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Data Council Week (Ep 1): Discussing Firebolt’s Engine With Benjamin Hopp

April 25, 2022

Welcome to a special series of The Data Stack Show from Data Council Austin. This episode, Eric and Kostas chat with Benjamin Hopp, Lead Solution Architect at Firebolt. During the episode, Ben discusses all things Firebolt, ClickHouse, and what’s to love and dislike about working in the data space.

Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Ben’s career journey (2:55)
  • What makes Firebolt different (3:58)
  • Firebolt’s data product family (7:37)
  • Table engines and Firebolt (10:57)
  • Ben’s favorite part of ClickHouse (12:52)
  • The experience of building an optimizer (15:19)
  • Where Firebolt fits into architecture (17:27)
  • Working in the data space: to love and dislike (19:51)
  • Coming soon in the near future (24:35)

 

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