181: OLAP Engines and the Next Generation of Business Intelligence with Mike Driscoll of Rill Data

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Michael’s background and journey in data (0:33)
• The origin story of Druid (2:39)
• Experiences and growth in Data (8:08)
• Druid's evolution (21:46)
• Druid's architectural decisions (26:32)
• The user experience (30:06)
• The developer experience (35:14)
• The evolution of BI tools (40:55)
• Data architecture and integration (47:53)
• AI's impact on BI (52:26)
• What would Mike be doing if he didn’t work in data? (56:27)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (57:02)

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