The PRQL: A Data Mesh Deep Dive with Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan

12/11/23 • 3 min

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation regarding Data Mesh with Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan.

In this bonus episode, Eric and Kostas preview their upcoming conversation regarding Data Mesh with Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan.

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167: Data-Driven Investing and Company Building with Ben Miller of Fundrise

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Ben’s background in real estate (3:27)
Why Fundrise was Started (4:37)
Democratizing Investment Opportunities (6:35)
Investment Thesis for Venture (11:55)
Challenges with Data and Technology (12:34)
Importance of Data Model Abstraction (20:03)
Data Infrastructure and Investments (23:22)
Evolution of Data Engineering (25:12)
Closing the Tooling Gap (34:23)
The user base segmentation (36:28)
The emotional reality of investment decisions (40:50)
Data inputs for real estate investment (47:07)
The work of data infrastructure (48:28)
The limitations of underwriting analysis (49:36)
Improving accuracy with data infrastructure (52:43)

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RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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undefined - 168: Decoding Data Mesh: Principles, Practices, and Real-World Applications Featuring Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan

168: Decoding Data Mesh: Principles, Practices, and Real-World Applications Featuring Paolo Platter, Zhamak Dehghani, and Melissa Logan

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

Defining data mesh (6:37)
Addressing the scale of organizational complexity and usage (9:04)
The shift from monolithic to microservices (12:24)
The sociological structure in data mesh (13:59)
Data product generation and sharing in data mesh (17:27)
Data Mesh: Simplifying Data Work (24:09)
Getting Started with Data Mesh (29:14)
Building products for Data Mesh (36:42)
Building a customizable and extensible platform to shape data practice (39:28)
The characteristics of a data product (48:40)
Defining what a data product is not (50:45)
The origin of the term "mesh" in data mesh (53:32)

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.