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Welcome to the Preset Podcast, the home of "Analytics Everywhere" and "Designated Driver". Analytics Everywhere discusses wide-ranging topics in business intelligence and data engineering, and Designated Driver is a great way to get to know the database platforms of the world over a beer. These podcasts are dedicated to explore next-generation data tools and the impact they have on data teams.

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November 24, 202556 min

Meet 'sup! - your new Superset CLI tool! [Video]

Join us for a session on `sup!, the new Superset CLI that brings automation, CI/CD, and agentic workflows to BI. We’ll show how sup! acts as a bridge between natural language, SQL, and your analytics stack—making it easy for engineers, analysts, and data teams to script operations, run rich queries, and even let coding agents create charts and dashboards on the fly.⁠Catch all the upcoming Preset demos/webinars⁠⁠Visit the `sup website⁠⁠Check out the repo⁠⁠Read more on the blog⁠Want to learn more or get API access? ⁠Talk to an expert!

May 2, 20251 hr 0 min

AI-in-BI: The Roadmap for Superset and Beyond

We'll be exploring how the Apache Superset project (and Preset) have been making moves toward AI/LLM features, what SIPs are open on this topic, and what we consider to be the path for AI in BI as a generalized practice, as an extension to this blog post.

April 7, 202530 min

AI in BI: the Path to Full Self-Driving Analytics

As a corollary to Max's new blog post, "AI in BI: The Path to Full Self Drive", this episode is a bit of.... an experiment. It explores how artificial intelligence is revolutionizing business intelligence (BI), from accelerating data analysis and surfacing key insights to enabling predictive models and automating decision-making. AI is changing how organizations interact with their data, and this episode highlights emerging trends in AI-driven BI tools, the shift away from manual dashboards, and how natural language interfaces are making data more accessible than ever. Whether you're in data, leadership, or just AI-curious, this episode offers a forward-looking glimpse into the future of analytics.

November 11, 202441 min

Designated Driver #8 • Altinity with Robert Hodges

Anyone up for a Boulevardier? Of course you are! Join special guest Robert Hodges, CEO of Altinity as we learn about databases and oh-so-much more. Grab a snack/drink/whatever, and join us. Try Altinity for free at https://altinity.com/ Learn more about Apache Superset at https://superset.apache.org/ Get Preset for free, forever, at https://preset.io

September 30, 2024Episode 1056 min

Analytics Everywhere #10 • Alexander Gallego of Redpanda

Join us for an in-depth conversation with Redpanda founder & CEO Alexander Gallego, as we dive into all sorts of topics from the project's origin story, to trends in streaming data, AI, and much more. Check out Redpanda at ⁠https://redpanda.com Try Preset for free, forever, at ⁠https://preset.io/ Learn more about how Preset can help your business: https://preset.io/contact-sales/

August 20, 2024Episode 943 min

Analytics Everywhere #9 • Devin Stein of Dosu

Today we welcome Devin Stein, Founder & CEO of Dosu. Dosu offers GitHub repo automation tools built around custom LLM agents, trained on your repo's issues/PRs and related content. Learn about how it's been helping the Apache Superset project and can help your repo too! Try out Dosu⁠ Try Preset for free Learn more about how Preset can help your business

August 8, 2024Episode 746 min

Designated Driver #7 • Apache Pinot / StarTree

It's happy hour again! Join Viktor Gamoc from Apache Pinot and StarTree to learn about him, the project, and their use cases with Superset. Grab a snack/drink/whatever, and join us. Try StarTree for free at https://startree.ai/ Learn more about Apache Pinot at https://pinot.apache.org/ Learn more about Apache Superset at https://superset.apache.org/ Get Preset for free, forever, at https://preset.io

July 12, 2024Episode 625 min

Designated Driver Episode #6 • Confluent/Apache Kafka

Join us with special guest Tim Berglund from Confluent and Apache Kafka. We'll spend our happy (half) hour (depending on time zone, of course!) learning all about the project's background, its use cases, and how that all flows into Superset. Grab a beverage, and let's dive in! Try Confluent for free at https://www.confluent.io/ Try Apache Superset/Preset for free at https://preset.io Learn more about Apache Kafka at https://kafka.apache.org/ Learn more about Apache Superset at https://superset.apache.org/

July 9, 2024Episode 247 min

Analytics Everywhere #8: Avi Press of Scarf

Today we welcome Avi Press, Founder & CEO at Scarf. Scarf offers telemetry and analytics to capture anonymized open-source usage data and find actionable insights to grow your open-source project or fuel your sales and marketing strategies. Check out Scarf at https://scarf.sh/ Try Preset for free at https://preset.io/

June 28, 2024Episode 533 min

Designated Driver Episode #5 • Shillelagh

Time to take a walk on the Irish side, as Beto tells us all about Shillelah⁠! We explore the history, use cases, and inner workings of this Python library that allows you to query many resources (APIs, files, and more) using SQL. It's not just compatible with Apache Superset, it's built for Superset! Want to get started with Shillelagh and Superset today? Try Preset! You can start a free-forever account or contact our sales team to access even more Superset features.