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Episode 74:

Kostas Respawns at Starburst, is Interviewed by Eric, and Reminisces About Winamp

February 9, 2022

In this very special episode of The Data Stack Show, Eric interviews Kostas about his career journey over the past decade of working in the data pipelines space. Be prepared to walk down the memory lane of data tools and realize just how far the data space has come.

Notes:

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

 

  • Big News: podcast hits, Kostas’ career change (2:19)
  • Kostas’ career start in data pipelines (4:09)
  • The Winamp and Napster era (11:46)
  • Starting an API gateway (16:56)
  • Observing new technology from afar (23:43)
  • Starting Blendo (32:38)
  • Problems faced in architecting the product (37:12)
  • Kostas’ role at Starburst (40:25)

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