The conversations behind the modern data hustle.
Conversations with data leaders, operators, and builders about the real work behind modern data platforms, AI adoption, governance, and turning data teams into business engines. Watch the latest episodes, follow the show, and use the library as a field guide for practical data and AI leadership.
The Data Consultant's Handbook
Master stakeholder management and client delivery to drive business impact in data consulting
A Packt title by Juan Manuel Perafan and Tony Zeljkovic for consultants who need to turn requirements, delivery, ROI, adoption, and account growth into a repeatable consulting practice.
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Slow Data, Fast Business — Noel Gomez
Noel Gomez, co-founder of DataCoves, breaks down what it takes to turn dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, and open-source tooling into a platform teams can actually run at scale.
Operator-level conversations
No theory theater. The show gets into the day-to-day decisions behind data teams, platforms, migrations, governance, and AI adoption.
Data work tied to business value
Guests talk about the messy bridge between technical execution and commercial outcomes: speed, cost, adoption, trust, and leverage.
AI without the hype cycle
Practical takes on where AI helps, where it fails, and what data professionals should build, learn, or stop doing next.
Conference talks and guest appearances
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Semantic Layers, LookML, and the Future of Data Consulting
Tony joins Wesley Nitikromo to discuss the agentic shift in data consulting, semantic layers, LookML, MCP servers, and where consulting value moves as implementation work gets automated.
SQL Lingua Franca #3 — Developer Experience
A conversation on developer experience in data engineering, practical bioinformatics work, and what makes data tooling usable for engineering teams.
Stop Building Brittle Engineering Moats
A short-form appearance on why data professionals may be better positioned for the AI era than traditional implementation-heavy software roles.
Dump the Ducktape: Unblocking Data Pipelines at Scale in Healthcare Using DuckDB
A DuckCon lightning talk on using DuckDB to unblock healthcare data pipelines at scale, presented in Amsterdam as part of the DuckDB community conference.
Tackling Data Debt
Practical strategies for improving data quality in fast-moving environments, covering how teams can reduce data debt without slowing delivery.
Unlocking Automated Bioinformatics for Large-Scale Healthcare
A Nextflow Summit talk on building automated bioinformatics pipelines for large-scale healthcare use cases at Curative.
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A growing library of interviews with people building, leading, and modernizing data organizations.
Get Left Behind Unless You're AI-Enabled and Deeply Human
Kingsley Hall joins Tony to unpack how AI is changing sales, cybersecurity, and the future of work — and why durable expertise still has to stay deeply human.
The Data Hustle — Chris Gambill
Christopher Gambill talks data engineering career paths, where AI changes implementation work, and what aspiring data professionals should focus on next.
The Data Hustle — Zharko Cekovski
A practical conversation on building data capabilities, operating inside real organizations, and keeping technical work tied to business outcomes.
The Data Hustle — Shane Gibson
Shane Gibson joins Tony to discuss data leadership, delivery discipline, and how teams can create more value without drowning in process.
The Data Hustle — Slawomir Tulski
A conversation on lessons from Meta, how data work becomes business value, and where implementation work goes as AI changes the job.
The Data Hustle — Dr. Clair Sullivan
Dr. Clair Sullivan joins Tony for a practical discussion on healthcare data, analytics leadership, governance, and making data useful in complex environments.
The Data Hustle — Thais Cooke
Thais Cooke talks about moving into data, the analyst role being reborn, cleaning AI output, and the skills analysts need next.