Episode 117:

DX for Data Tooling with Taylor Murphy of Meltano

December 14, 2022

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Taylor Murphy, Head of Product & Data at Meltano. During the episode, Taylor discusses command line interfaces, why the developer experience is unique from user experience, balancing quality and quantity in supporting connectors, data ops, and more.

Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Taylor’s journey into data (3:09)
  • What’s been going on at Meltano recently? (7:28)
  • Addressing basic problems in data even with advancements in technology (12:23)
  • What makes Meltano unique in the space (16:53)
  • Why the CLI experience is important (25:37)
  • Quality vs quantity in supporting connectors (35:51)
  • What does data ops look like for Meltano (46:44)
  • Takeaways and closing thoughts (52:56)

 

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