The Joe Reis Show

Twenty years in this industry and the hard parts still haven't changed. That's what this show is about.I'm Joe Reis. I co-wrote Fundamentals of Data Engineering, I teach data engineering around the world and on Coursera, and I've watched the same failures repeat for two decades with new logos bolted on.Each week I broadcast from wherever I happen to be. Solo rants. Long conversations with the people actually building things. Data engineering, architecture, AI, and how to survive a career in it.If you want the polished version, there are a thousand podcasts for that.

The Joe Reis Show is a technology podcast hosted by Joe Reis, with 402 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Joe Reis hosts The Joe Reis Show, a technology show with 402 episodes published.

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  Agentic Analytics and the Death of Dashboards? | Oliver Laslett (CTO of Lightdash)

  Aug 19, 20261h 4m

  Will AI agents solve the data industry's hardest challenges, or are we just amplifying existing chaos?In this episode, I chat with Oliver Laslett, Co-founder and CTO at Lightdash, to explore the frontier of agentic analytics, data modeling, and modern software engineering practices. We dive deep into how AI is shifting daily workflows from writing SQL and DBT models to higher-order system thinking, why the hardest data problems remain human and organizational, and the cultural differences in tech optimism between London and San Francisco.Oliver also breaks down why permissions, curation, and data lineage are still the true bottlenecks, and why high-ownership communication matters more than ever in an era of AI slop.

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  The Great Recomposition: Why Everything is Blurring Together

  Aug 14, 202621 min

  It feels like everything is converging right now. Data forms and systems are converging. Agile and Waterfall are starting to look strangely compatible. Software engineering, data engineering, and AI engineering are bleeding into each other. In this episode, I explore why AI is collapsing boundaries we spent decades creating, and why semantics, architecture, specification, and judgment may matter more as a result. ----------------------- Sponsor: Fivetran With the rise of AI and agents, having centralized, trustworthy data is the absolute foundation for building tools and training models. Fivetran automates your data pipelines, removing the need to build fragile connectors so your data arrives clean and reliable. By handling the messy infrastructure behind the scenes, Fivetran allows your team to focus on building the future. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠fivetran.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ to learn more. The Joe Reis Show is invitation-only. Unsolicited guest pitches and PR outreach are not considered.

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  Stop Overpaying for AI! The Rise of Small Open-Source Models w/ Daniel Svonava (Superlinked)

  Aug 13, 202651 min

  Are massive frontier AI models actually worth the cost?In this episode, I sit down with Daniel Svonava, Founder of Superlinked, to break down where AI is actually heading in production. We dive into why the hype around massive frontier models is shifting toward targeted, small open-source models, and how to orchestrate smart agents without blowing through your budget.Daniel shares how Superlinked is building open-source inference infrastructure, why small models are rapidly closing the performance gap, and how you can engineer faster, cheaper, and more control-driven AI systems.

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  The "X Is Dead" Fallacy

  Aug 7, 202619 min

  Every so often, the tech industry declares something dead. Data warehousing is dead. Data modeling is dead. Semantic layers are dead. SQL is dead. Now AI is supposedly making entire professions obsolete. I get it. Ragebait gets the clicks and comments. But it's also lame and disingenuous. In this Freestyle Friday, I unpack the logical fallacies behind these claims, why technology almost always evolves instead of replaces, and how separating fundamentals from shapeshifting implementations gives you a much clearer view of where the industry is actually headed. ----------------------- Sponsor: Fivetran With the rise of AI and agents, having centralized, trustworthy data is the absolute foundation for building tools and training models. Fivetran automates your data pipelines, removing the need to build fragile connectors so your data arrives clean and reliable. By handling the messy infrastructure behind the scenes, Fivetran allows your team to focus on building the future. Visit ⁠⁠⁠fivetran.com⁠⁠⁠ to learn more. The Joe Reis Show is invitation-only. Unsolicited guest pitches and PR outreach are not considered.

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  Building Real AI Systems: Inside "Architected Intelligence" with Jacob Miller and Jeremy Mumford

  Aug 5, 202649 min

  In this episode, I crashed Pattern's office to sit down with Jacob Miller (VP of Platform Intelligence) and Jeremy Mumford (Lead AI Engineer) from Pattern to discuss their newly co-authored book, "Architected Intelligence." We dive deep into the reality of building scalable AI systems, explaining why companies cannot simply put an LLM in front of everything. We also explore the importance of curating data to avoid the "semantic swamp," the reality of adapting organizational structures to external marketplace algorithms, and the collaborative process of writing a tech book using AI as an "anti-sycophantic" sparring partner. We also discuss the booming tech and startup scene in Utah, the future of autonomous cloud agents powered by budget-friendly AI models, and more.Buy Architected Intelligence: https://amzn.to/4haOqAr The Joe Reis Show is invitation-only. Unsolicited guest pitches and PR outreach are not considered.

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