next for Benn (00:49:30)

16. Sponsor: Neon (00:51:42)

https://neon.tech/enterprise

17. A gambler's guide to giving talks (00:55:14)

https://benn.substack.com/p/a-gamblers-guide-to-giving-talks

18. Take the risk (01:01:43)

19. Benn with two Ns (01:08:38)

https://benn.substack.com

20. Coming up next (01:10:03)