Data Engineering Central Podcast - 09

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   3 Feb 2026 · 59 min

   The Lakehouse Architecture: Multimodal Data, Delta Lake, and the Future of Data Engineering (with R. Tyler Croy)

   In this episode of the Data Engineering Central Podcast , I sit down with R. Tyler Croy for a wide-ranging conversation on the present—and future—of modern data platforms. Tyler is a long-time open-source contributor to projects such as delta-rs. You can watch him on YouTube , read his blog , or work directly with him through his consultancy, Buoyant Data . Tyler has spent years deep in the open-source data ecosystem, contributing to projects such as Delta Lake and thinking critically about how real-world data systems are built and maintained. This isn’t a hype-driven conversation—it’s a…

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   28 Jan 2026 · 46 min

   Building the Full Data Stack and the Audience That Comes With It

   In this episode of the Data Engineering Central Podcast , I sit down with Hoyt Emerson , founder of The Full Data Stack and Early Signal , for a wide-ranging conversation on data, analytics, and creating content in the tech world. We talk candidly about: * What actually matters in modern data and analytics * Why so much “data content” misses the mark * The difference between noise and real signal * What works (and doesn’t) when building a technical audience * Writing, consistency, and credibility in the data space * Why opinions + experience beat trends and buzzwords If you’re a data…

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   20 Jan 2026 · 2 hr 10 min

   From Wiring Circuits to Data Pipelines

   In this episode of the Data Engineering Central Podcast , I sit down with Andy Leonard — someone who’s been building systems long before “data engineering” was even a job title. Andy’s career didn’t start in software at all. It started with physical circuits, literally wiring systems as an electrician, before moving into programming, databases, and eventually decades of hands-on data engineering work. This conversation isn’t about trends or hype cycles. It’s about how the fundamentals of data work have evolved, what hasn’t changed, and what you only learn after years of building, breaking,…

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   14 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

   From DBA to Data Everything

   In this episode of the Data Engineering Central Podcast, I interview a Data OG, someone who’s been around the data space forever, and we talked about all things data, past, present, and future. I’m joined by Thomas Horton a longtime friend and one of the most well-rounded data professionals I know. Over the course of his career, Tom has worn just about every hat in data: developer, DBA, analyst, and everything in between. He’s lived through the era of on-prem databases, the rise of analytics, and the constant reinvention that defines modern data engineering today. We talk about what’s…

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   17 Dec 2025 · 1 hr 51 min

   Scott Haines on the Future of Data Engineering

   In this episode, I sit down with Scott Haines — O’Reilly author, Databricks MVP, and veteran of Yahoo, Nike, and Twilio — for a wide-ranging conversation on the real state of modern data engineering. We dig into open-source ecosystems, Lakehouse architectures, the evolution of Spark, streaming, what’s broken and what’s working in today’s data tooling, and the lessons Scott has learned scaling platforms at some of the biggest companies in the world. If you care about data engineering, architecture, OSS, or the future of the modern data stack, you’ll love this one. Thanks for reading Data…

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   10 Jul 2025 · 6 min

   Data Engineering Central Podcast - Episode 8

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit dataengineeringcentral.substack.com Hello! A new episode of the Data Engineering Central Podcast is dropping today, we will be covering a few hot topics! * Apache Iceberg Catalogs * new Boring Catalog * new full Iceberg support from Databricks/Unity Catalog * Databricks SQL Scripting * DuckDB coming to a Lake House near you * Lakebase from Databricks Going to be a great show, come along for the ride! Thanks …

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   26 May 2025 · 11 min

   Apache Iceberg Rant.

   Hello, my fair-weathered friends and readers! I am gone on vacation this week with my family, probably at this moment lying in the sand on a beach ( Lord willing the creek don’t rise ), not thinking of you all. Anywho, be that as it may, I didn’t want you to miss my pretty face, so here is a video of me ranting about Apache Iceberg, something I’ve had a lot of practice doing and enjoy quite thoroughly. For all you free-loaders out there, you can get 20% off to celebrate Memorial Day. https://dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/Merica This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this…

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   2 Apr 2025 · 3 min

   Data Engineering Central Podcast - 07

   This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit dataengineeringcentral.substack.com It’s time for another episode of the Data Engineering Central Podcast. In this episode, we cover … * Rust-based tool called UV to replace pip and poetry etc * Apache X-Table and the Future of the Lake House * How is AI going to affect you? Thanks for being a consumer of Data Engineering Central; your support means a lot. Please share this podcast with your friend…

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   13 Feb 2025 · 22 min

   Data Engineering Central Podcast - 06

   It’s time for another episode of the Data Engineering Central Podcast. In this episode, we cover … * AWS Lambda + DuckDB and Delta Lake (Polars, Daft, etc). * IAC - Long Live Terraform. * Databricks Data Quality with DQX. * Unity Catalog releases for DuckDB and Polars * Bespoke vs Managed Data Platforms * Delta Lake vs. Iceberg and UinFORM for a single table. Thanks for b… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/subscribe

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    20 Dec 2024 · 21 min

    Data Engineering Central Podcast - 05

    In todays episode of Data Engineering Central Podcast we talk about a few hot topics, AWS S3 Tables, Databricks raising money, are Data Contracts Dead, and the Lake House Storage Format battle! It's a good one, buckle up! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dataengineeringcentral.substack.com/subscribe