186: Data Fusion and The Future Of Specialized Databases with Andrew Lamb of InfluxData

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• The Evolution of Data Systems (0:47)
• The Role of Open Source Software (2:39)
• Challenges of Time Series Data (6:38)
• Architecting InfluxDB (9:34)
• High Cardinality Concepts (11:36)
• Trade-Offs in Time Series Databases (15:35)
• High Cardinality Data (18:24)
• Evolution to InfluxDB 3.0 (21:06)
• Modern Data Stack (23:04)
• Evolution of Database Systems (29:48)
• InfluxDB Re-Architecture (33:14)
• Building an Analytic System with Data Fusion (37:33)
• Challenges of Mapping Time Series Data into Relational Model (44:55)
• Adoption and Future of Data Fusion (46:51)
• Externalized Joins and Technical Challenges (51:11)
• Exciting Opportunities in Data Tooling (55:20)
• Emergence of New Architectures (56:35)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (57:47)

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