129: Databases, Data Warehouses, and Timeseries Data with David Kogn of Timescale

The Data Stack Show

Highlights from this week’s conversation include:

• David’s background and journey to Timescale (2:12)
• What are time series databases? (14:13)
• How Timescale would have impacted David’s trajectory early in his career (17:51)
• Innovation in postgreSQL (21:02)
• Why does Timescale build their timeseries databases differently? (27:08)
• The challenges of building a new database on top of an old software (32:22)
• Writing outside of SQL and Timescale’s secret sauce (37:47)
• The importance of the developer experience in Timescale (54:08)
• How does someone know when they need to implement time series functionality (56:51)
• Final thoughts and takeaways (1:04:57)

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