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Nick Schrock is the founder of Dagster Labs, a data platform that helps you build, schedule, and monitor reliable data pipelines. They've raised $49M in funding from investors such as Sequoia, Index, Amplify, Slow, and 8VC. He is also the cocreator of the popular query language GraphQL.
Nick's favorite books: The Great CEO Within (Author: Matt Mochary)
(00:01) Introduction and Welcome
(00:39) The Origins of GraphQL at Facebook
(05:24) Explaining Data Orchestration in Plain English
(09:03) What Dagster Is and Why It Matters
(12:37) Assets vs. Tasks: A New Philosophy
(16:51) Balancing Open Source and Commercial Features
(22:18) Growing the Early Open Source Community
(25:26) Signals of Community Health
(27:59) Landing the First 10 Customers
(32:25) Culture Shift: From Engineering-Heavy to Go-to-Market
(37:49) Mistakes DevTool Founders Often Make
(41:21) Selective Micromanagement and Leadership Style
(44:36) Rapid Fire Round
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Where to find Nick Schrock:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schrockn/
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Where to find Prateek Joshi:
Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com
Website: https://prateekj.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite
X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi
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Nick Schrock is the founder of Dagster Labs, a data platform that helps you build, schedule, and monitor reliable data pipelines. They've raised $49M in funding from investors such as Sequoia, Index, Amplify, Slow, and 8VC. He is also the cocreator of the popular query language GraphQL.
Nick's favorite books: The Great CEO Within (Author: Matt Mochary)
(00:01) Introduction and Welcome
(00:39) The Origins of GraphQL at Facebook
(05:24) Explaining Data Orchestration in Plain English
(09:03) What Dagster Is and Why It Matters
(12:37) Assets vs. Tasks: A New Philosophy
(16:51) Balancing Open Source and Commercial Features
(22:18) Growing the Early Open Source Community
(25:26) Signals of Community Health
(27:59) Landing the First 10 Customers
(32:25) Culture Shift: From Engineering-Heavy to Go-to-Market
(37:49) Mistakes DevTool Founders Often Make
(41:21) Selective Micromanagement and Leadership Style
(44:36) Rapid Fire Round
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Where to find Nick Schrock:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/schrockn/
--------
Where to find Prateek Joshi:
Newsletter: https://prateekjoshi.substack.com
Website: https://prateekj.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateek-joshi-infinite
X: https://x.com/prateekvjoshi

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