Mike Driscoll
@medriscoll.com
Founder @ RillData.com, building GenBI. Lover of fast, flexible, beautiful data tools. Lapsed computational biologist.
Yo SF Bay Area #databs crew, want to talk lakehouses at a real Lake House? :)
Next week after Data Council, join the founders of @clickhouse.com, @motherduck.com, @startreedata.bsky.social, and @tobikodata.com to talk real-time databases and next-generation ETL.
www.rilldata.com/events/data-...
Next week after Data Council, join the founders of @clickhouse.com, @motherduck.com, @startreedata.bsky.social, and @tobikodata.com to talk real-time databases and next-generation ETL.
www.rilldata.com/events/data-...
April 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Yo SF Bay Area #databs crew, want to talk lakehouses at a real Lake House? :)
Next week after Data Council, join the founders of @clickhouse.com, @motherduck.com, @startreedata.bsky.social, and @tobikodata.com to talk real-time databases and next-generation ETL.
www.rilldata.com/events/data-...
Next week after Data Council, join the founders of @clickhouse.com, @motherduck.com, @startreedata.bsky.social, and @tobikodata.com to talk real-time databases and next-generation ETL.
www.rilldata.com/events/data-...
Data pipelines can be visualized as flowing data left to right, starting with raw sources, ingested and modeled into database tables, and eventually served out through user-facing applications and dashboards.
"Shifting left" means taking logic that lives on the right side and moving it leftward.
"Shifting left" means taking logic that lives on the right side and moving it leftward.
April 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Data pipelines can be visualized as flowing data left to right, starting with raw sources, ingested and modeled into database tables, and eventually served out through user-facing applications and dashboards.
"Shifting left" means taking logic that lives on the right side and moving it leftward.
"Shifting left" means taking logic that lives on the right side and moving it leftward.
"Shifting left" is the new trend among in data stacks -- but what does it mean and what does it matter?
April 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Shifting left" is the new trend among in data stacks -- but what does it mean and what does it matter?
Like others, I jumped on the bandwagon to ridicule the DOGE analyst who "overheated her hard drive" by analyzing just 60k rows of data.
I was wrong.
The truth is even dumber.
🧵
I was wrong.
The truth is even dumber.
🧵
March 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Like others, I jumped on the bandwagon to ridicule the DOGE analyst who "overheated her hard drive" by analyzing just 60k rows of data.
I was wrong.
The truth is even dumber.
🧵
I was wrong.
The truth is even dumber.
🧵
DuckCon #6 is now live from Amsterdam (link below!)
In about 20 minutes I'll be sharing some work we've been doing at @rilldata.com on metrics-layer-powered dashboards. And speculating in my last slide, because why not, about what you would name an AI agent that runs on DuckDB... 🦆
In about 20 minutes I'll be sharing some work we've been doing at @rilldata.com on metrics-layer-powered dashboards. And speculating in my last slide, because why not, about what you would name an AI agent that runs on DuckDB... 🦆
January 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
DuckCon #6 is now live from Amsterdam (link below!)
In about 20 minutes I'll be sharing some work we've been doing at @rilldata.com on metrics-layer-powered dashboards. And speculating in my last slide, because why not, about what you would name an AI agent that runs on DuckDB... 🦆
In about 20 minutes I'll be sharing some work we've been doing at @rilldata.com on metrics-layer-powered dashboards. And speculating in my last slide, because why not, about what you would name an AI agent that runs on DuckDB... 🦆
I'm collaborating with @ssp.sh on a brief history of pivot tables.
We'll be tracing their lineage and evolution across Visicalc, Lotus, Excel, PowerPivot, Qlik, and PowerBI.
Any sites, videos, products (dead or alive) that you would recommend we should mention or dig into?
We'll be tracing their lineage and evolution across Visicalc, Lotus, Excel, PowerPivot, Qlik, and PowerBI.
Any sites, videos, products (dead or alive) that you would recommend we should mention or dig into?
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I'm collaborating with @ssp.sh on a brief history of pivot tables.
We'll be tracing their lineage and evolution across Visicalc, Lotus, Excel, PowerPivot, Qlik, and PowerBI.
Any sites, videos, products (dead or alive) that you would recommend we should mention or dig into?
We'll be tracing their lineage and evolution across Visicalc, Lotus, Excel, PowerPivot, Qlik, and PowerBI.
Any sites, videos, products (dead or alive) that you would recommend we should mention or dig into?
@sfchronicle.com maybe you could find it in your heart to remove the paywall on the TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAP?
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
December 5, 2024 at 7:42 PM
@sfchronicle.com maybe you could find it in your heart to remove the paywall on the TSUNAMI EVACUATION MAP?
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
hey @sfchronicle.com maybe you could find it in your heart to remove the paywall for the article on evacuation instructions?
December 5, 2024 at 7:36 PM
hey @sfchronicle.com maybe you could find it in your heart to remove the paywall for the article on evacuation instructions?
OK official prediction is 12:10pm so ChatGPT wasn't that far off:
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
December 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM
OK official prediction is 12:10pm so ChatGPT wasn't that far off:
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
tsunami.gov/events/PAAQ/...
OK if this stochastic parrot's answer is to be trusted, I'll be bracing for the tsunami's impact around 12:15-12:30pm.
December 5, 2024 at 7:24 PM
OK if this stochastic parrot's answer is to be trusted, I'll be bracing for the tsunami's impact around 12:15-12:30pm.
Well if you barely sleep for a few days and then crash at 8pm you too can sleep like a 6 year old. 🤣
November 20, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Well if you barely sleep for a few days and then crash at 8pm you too can sleep like a 6 year old. 🤣
Evolution of the data stack, 2012-present.
November 20, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Evolution of the data stack, 2012-present.
OK @jakthom.bsky.social I'll push this first version of the dashboard up the cloud in a few minutes... it's running locally against just one hour of data (about 8 million records), but would be interesting to run against the full enchilada of data to see some real trends.
November 18, 2024 at 9:34 PM
OK @jakthom.bsky.social I'll push this first version of the dashboard up the cloud in a few minutes... it's running locally against just one hour of data (about 8 million records), but would be interesting to run against the full enchilada of data to see some real trends.
(apparently gifs don’t work?!)
November 15, 2024 at 5:33 AM
(apparently gifs don’t work?!)
The GenBI genie says: "upside down Shakunetsu Hadoken"
November 12, 2024 at 3:24 PM
The GenBI genie says: "upside down Shakunetsu Hadoken"
Strolling by my favorite cafe + urban garden in San Francisco, Stable Cafe.
It’s a physical reminder that spaces matter, whether physical or digital.
Here’s to making this place matter too.
It’s a physical reminder that spaces matter, whether physical or digital.
Here’s to making this place matter too.
November 11, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Strolling by my favorite cafe + urban garden in San Francisco, Stable Cafe.
It’s a physical reminder that spaces matter, whether physical or digital.
Here’s to making this place matter too.
It’s a physical reminder that spaces matter, whether physical or digital.
Here’s to making this place matter too.
Apple Health now telling me to eat a Twinkie to erase this calorie deficit.
November 8, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Apple Health now telling me to eat a Twinkie to erase this calorie deficit.
"The joy that we have building [DuckDB] is reflected in the user experience. We enjoy making new, crazy things work ... and then seeing how the world reacts. If all the whales adopt your stupid SQL feature in like, two months, that's pretty motivating, I would say, right?" - @hannes.muehleisen.org
October 31, 2024 at 11:20 PM
"The joy that we have building [DuckDB] is reflected in the user experience. We enjoy making new, crazy things work ... and then seeing how the world reacts. If all the whales adopt your stupid SQL feature in like, two months, that's pretty motivating, I would say, right?" - @hannes.muehleisen.org
