Michael E. Driscoll
@medriscoll
Founder @RillData, the fastest path to operational BI. Previously founded @Metamarkets, @DCVC, @CustomInk. Lapsed computational biologist.
Quack... Quack... and code! @mehd_io and @medriscol from @RillData are diving into how GenAI is reshaping BI-as-code — from idea to implementation. This one’s for data folks who want to see beyond the hype. Register : lu.ma/w4ncmttn
So excited to announce the debut of Canvas dashboards! The Rill community will have more flexibility than ever before with how to visualize their metrics. #dataviz #analytics #Rill
📢Introducing Canvas dashboards📢 Rill’s signature Explore dashboards have always had powerful slice & dice capabilities, but its layout was highly opinionated. With Canvas, you control how metrics are presented - creating layouts that are purpose-built for your use cases.
"BI-as-code is becoming real. Last week, I walked through a live demo of one of these tools where: • Metrics layer, semantic model, etc, are both UI & YAML • Everything is version-controlled • GUI & YML = friendly interfaces for everyone Combine it with a modern…
New fund! Please send me your troublesome ringleaders...
Yes, we are actively investing. In fact, today we announced @bloombergbeta has a new fund to invest – our fifth. Startups keep evolving, faster than ever, and we know the best way we can support them is by staying steady, a constant on which they can depend. So our new fund is…
Everything you could ever want in an early stage investor you can find in the superorganism that is @BloombergBeta — embracing big ideas with a balance of Silicon Valley utopianism and NYC realism. I’ve known @roybahat for three decades and @jamescham for two decades and I am a…
Yes, we are actively investing. In fact, today we announced @bloombergbeta has a new fund to invest – our fifth. Startups keep evolving, faster than ever, and we know the best way we can support them is by staying steady, a constant on which they can depend. So our new fund is…
Building software with code is faster / smarter than building software with clicks. The bloated UIs of many software development interfaces will become anachronisms.
Low code no code makes ~no~ sense when code is free
Trying Rill MCP implementation with Claude. It worked on the first try with a local Rill and NYC and Pickup data set. I think we arrived at "self-serve BI" after many years of trying if we roll out MCP capabilities to everyone in the org. Beyond mere numbers, we get…
ClickHouse just announced the availability of its MCP, now in private preview at clickhouse.ai. In a day chock full of big announcements at @ClickHouse’s first ever user conference, including a new $350mm investment led by Khosla Ventures, AI continues to headline —…
To round out our AI deep-dive, our MCP for Real-Time Analytics panelists discuss how MCPs shift analytics to conversations—making complex data more accessible than ever. Why is ClickHouse so powerful for agentic AI? You need ClickHouse-level semantics, speed, and scale. 💪 Thank…
Data Council talks are live, so I'm going to link the DuckDB related ones here in a thread
Today we're launching DuckLake, an integrated data lake and catalog format powered by SQL. DuckLake unlocks next-generation data warehousing where compute is local, consistency central, and storage scales till infinity. DuckLake is an open standard and we've implemented it in…
On the last Quack&Code @mehd_io sat down with @medriscoll from @RillData to explore how LLMs are revolutionizing the way we interact with data. They didn't just talk theory – they got hands-on with some fun demos, showing how AI can generate dashboards and metrics in real-time,…
Why open table formats are suddenly all the rage? Why is AWS investing heavily in making Iceberg tables on S3, and why did Databricks pay a reported $2B to acquire Tabular? The answers might change how we think about data architecture.
Nearly 20% of all open PM roles at tech companies globally are based in the SF Bay Area. And this share is growing (was 16% mid-2022) Same story for engineering, about 18% (and growing) This is even more stark for AI roles: over 30% of all open AI roles at tech companies…
Slow metric exploration? Duck that. For metrics to be useful, they need to be explorable. For exploration to be useful, it better be fast. @medriscoll (@RillData) shared a SQL-based metrics layer built for high-performance analytics databases like @duckdb & @ClickHouseDB.…
So much progress on crime by SF Mayor @DanielLurie, that auto glass replacement shops are feeling it! "San Francisco auto glass shops suffering as car break-ins drop" sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bip…
So much progress on crime by SF Mayor @DanielLurie, that auto glass replacement shops are feeling it! "San Francisco auto glass shops suffering as car break-ins drop" sfchronicle.com/sf/article/bip…