Mar 9, 2023 · 26m · mad
Build Fast APIs Faster Over Data at Scale | Tinybird Founder & CEO Jorge Gomez Sancha
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In this presentation at Data Driven NYC, Tinybird Founder and CEO Jorge Gomez Sancha introduces Tinybird, a serverless platform built on ClickHouse that allows engineering teams to transform live streaming data into low-latency REST APIs using SQL. Sancha demonstrates real-time Kafka ingestion, time series exploration, and developer workflows while highlighting enterprise case studies like Vercel and Canva.
How this conversation actually went
Every chapter scored 0–10 on four independent dynamics. Hover any point for the reasoning behind the score. Matt holds 1.4% of the talking time here. How this is scored →
speaking balance: gold is Matt, purple is the guest (3 minute bins)
Jorge assertively rejects using ClickHouse, ElasticSearch, or standard data warehouses directly, claiming developers only need higher-level abstractions like Algolia, Vercel, or Tinybird.
Hardest push from Matt ▶ 25:05 Challenging guest on terminologyMatt presses Jorge on what he calls the second personalization flavor, leading Jorge to concede that their current product naming strategy could be clearer.
Biggest teaching moment ▶ 23:43 Explaining offline vs live vector personalizationJorge educates the audience on the distinction between using Tinybird purely as a publication layer versus computing real-time user intent vectors on incoming streams.
Matt holds his own ▶ 25:35 Citing company relocation timelineMatt demonstrates contextual knowledge of Tinybird's corporate trajectory by citing their relocation from Spain to the US about a year prior.
the scores for every segment, with the reasoning behind each
| Chapter | Topic | Matt as informed peer | Guest teaching | Guest disagreement | Matt pushing back | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Philosophy: Why Speed and Developer Experience Win | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Solo monologue where Jorge outlines Tinybird's core philosophy around speed and developer experience winning over raw infrastructure management. Host is absent during this presentation segment. Jorge challenges traditional tooling norms by contrasting simple SaaS tools against heavy infrastructure. | |
| Paradigm Shift: Right Tool for the Right Job | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Monologue detailing the fragmentation of the modern data stack and introducing Tinybird's SQL and ClickHouse-backed serverless architecture. The host does not speak or engage during this monologue section. | |
| Introducing Tinybird Architecture and Simplified Workflows | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Live technical demo of Kafka ingestion and query piping in the Tinybird UI. Monologue format with no host interaction. | |
| Live Demo Part 2: Time Series Data Exploration | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Monologue presentation continuing the live demo by constructing time-series visualizations and parameterized REST API endpoints in SQL. Host is inactive. | |
| Live Demo Part 4: Developer Workflow with the Tinybird CLI | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Jorge completes the live demo via CLI and reviews enterprise case studies like Vercel and Canva. Monologue presentation without host input. | |
| Audience Q&A and Company Background | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Interactive Q&A section where an audience member and host Matt Turck ask questions. Matt gently probes Jorge on the distinction between real-time personalization paradigms, prompting Jorge to humorously admit his team needs better naming. Matt also demonstrates background knowledge regarding Tinybird's origin in Spain and transition to the US. |