Sean Kandel: Locking in internal metadata makes software interoperability nearly impossible
Sean Kandel · Three Loops of Analytics Efficiency // Sean Kandel, Trifacta (FirstMark's Data Driven) · Jul 13, 2017 · at 27:42
Sean Kandel, co-founder and CTO of Trifacta, addresses software interoperability between analytics and data preparation tools at Data Driven NYC.
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“So I think the important piece is not really locking in your internal metadata. Otherwise, it becomes incredibly hard to interoperate.”
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