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I firmly believe that change is the only constant and unless you’re a recent subscriber, you’ll notice that this newsletter has a new identity — Meandering The Modern Data Landscape is now Data Beats (DB).

Before diving into it, let’s groove to the launch track to celebrate this new beginning! 💃

So here’s what’s changing

I’ve merged all content and community initiatives — this newsletter, the data_beats show, and the tools directory to create The Data Beats Community.

The data_beats Show [db]

Launched on YouTube, the show is now a core element of this community.

Episodes average 15 mins where practitioners and founders of data companies candidly answer 8-10 hard questions, enabling the listener to learn about new topics rather quickly.

The first 10 episodes offer different perspectives on important topics like warehouse-native apps, identity resolution technologies, and data observability.

Now, since most of you had signed up to receive my guides and perspectives, I chose not to send the data_beats episodes via email.

Going forward though, each newsletter issue will either be an article (by me or a community member) or an episode.

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