Dori
@doriwilson.com
My podcast with @bennstancil.bsky.social (Mode co-founder) is live. Check us out on apple podcasts, spotify, rss, or stream directly here: www.heavybit.com/library/podc...
Things I keep coming back to:
Things I keep coming back to:
Data Renegades | Heavybit
Exploring data, code, culture, and everything in between.
buff.ly
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My podcast with @bennstancil.bsky.social (Mode co-founder) is live. Check us out on apple podcasts, spotify, rss, or stream directly here: www.heavybit.com/library/podc...
Things I keep coming back to:
Things I keep coming back to:
🎙️ New episode of Data Renegades with Micah Wylde, creator of Arroyo dropped today!
At Lyft, his team ran Flink at tens of millions of events per second. Out of 100 engineers, maybe 3 could self-serve. That frustration led him to build Arroyo from scratch. Then Cloudflare acquired it.
At Lyft, his team ran Flink at tens of millions of events per second. Out of 100 engineers, maybe 3 could self-serve. That frustration led him to build Arroyo from scratch. Then Cloudflare acquired it.
Data Renegades
Tech News Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Exploring data, code, culture, and everything in between.
podcasts.apple.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
🎙️ New episode of Data Renegades with Micah Wylde, creator of Arroyo dropped today!
At Lyft, his team ran Flink at tens of millions of events per second. Out of 100 engineers, maybe 3 could self-serve. That frustration led him to build Arroyo from scratch. Then Cloudflare acquired it.
At Lyft, his team ran Flink at tens of millions of events per second. Out of 100 engineers, maybe 3 could self-serve. That frustration led him to build Arroyo from scratch. Then Cloudflare acquired it.
@simonwillison.net wrote on his blog about what he thinks the highlights are from our @datarenegades Podcast episode with him! Check it out here: simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/26/...
Highlights from my appearance on the Data Renegades podcast with CL Kao and Dori Wilson
I talked with CL Kao and Dori Wilson for an episode of their new Data Renegades podcast titled Data Journalism Unleashed with Simon Willison. I fed the transcript into Claude …
simonwillison.net
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
@simonwillison.net wrote on his blog about what he thinks the highlights are from our @datarenegades Podcast episode with him! Check it out here: simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/26/...
It was an absolute pleasure chatting with Simon on @datarenegades.bsky.social. If you're looking for something to listen to on your holiday travels. Check us out!
I'm in an episode of the new Data Renegades podcast with CL Kao and Dori Wilson talking about data journalism and Datasette and related topics - it's a fun conversation, here are some extracted highlights simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/26/...
Highlights from my appearance on the Data Renegades podcast with CL Kao and Dori Wilson
I talked with CL Kao and Dori Wilson for an episode of their new Data Renegades podcast titled Data Journalism Unleashed with Simon Willison. I fed the transcript into Claude …
simonwillison.net
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It was an absolute pleasure chatting with Simon on @datarenegades.bsky.social. If you're looking for something to listen to on your holiday travels. Check us out!
The "Modern Data Stack" is noisy. We wanted to make something quiet.
We launched the @datarenegades.bsky.social podcast today with one rule: Make it feel like a coffee chat.
We wanted to skip the pitch decks and hidden agendas to have real engineering talks with the people who built the industry.
We launched the @datarenegades.bsky.social podcast today with one rule: Make it feel like a coffee chat.
We wanted to skip the pitch decks and hidden agendas to have real engineering talks with the people who built the industry.
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The "Modern Data Stack" is noisy. We wanted to make something quiet.
We launched the @datarenegades.bsky.social podcast today with one rule: Make it feel like a coffee chat.
We wanted to skip the pitch decks and hidden agendas to have real engineering talks with the people who built the industry.
We launched the @datarenegades.bsky.social podcast today with one rule: Make it feel like a coffee chat.
We wanted to skip the pitch decks and hidden agendas to have real engineering talks with the people who built the industry.
I’ve been working on something special with CL Kao at Recce.
We’re launching a podcast called Data Renegades next Tuesday (Nov 25).
The goal is to sit down with the people who defined the data industry to talk about their journey and where the stack is actually headed.
We’re launching a podcast called Data Renegades next Tuesday (Nov 25).
The goal is to sit down with the people who defined the data industry to talk about their journey and where the stack is actually headed.
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I’ve been working on something special with CL Kao at Recce.
We’re launching a podcast called Data Renegades next Tuesday (Nov 25).
The goal is to sit down with the people who defined the data industry to talk about their journey and where the stack is actually headed.
We’re launching a podcast called Data Renegades next Tuesday (Nov 25).
The goal is to sit down with the people who defined the data industry to talk about their journey and where the stack is actually headed.
Last night we wrapped the final Data Debug SF of the year
It’s refreshing to get a room full of engineers together without anyone hunting for leads. Just deep dives on Iceberg catalogs, AI observability, and figuring out why staging never matches prod
We'll be back Jan 27 2026
It’s refreshing to get a room full of engineers together without anyone hunting for leads. Just deep dives on Iceberg catalogs, AI observability, and figuring out why staging never matches prod
We'll be back Jan 27 2026
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Last night we wrapped the final Data Debug SF of the year
It’s refreshing to get a room full of engineers together without anyone hunting for leads. Just deep dives on Iceberg catalogs, AI observability, and figuring out why staging never matches prod
We'll be back Jan 27 2026
It’s refreshing to get a room full of engineers together without anyone hunting for leads. Just deep dives on Iceberg catalogs, AI observability, and figuring out why staging never matches prod
We'll be back Jan 27 2026
⚡ Data Debug returns next Tuesday!
3 incredible lightning talks:
🤖 Aish Agarwal — Why semantic layer automation is critical for reliable data agentic AI
📊 Shreya Datar — Lessons from migrating a critical reporting table
⚙️ Patrick Old — Data engineering for data products
RSVP: luma.com/5grhecjb
3 incredible lightning talks:
🤖 Aish Agarwal — Why semantic layer automation is critical for reliable data agentic AI
📊 Shreya Datar — Lessons from migrating a critical reporting table
⚙️ Patrick Old — Data engineering for data products
RSVP: luma.com/5grhecjb
Data Debug SF: Lightning Talks v3⚡ · Luma
Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition v3 ⚡ Round three! Our last meetup was incredible with tons of returning and new faces. We're keeping the momentum going…
luma.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
⚡ Data Debug returns next Tuesday!
3 incredible lightning talks:
🤖 Aish Agarwal — Why semantic layer automation is critical for reliable data agentic AI
📊 Shreya Datar — Lessons from migrating a critical reporting table
⚙️ Patrick Old — Data engineering for data products
RSVP: luma.com/5grhecjb
3 incredible lightning talks:
🤖 Aish Agarwal — Why semantic layer automation is critical for reliable data agentic AI
📊 Shreya Datar — Lessons from migrating a critical reporting table
⚙️ Patrick Old — Data engineering for data products
RSVP: luma.com/5grhecjb
hosting my first unconference today + happy hour tonight with @posthog.com & Deskree 🍻 for #SFTechWeek
come join us at 4pm for an ice cream truck & drinks at 5:30pm partiful.com/e/zE0NqSFH0Y...
come join us at 4pm for an ice cream truck & drinks at 5:30pm partiful.com/e/zE0NqSFH0Y...
data λ code happy hour - #SFTechWeek | Partiful
Relax after the data λ code: data unconference (https://partiful.com/e/dJSorciPRp9wUH9EcM73) with drinks, pizza, and friendly faces. Or if you couldn't make the unconference, come join to catch-up on...
partiful.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
hosting my first unconference today + happy hour tonight with @posthog.com & Deskree 🍻 for #SFTechWeek
come join us at 4pm for an ice cream truck & drinks at 5:30pm partiful.com/e/zE0NqSFH0Y...
come join us at 4pm for an ice cream truck & drinks at 5:30pm partiful.com/e/zE0NqSFH0Y...
hosting 3 events in sf this week 💪
tues 2-5:30pm: data + code unconference (you set the agenda)
tues 4pm: happy hour w/ posthog + deskree (ice cream + pizza)
wed 5pm: devex demos at convex (vercel, grafana, arthur ai, deskree, convex, recce)
pure community vibes. links in thread 👇
tues 2-5:30pm: data + code unconference (you set the agenda)
tues 4pm: happy hour w/ posthog + deskree (ice cream + pizza)
wed 5pm: devex demos at convex (vercel, grafana, arthur ai, deskree, convex, recce)
pure community vibes. links in thread 👇
October 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
hosting 3 events in sf this week 💪
tues 2-5:30pm: data + code unconference (you set the agenda)
tues 4pm: happy hour w/ posthog + deskree (ice cream + pizza)
wed 5pm: devex demos at convex (vercel, grafana, arthur ai, deskree, convex, recce)
pure community vibes. links in thread 👇
tues 2-5:30pm: data + code unconference (you set the agenda)
tues 4pm: happy hour w/ posthog + deskree (ice cream + pizza)
wed 5pm: devex demos at convex (vercel, grafana, arthur ai, deskree, convex, recce)
pure community vibes. links in thread 👇
Thankful for having an office & it’s AC today 🙏🏼 Just another reason working together in-person is better
September 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Thankful for having an office & it’s AC today 🙏🏼 Just another reason working together in-person is better
T-minus 3 weeks: data λ code unconference
If you were in a room with 75 data practitioners and builders, what would you want to hash out?
Oct 7, 2-5pm will be the first data unconference I've seen, where we'll find out what we all care about.
partiful.com/e/dJSorciPRp...
If you were in a room with 75 data practitioners and builders, what would you want to hash out?
Oct 7, 2-5pm will be the first data unconference I've seen, where we'll find out what we all care about.
partiful.com/e/dJSorciPRp...
data λ code unconference #SFTechWeek | Partiful
Most data events are just people talking at you from a stage. We're doing something different. This is practitioner-led: no agenda until you make one, no slide decks, just data engineers and builders…
partiful.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
T-minus 3 weeks: data λ code unconference
If you were in a room with 75 data practitioners and builders, what would you want to hash out?
Oct 7, 2-5pm will be the first data unconference I've seen, where we'll find out what we all care about.
partiful.com/e/dJSorciPRp...
If you were in a room with 75 data practitioners and builders, what would you want to hash out?
Oct 7, 2-5pm will be the first data unconference I've seen, where we'll find out what we all care about.
partiful.com/e/dJSorciPRp...
Attending the #PositConf today the inspect-ai (open-source python package) was mentioned in 7/9 talks I attended. It provides an evaluation framework for LLMs.
Anyone here been using it or something else for evals?
Anyone here been using it or something else for evals?
September 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Attending the #PositConf today the inspect-ai (open-source python package) was mentioned in 7/9 talks I attended. It provides an evaluation framework for LLMs.
Anyone here been using it or something else for evals?
Anyone here been using it or something else for evals?
Most tech events optimize for headcount. We're optimizing for depth with our data λ code unconference.
I'm personally reviewing every RSVP to build a room of practitioners ready to:
💡 Share real technical challenges
💡 Propose sessions on problems they're solving
💡 Engage thoughtfully in discussions
I'm personally reviewing every RSVP to build a room of practitioners ready to:
💡 Share real technical challenges
💡 Propose sessions on problems they're solving
💡 Engage thoughtfully in discussions
September 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Most tech events optimize for headcount. We're optimizing for depth with our data λ code unconference.
I'm personally reviewing every RSVP to build a room of practitioners ready to:
💡 Share real technical challenges
💡 Propose sessions on problems they're solving
💡 Engage thoughtfully in discussions
I'm personally reviewing every RSVP to build a room of practitioners ready to:
💡 Share real technical challenges
💡 Propose sessions on problems they're solving
💡 Engage thoughtfully in discussions
#SFTechWeek calendar just dropped & we're doing something different at @datarecce.bsky.social.
Instead of the slide decks + swag bags that most of these become, we're hosting events focused on real community.
Thread below on what we're building 👇
@techweekbya16z.bsky.social
Instead of the slide decks + swag bags that most of these become, we're hosting events focused on real community.
Thread below on what we're building 👇
@techweekbya16z.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#SFTechWeek calendar just dropped & we're doing something different at @datarecce.bsky.social.
Instead of the slide decks + swag bags that most of these become, we're hosting events focused on real community.
Thread below on what we're building 👇
@techweekbya16z.bsky.social
Instead of the slide decks + swag bags that most of these become, we're hosting events focused on real community.
Thread below on what we're building 👇
@techweekbya16z.bsky.social
One customer-facing data disaster costs weeks of debugging and lost trust.
Strategic reviews can take only a few minutes. (at least if you use Recce)
Strategic reviews can take only a few minutes. (at least if you use Recce)
September 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One customer-facing data disaster costs weeks of debugging and lost trust.
Strategic reviews can take only a few minutes. (at least if you use Recce)
Strategic reviews can take only a few minutes. (at least if you use Recce)
Data Debug SF round two exceeded all expectations. Only our second event and the conversations were awesome! I also loved seeing familiar faces plus new people discovering what we're building.
August 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Data Debug SF round two exceeded all expectations. Only our second event and the conversations were awesome! I also loved seeing familiar faces plus new people discovering what we're building.
⚡ Tonight! Data Debug SF Lightning Talks at 5:30pm ⚡
Our lineup tonight:
🔋 Virtual power plant data insights
🦆 DuckDB powering AI backends
🐺 Witcher network analysis
📊 Econometrics meets data science
Plus Trader Joe's snacks because we're not animals 🍪
RSVP: luma.com/e07htfpv
Our lineup tonight:
🔋 Virtual power plant data insights
🦆 DuckDB powering AI backends
🐺 Witcher network analysis
📊 Econometrics meets data science
Plus Trader Joe's snacks because we're not animals 🍪
RSVP: luma.com/e07htfpv
Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition ⚡ · Luma
Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition ⚡ The conversations at our inaugural meetup were too good not to continue. We're back with lightning talks from your…
luma.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
⚡ Tonight! Data Debug SF Lightning Talks at 5:30pm ⚡
Our lineup tonight:
🔋 Virtual power plant data insights
🦆 DuckDB powering AI backends
🐺 Witcher network analysis
📊 Econometrics meets data science
Plus Trader Joe's snacks because we're not animals 🍪
RSVP: luma.com/e07htfpv
Our lineup tonight:
🔋 Virtual power plant data insights
🦆 DuckDB powering AI backends
🐺 Witcher network analysis
📊 Econometrics meets data science
Plus Trader Joe's snacks because we're not animals 🍪
RSVP: luma.com/e07htfpv
Easiest way to get a stakeholder to ghost you, ask them:
"Can someone review this data change?"
Stakeholders will ignore abstract requests. Show them how their dashboard changes or give concrete examples about why it matters to them.
Send screenshots + the "so what" to get their attention.
"Can someone review this data change?"
Stakeholders will ignore abstract requests. Show them how their dashboard changes or give concrete examples about why it matters to them.
Send screenshots + the "so what" to get their attention.
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Easiest way to get a stakeholder to ghost you, ask them:
"Can someone review this data change?"
Stakeholders will ignore abstract requests. Show them how their dashboard changes or give concrete examples about why it matters to them.
Send screenshots + the "so what" to get their attention.
"Can someone review this data change?"
Stakeholders will ignore abstract requests. Show them how their dashboard changes or give concrete examples about why it matters to them.
Send screenshots + the "so what" to get their attention.
20% of code changes cause 80% of data fires. (aka the Pareto Principle)
I've found that data teams either validate everything manually or have to trust automation completely. Both fail.
I've found that data teams either validate everything manually or have to trust automation completely. Both fail.
August 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
20% of code changes cause 80% of data fires. (aka the Pareto Principle)
I've found that data teams either validate everything manually or have to trust automation completely. Both fail.
I've found that data teams either validate everything manually or have to trust automation completely. Both fail.
dbt tests catch schema violations. Observability tools catch volume drops. Nothing catches when your churn model suddenly thinks 90% of customers are at risk because of a join logic change.
August 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
dbt tests catch schema violations. Observability tools catch volume drops. Nothing catches when your churn model suddenly thinks 90% of customers are at risk because of a join logic change.
Human-in-the-loop reviews + automated tests are the best way to avoid having data nightmares & reverting code.
Anyone else felt this gif in their bones?
Anyone else felt this gif in their bones?
August 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Human-in-the-loop reviews + automated tests are the best way to avoid having data nightmares & reverting code.
Anyone else felt this gif in their bones?
Anyone else felt this gif in their bones?
🚀 Data Debug SF Lightning Talks - Aug 26th! ⚡
Our speaker + topic lineup is 🔥:
- Virtual power plant data insights
- DuckDB powering AI backends
- Witcher network analysis
- Econometrics meets data science
Our speaker + topic lineup is 🔥:
- Virtual power plant data insights
- DuckDB powering AI backends
- Witcher network analysis
- Econometrics meets data science
Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition ⚡ · Luma
Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition ⚡ The conversations at our inaugural meetup were too good not to continue. We're back with lightning talks from your…
lu.ma
August 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
🚀 Data Debug SF Lightning Talks - Aug 26th! ⚡
Our speaker + topic lineup is 🔥:
- Virtual power plant data insights
- DuckDB powering AI backends
- Witcher network analysis
- Econometrics meets data science
Our speaker + topic lineup is 🔥:
- Virtual power plant data insights
- DuckDB powering AI backends
- Witcher network analysis
- Econometrics meets data science
Pick one pipeline that's burned the team before. Something customer-facing where being wrong hurts.
Run collaborative data reviews on just that. Track what gets caught.
Build the habit before scaling the process. 💪
Run collaborative data reviews on just that. Track what gets caught.
Build the habit before scaling the process. 💪
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Pick one pipeline that's burned the team before. Something customer-facing where being wrong hurts.
Run collaborative data reviews on just that. Track what gets caught.
Build the habit before scaling the process. 💪
Run collaborative data reviews on just that. Track what gets caught.
Build the habit before scaling the process. 💪
🚀 Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition is on Aug 26th! ⚡
RSVP: lu.ma/e07htfpv
Our inaugural meetup conversations were too good to stop. Join us for 5-10 minute lightning talks from other data practitioners sharing their side projects No sales pitchy demos here.
RSVP: lu.ma/e07htfpv
Our inaugural meetup conversations were too good to stop. Join us for 5-10 minute lightning talks from other data practitioners sharing their side projects No sales pitchy demos here.
Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition ⚡ · Luma
Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition ⚡ The conversations at our inaugural meetup were too good not to continue. We're back with lightning talks from your…
lu.ma
August 7, 2025 at 4:06 PM
🚀 Data Debug SF: Lightning Talk Edition is on Aug 26th! ⚡
RSVP: lu.ma/e07htfpv
Our inaugural meetup conversations were too good to stop. Join us for 5-10 minute lightning talks from other data practitioners sharing their side projects No sales pitchy demos here.
RSVP: lu.ma/e07htfpv
Our inaugural meetup conversations were too good to stop. Join us for 5-10 minute lightning talks from other data practitioners sharing their side projects No sales pitchy demos here.