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Episode 95:

How the Metrics Layer Bridges the Gap Between Data & Business with Nick Handel of Transform

July 13, 2022

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Nick Handel, co-founder and CEO of Transform. During the episode, Nick discusses the difference between metrics layer and metrics stores, how to fuse two sources into a metric, and how to manage metrics amidst hypergrowth.

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Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

  • Nick’s background and career journey (2:40)
  • What Transform does (5:53)
  • Metrics layer vs. metrics store (8:04)
  • Signals vs. metrics (13:24)
  • The user of a metric layer (14:34)
  • Using Transform within an organization (17:05)
  • How to fuse two sources into a metric (23:54)
  • Currently supported databases (28:46)
  • Community engagement (31:33)
  • Optimizing for queries, metrics, and use cases (35:33)
  • Technology and the human factor (40:49)
  • Managing metrics amidst fast-paced change (46:53)
  • Out-of-the-box metrics store (49:26) 

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