165: SQL Queries, Data Modeling, and Data Visualization with Colin Zima of Omni

The Data Stack Show

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• Colin's Background and Starting Omni (1:48)
• Defining “good” at Google search early in his career (4:42)
• Looker's Unique Approach to Analytics (9:48)
• The paradigm shift in analytics (10:52)
• The architecture of Looker and its influence (12:04)
• Combatting the challenge of unbundling in the data stack (14:26)
• The evolution of analytics engineering (21:50)
• Enhancing user flexibility in Omni (23:44)
• The evolution of BI tools (32:53)
• What does the future look like for BI tools? (35:14)
• The role of Python and notebooks in BI (39:48)
• The product experience of Omni and its vision (45:27)
• Expectations for the future of Omni (47:52)
• The relationship between algorithms and business logic (50:51)

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