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Handy: Early-stage VCs doubted data practitioners would learn Git in 2016
“Early stage VCs that I spoke to back in 2016 told me that, like, it wasn't at all clear that data practitioners actually wanted to learn Git.”
Tristan Handy Jun 28, 2022 ▶ 14:51 The Next Layer of the Modern Data Stack | dbt's Tristan Handy
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Handy: Low-code data tools must read and write underlying code
“You have to get no code, low code experiences that read and write code so that code can go through a get PR process and it can have all the same mature stuff built on top of it as any other code.”
Tristan Handy Feb 22, 2024 ▶ 39:12 Future of The Modern Analytics Stack | Tristan Handy, CEO of dbt
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Git and code environments prevent business stakeholders from collaborating on data
“Git and coding environment, remove any possibility to have a meaningful discussion with people coming from the business, just because they won't get into code.”
Florian Douetteau Jul 5, 2023 ▶ 13:00 The Single Platform for Everyday AI - Fireside Chat with Florian Douetteau (Dataiku) & Matt Turck
Insight
Bypassing Git simplifies source control for non-software data teams
“The fact that I can take my skill set and have a source controlled pipeline without actually having to learn Git makes all the downstream people on my team's lives so much easier because they know exactly what I did and what I changed and they still get that r…”
Viraj Parekh Oct 10, 2022 ▶ 15:18 Modern Data Orchestration | Astronomer Co-Founders Pete DeJoy & Viraj Parekh
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