The True Cost of DIY Data Streaming
Ethan Chan, CEO of Allium, reveals the hidden costs of self-managing data streaming and why Confluent Cloud saved him and his team from late-night pager duty.#datastreaming.
Allium's Blueprint for Scaling Blockchain Data with Data Streaming | Life Is But A Stream Podcast
Blockchain may be decentralized, but reliable access to its data is anything but simple. In this episode, Ethan Chan, Co-Founder & CEO of Allium, shares how his team transforms blockchain firehoses into clean, queryable, real-time data feeds. From the pitfalls of hosting your own data streaming infrastructure to the business advantages of Confluent Cloud, Ethan reveals the strategic decisions that helped Allium scale from 3 to nearly 100 blockchains, without burning out their engineering team.
Feed Your AI Models the Data They Deserve - with Countly
Anyone who has tried to build a recommendation engine or a churn predictor knows the moment the excitement fades. The prototype looks good in the notebook, but the training data contains typos, half-missing properties, and events that somehow morphed between different devices. The model stumbles, engineers lose faith, and everyone wonders where all that AI magic went.
Deploying Gen AI in Production with NVIDIA NIM & MLRun
In less than three years, gen AI has become a staple technology in the business world. In November of 2022, OpenAI launched ChatGPT, with explosive growth of over 1 million users in just five days, galvanizing the widespread use of gen AI. Over the course of 2023 enterprises entered the experimentation stage and kicked off POCs with API services and open models including Llama 2, Mistral, NVIDIA and others.
Snowflake Intelligence | Built[By] Reza Akhavan
Software Engineering Manager Reza Akhavan is leading the charge on the future of data agents for enterprise AI. In this Built spotlight, Reza shares how his team is transforming how businesses interact with their data, eliminating silos, and enabling teams to generate insights using natural language. Gain insights into the challenges faced during the development of Snowflake Intelligence, the journey from concept to first-party solution, and how this groundbreaking solution is democratizing data access for organizations worldwide.
Is Hadoop an ETL Tool?
If you need a tool that can extract, transform, and load data, then Hadoop isn’t the right option for you. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t consider making Hadoop a part of your ETL process, though. Adding Apache Hadoop to your process could help increase speeds and ensure that you get accurate results.
Maximize BigQuery performance with enhanced workload management
Updates to BigQuery workload management help optimize workloads and resource allocation, preventing performance issues and resource contention.
Snowflake Summit Builders Keynote
Experience Snowflake's latest product innovations firsthand featuring live demos and in-depth technical sessions led by Snowflake users and experts at the Snowflake Summit 2025 Builder Keynote.
From Hacker News to the Enterprise: How We Got Here
It’s not every day you get to zoom out and talk about the why behind what you’re building. That’s exactly what Countly’s CEO, Onur Alp Soner, did recently on The SaaS Podcast—a conversation that turned into part reflection, part therapy, and part roadmap. The episode dives into the early days of Countly—when it was just a Hacker News post, a stubborn belief in data ownership, and a string of long nights spent building in open source.
How to Improve and Optimize Your ERP Reporting Strategy
ERP systems are the backbone of modern business operations. They support everything from finance and procurement to supply chain and compliance. But when it comes to reporting, even the most powerful ERP systems often fall short. Reports are slow to build, difficult to update, and often require IT support just to answer basic questions. That’s why optimizing your ERP reporting process is no longer optional. It’s essential.