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slap_shot one of our major goals is to provide a solution that startups and small companies can utilize to start putting their data to work. It shouldn't take

slap_shot one of our major goals is to provide a solution that startups and small companies can utilize to start putting their data to work. It shouldn't take weeks of effort, a data engineer, multiple proprietary solutions, and tens of thousands of dollars to answer key questions like CAC or the efficiency of a given marketing campaign. We're hoping to lower the barrier to entry in both cost and effort, by providing an open source pre-packaged solution.

slap_shot 8y ago
[Obligatory: Someone is downvoting you, but it isn't me. I upvoted you] Yeah, I get that. The analytics space is very complex and companies, even ones with good engineering teams, don't have the internal knowledge or resources to typically put all this together. In addition to working in this space, my copmany helps companies set up their analytics stack. We typically set them up with one cloud-based data integration tool (the one with the most # of integrations they need at the best price), dbt, and one BI tool (usually Looker or Periscope, in that order). All in, that takes us a few weeks to get them set up and going. I applaud your effort. I just struggle to understand why you accept punting on transformations (and using dbt (amazing library, by the way - great choice)), but then try to tackle something like integrations or BI tools. The complexity of both of those is massive and there are great open source efforts already out there. I'm eager to see where this goes.
- sytse 8y ago
  "but then try to tackle something like integrations or BI tools. The complexity of both of those is massive and there are great open source efforts already out there." I would love to hear your suggestion for a great open source BI tool. We tried Superset and Metabase but both didn't came close to what we could do with Looker. That is why we're giving Meltano Analyze a shot. BTW Do you want to do a livestreamed video call to discuss further in the 30 next minutes? You have a lot of knowledge. If so please email me and comment here. Update: He did email and livestream will happen on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8tEDq3K_pE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8tEDq3K_pE
  - slap_shot 8y ago
    Sure - just shot you an email at website@yourhandle.com
    - jakecodes 8y ago
      What a great interview. @slap_shot, you had great questions and you are so well spoken. Really appreciate the feedback. We're all taking notes here. Hope you will keep an eye on our issue tracker for Meltano and give us your feedback as things come up.
      - mendelk 8y ago
        I have no horse in this race, but this is so cool that one minute you're exchanging comments on HN and the next you're livestreaming a conversation on the topic! What a world :)
        sytse 8y ago
        Glad you like it!
      - slap_shot 8y ago
        My pleasure! Will watch the repo closely and contribute if I can. Very curious to see where this goes. Also, I had a coffee at 5PM with someone, which is way too late to be drinking coffee, and it is evident in how quickly I'm talking >.<
        sytse 8y ago
        I liked the fast pace! But normally I do watch YouTube on 150% :) thanks for the chat
    - drewbanin 8y ago
      One of the maintainers of dbt here -- this was an amazing conversation and I'm so happy I caught it. Thanks both for sharing :)

slap_shot 8y ago

[Obligatory: Someone is downvoting you, but it isn't me. I upvoted you] Yeah, I get that. The analytics space is very complex and companies, even ones with good engineering teams, don't have the internal knowledge or resources to typically put all this together. In addition to working in this space, my copmany helps companies set up their analytics stack. We typically set them up with one cloud-based data integration tool (the one with the most # of integrations they need at the best price), dbt, and one BI tool (usually Looker or Periscope, in that order). All in, that takes us a few weeks to get them set up and going. I applaud your effort. I just struggle to understand why you accept punting on transformations (and using dbt (amazing library, by the way - great choice)), but then try to tackle something like integrations or BI tools. The complexity of both of those is massive and there are great open source efforts already out there. I'm eager to see where this goes.

sytse 8y ago
"but then try to tackle something like integrations or BI tools. The complexity of both of those is massive and there are great open source efforts already out there." I would love to hear your suggestion for a great open source BI tool. We tried Superset and Metabase but both didn't came close to what we could do with Looker. That is why we're giving Meltano Analyze a shot. BTW Do you want to do a livestreamed video call to discuss further in the 30 next minutes? You have a lot of knowledge. If so please email me and comment here. Update: He did email and livestream will happen on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8tEDq3K_pE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8tEDq3K_pE
- slap_shot 8y ago
  Sure - just shot you an email at website@yourhandle.com
  - jakecodes 8y ago
    What a great interview. @slap_shot, you had great questions and you are so well spoken. Really appreciate the feedback. We're all taking notes here. Hope you will keep an eye on our issue tracker for Meltano and give us your feedback as things come up.
    - mendelk 8y ago
      I have no horse in this race, but this is so cool that one minute you're exchanging comments on HN and the next you're livestreaming a conversation on the topic! What a world :)
      - sytse 8y ago
        Glad you like it!
    - slap_shot 8y ago
      My pleasure! Will watch the repo closely and contribute if I can. Very curious to see where this goes. Also, I had a coffee at 5PM with someone, which is way too late to be drinking coffee, and it is evident in how quickly I'm talking >.<
      - sytse 8y ago
        I liked the fast pace! But normally I do watch YouTube on 150% :) thanks for the chat
  - drewbanin 8y ago
    One of the maintainers of dbt here -- this was an amazing conversation and I'm so happy I caught it. Thanks both for sharing :)