Jonathan framed point solutions as late-night distractions, while Phil argued they solve real constraints platforms can’t touch. Darrell pulled the lens to data models and warehouse-native teams lean on composability for speed and control. We also cover costs, support, documentation, integrations and more!More
Tag Archives: warehouse native
180: István Mészáros: Merging web and product analytics on top of the warehouse with a zero-copy architecture
István built a warehouse-native analytics layer that lets teams define metrics once, query them directly, and skip the messy syncs across five tools trying to guess what “active user” means. Instead of fighting over numbers, teams walk through SQL together, clean up logic, and move faster.More
175: Hope Barrett: SoundCloud’s Martech Leader reflects on their huge messaging platform migration and structuring martech like a product
In twelve weeks, Hope led a full messaging stack rebuild with just three people. They cut 200 legacy campaigns down to what mattered, partnered with MoEngage for execution, and shifted messaging into the product org. Now, SoundCloud ships notifications like features that are part of a core product. Governance is clean, data runs through BigQuery, and audiences sync everywhere. The migration was wild and fast, but incredibly meticulous and the ultimate gain was making the whole system make sense again.More
151: Austin Hay: An operator’s guide to AI agents, composability, building in concert and self-designing APIs
Something extraordinary is brewing in the world of martech. In the near future, Austin thinks AI agents will turn into an omniscient digital butler, anticipating your needs with uncanny precision while vanishing into the background of your workday. But the real revolution unfolds in the seemingly mundane machinery of marketing operations, where innovative companies are transforming their spaghetti mess of data pipes and platforms into something approaching digital poetry. More
150: Welcoming Darrell Alfonso as a co-host, celebrating baby milestones and the top 2 predictions for martech by 2030
The Humans of Martech enters an exciting new chapter with Darrell Alfonso joining as co-host, bringing fresh energy and insights to the show. As a long-time listener and new dad, Darrell offers relatable stories of juggling work, family, and community while sharing bold predictions like the shift to warehouse-native architectures in martech, which promise to streamline data operations for enterprises. More
121: Anthony Lamot: Why we’re all exhausted by marketing emails and what to do about it
From early stage founder advice and keeping up with the galaxy of martech tools to email fatigue and AI’s convergence with neuroscience, this episode journeys through deep marketing space. We take a pit stop in email marketing land discussing true personalization and if we’re really ready to give the wheel to AI (spoiler, we’re not).More
119: Adam Greco: The Future of event-based web analytics
Adam is a leading voice in digital analytics and he unpacks event-based analytics and how it’s transformed how marketers interact with data. Data tools are complicating the martech landscape with overlapping functionality and confusing terminology so Adam breaks down the nuanced difference between product analytics, customer data infrastructure and ETL.More
107: Justin Norris: What MOPs can learn about AI from WALL-E and Star Trek
Justin is a polished voice of reason in martech. In our conversation, he focused on the practicality of AI, the shift towards flexible, composable tech stacks and the importance of diverse skills alongside a few Sci-fi references.More
87: Michael Katz: The Evolution of packaged CDPs, democratizing ML and the myths of composable and zero data copy
Michael warns against hype in the Packaged vs Composable CDP debate, emphasizing data integrity and the pitfalls of marketing illusions. Through strategic focus, mParticle aims for intelligent automation and genuine value creation in the complex martech landscape.More