182: Building a Dynamic Data Infrastructure at Enterprise Scale Featuring Kevin Liu of Stripe

This week on The Data Stack Show, Eric and Kostas chat with Kevin Liu, Software Engineer at Stripe. During the episode, Kevin discusses data infrastructure challenges and the development of data products. He also shares insights on the importance of metadata management and the role of catalogs in maintaining data consistency across various systems. The conversation also covers open-source projects like the Python Iceberg library and the future of databases in the cloud, the ease of use of internal tools, the integration of data for builders, the balance between simplicity and functionality in user interfaces, and more.