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21 May 2026
Will AI replace data engineers? It is the question every data leader, hiring manager, and engineering team is quietly debating right now. In Season 4 Episode 2 of the Data Matas podcast, host Aaron Phethean sits down with Julian, a software engineer with deep roots in cloud computing and analytics, …
19 May 2026
Every data leader is asking the same question right now: how should our analytics team be using Claude Code, Cursor, and the wave of agentic coding tools showing up in their stack? Most of them are asking the wrong question. In a new short video, Meltano CEO Aaron Phethean argues that the goal was n…
11 May 2026
Notes from Meltano Office Hours, May 8, 2026 Moving data should not still feel fragile. That was the thread running through our latest Meltano Office Hours. The topic was narrow at first: after you build a custom tap or target, how should you add it to a Meltano project? But the discussion quickly g…
07 May 2026
A conversation with Kevin Sampson, first data hire at Vertex Service Partners, on what it actually takes to make AI useful inside a real business. A few weeks ago, at a meetup in front of a couple hundred people, a speaker on the main stage said something I could not shake. "AI does not need a seman…
06 May 2026
What an open table format actually is Alex started with the basics. Before table formats existed, teams had two options. Either move every dataset into a warehouse, which worked but locked the data into one engine and made every change a migration. Or sit on a pile of Parquet files in object storage…
20 Apr 2026
Meta's Ads Manager is built for campaign managers. It's good enough for day-to-day optimization. It is not enough for the analysis that actually moves the needle.
15 Apr 2026
Snowflake and Databricks take fundamentally different pricing approaches—Snowflake offers managed optimisation with less control, while Databricks provides flexibility with greater complexity. The real shift in value lies in adopting warehouse-agnostic, performance-based ETL pricing that aligns cost…
15 Apr 2026
This blog explores how MoonPay's Emily Loh uses a disciplined data strategy to drive innovation, improve focus, and future-proof infrastructure. Her 20/40/40 model and AI-first framework offer a replicable path for mid-level data leaders.
15 Apr 2026
This blog explores how to build and optimize a scalable data pipeline architecture without losing sight of budget control. It shares practical insights from AWS expert Jon Hammant to help organisations reduce costs, enhance efficiency, and avoid vendor lock-in.