Taylor Murphy
@tayloramurphy.dad
Arch Data (@arch.dev) Founder/CEO
Meltano maintainer 🐉
ex-Data @ GitLab, Concert Genetics
PhD @ Vanderbilt
Paid Data Influence / Actor aka "The Peter Drucker of Data Shitposts"
Husband and Dad 👦👦👧
Meltano maintainer 🐉
ex-Data @ GitLab, Concert Genetics
PhD @ Vanderbilt
Paid Data Influence / Actor aka "The Peter Drucker of Data Shitposts"
Husband and Dad 👦👦👧
Signing off for a while. Find me via email or LinkedIn DMs if you need me.
May 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Signing off for a while. Find me via email or LinkedIn DMs if you need me.
I'm at Data Council for Tuesday and Wednesday this week! Say hello if you see me (and make sure your nametag is facing out so I can clock your name as you walk up 😉)
April 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm at Data Council for Tuesday and Wednesday this week! Say hello if you see me (and make sure your nametag is facing out so I can clock your name as you walk up 😉)
twitter is "yes, and" while bluesky is "well actually"
March 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
twitter is "yes, and" while bluesky is "well actually"
Reposted by Taylor Murphy
I cynically joke about companies wanting to use LLMs because they don’t know how to build a proper UI, but actually this is a perfect use case
March 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I cynically joke about companies wanting to use LLMs because they don’t know how to build a proper UI, but actually this is a perfect use case
has there been any progress on bsky algorithms that actually mimic twitter's for you experience? everytime I go to the feeds view is the same 10 feeds I don't care about.
March 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
has there been any progress on bsky algorithms that actually mimic twitter's for you experience? everytime I go to the feeds view is the same 10 feeds I don't care about.
This post from Ramp is really cool. Tickles all my "data orderliness" spots engineering.ramp.com/industry_cla...
From RAG to Richness: How Ramp Revamped Industry Classification
How Ramp used Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to build a state-of-the-art in-house industry classification model.
engineering.ramp.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
This post from Ramp is really cool. Tickles all my "data orderliness" spots engineering.ramp.com/industry_cla...
the way my son watches his fish for a few minutes after feeding them fills my heart so much
February 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
the way my son watches his fish for a few minutes after feeding them fills my heart so much
I love this article world.hey.com/jason/we-inc...
We increased conversion ~30% and we don't know exactly how
Not too long ago, we dedicated a 6-week cycle to improving Basecamp's onboarding flows. The aim was to increase conversion from trial to paid by smoothing out the initial experience of getting going, ...
world.hey.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I love this article world.hey.com/jason/we-inc...
this is great www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/...
Databases in 2024: A Year in Review
Andy rises from the ashes of his dead startup and discusses what happened in 2024 in the database game.
www.cs.cmu.edu
January 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
this is great www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/...
same energy as "slow children at play"
Someone at work asked me if "dim_users" is a reference to stupid people and now I can't stop thinking about it #DataBS
January 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
same energy as "slow children at play"
We had a baby girl today! Everyone is healthy, hearts are full.
January 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
We had a baby girl today! Everyone is healthy, hearts are full.
Happy new year everyone! I hope 2025 is great for you
January 1, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Happy new year everyone! I hope 2025 is great for you
I quite enjoyed this article issues.org/limits-of-da... #databs
The Limits of Data
Policymakers want to make decisions based on clear data, but important factors are lost when we rely solely on data. A philosopher writes:
issues.org
December 27, 2024 at 9:56 PM
I quite enjoyed this article issues.org/limits-of-da... #databs
When did they start asking if you want a latte got or cold... It's always hot, dammit!
December 18, 2024 at 2:51 PM
When did they start asking if you want a latte got or cold... It's always hot, dammit!
Is throwing a potato in someone's yards and thanking them for decorating a thing? Or am I being ounked? I'm told it's a tradtion...
December 17, 2024 at 12:57 AM
Is throwing a potato in someone's yards and thanking them for decorating a thing? Or am I being ounked? I'm told it's a tradtion...
the vendors... they yearn to vend
December 14, 2024 at 3:25 AM
the vendors... they yearn to vend
Maternity leave is boring
But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
open.substack.com
December 14, 2024 at 1:06 AM
I joined my family's group chat for the NY Times games and got to air my grievances. I feel seen..
December 13, 2024 at 10:50 PM
I joined my family's group chat for the NY Times games and got to air my grievances. I feel seen..
A guy flipped me the bird in traffic 3 days ago and I'm still thinking about it. His was an overly aggressive amount of finger waving given the horn but then it turns out I was wrong and shouldn't have honked bc what he did was legal.
Let it go brain!!
Let it go brain!!
December 13, 2024 at 6:31 PM
A guy flipped me the bird in traffic 3 days ago and I'm still thinking about it. His was an overly aggressive amount of finger waving given the horn but then it turns out I was wrong and shouldn't have honked bc what he did was legal.
Let it go brain!!
Let it go brain!!
having one of those weeks that gives me flashbacks to covid. juggling sick kids, childcare, and work schedules 😮💨
December 13, 2024 at 1:11 AM
having one of those weeks that gives me flashbacks to covid. juggling sick kids, childcare, and work schedules 😮💨
we need to storm SAS and free this domain. such BS they've squatted it.
December 11, 2024 at 12:59 AM
we need to storm SAS and free this domain. such BS they've squatted it.
How did Elastic adding a more open source license not make the rounds when they announced it?? www.elastic.co/blog/elastic...
Elasticsearch Is Open Source. Again!
Elastic announces the return of open source licensing for Elasticsearch and Kibana, adding AGPL as an option alongside existing licenses. This change reinforces our long-standing commitment to open so...
www.elastic.co
December 10, 2024 at 6:41 PM
How did Elastic adding a more open source license not make the rounds when they announced it?? www.elastic.co/blog/elastic...
see? @jlowin.dev was right - you should've changed your title to analytics engineer!
December 10, 2024 at 12:11 AM
see? @jlowin.dev was right - you should've changed your title to analytics engineer!
the lesson here is don't let your kids grow up to be a data engineer
The shooter went crazy after using Hadoop, Mapreduce, and Hbase for 4 years. I get it tbh
December 9, 2024 at 9:06 PM
the lesson here is don't let your kids grow up to be a data engineer
so I use SwiftKey on ios and it's better than the native keyboard but it still sucks. the swipe gesture doesn't spell very common words. "I'm at the aurora" instead of "airport" 🙄
Is it just me or is the new iOS keyboard horrible? I've made so many more typos lately, and the autocorrect is wildly off way more often than usual!
December 9, 2024 at 12:59 PM
so I use SwiftKey on ios and it's better than the native keyboard but it still sucks. the swipe gesture doesn't spell very common words. "I'm at the aurora" instead of "airport" 🙄