90: The Modern Data Stack Has a Join Problem with Ahmed Elsamadisi of Narrator AI

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:Ahmed’s background and career journey (2:27)Why the modern data stack “sucks” (4:53)The limitations of progress (9:13)Showing data with only 11 columns (11:55)Managing one table that rules them all (19:02)Viewing the world as timestamped activities (32:40)When this model becomes harder to use (35:15)The two parts you need in a company (44:41)Those who use Narrator (48:32)The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack, the CDP for developers. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.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. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.