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Has Self-Serve BI Finally Arrived Thanks to AI?
Simon Späti
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June 20, 2025
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Has Self-Serve BI Finally Arrived Thanks to AI?

How conversational BI and MCP deliver on two decades of promises
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The Great Reset: How AI Is Forcing Data Teams Back to Zero
Michael Driscoll
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November 18, 2025
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The Great Reset: How AI Is Forcing Data Teams Back to Zero

Data Talks on the Rocks - Joe Reis
Data Talks on the Rocks
Data Modeling for the Agentic Era: Semantics, Speed, and Stewardship
Simon Späti
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October 17, 2025
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Data Modeling for the Agentic Era: Semantics, Speed, and Stewardship

Three Pillars of Conversational Analytics
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The Great Reset: How AI Is Forcing Data Teams Back to Zero
Michael Driscoll
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November 18, 2025
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The Great Reset: How AI Is Forcing Data Teams Back to Zero

Data Talks on the Rocks - Joe Reis
Data Talks on the Rocks
Data Modeling for the Agentic Era: Semantics, Speed, and Stewardship
Simon Späti
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October 17, 2025
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Data Modeling for the Agentic Era: Semantics, Speed, and Stewardship

Three Pillars of Conversational Analytics
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Data Modeling Guide for Real-Time Analytics with ClickHouse
Simon Späti
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September 10, 2025
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Data Modeling Guide for Real-Time Analytics with ClickHouse

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Data-Driven Leader Series - Episode 2 - Digital Turbine
Michael Driscoll
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September 8, 2025
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Data-Driven Leader Series - Episode 2 - Digital Turbine

Data-Driven Leader Series
Data Engineering Postcard Series
Simon Späti
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July 10, 2025
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Data Engineering Postcard Series

Summer Edition ☀️ Quick insights for your beach reading
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Top 10 tips for using Claude Desktop with Rill Data
Jon Walls
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June 25, 2025
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Top 10 tips for using Claude Desktop with Rill Data

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Data-Driven Leader Series - Episode 1 - Disco
Michael Driscoll
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June 2, 2025
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Data-Driven Leader Series - Episode 1 - Disco

Data-Driven Leader Series
The Open Table Format Revolution: Why Hyperscalers Are Betting on Managed Iceberg
Simon Späti
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May 17, 2025
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The Open Table Format Revolution: Why Hyperscalers Are Betting on Managed Iceberg

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Introducing Canvas dashboards — a new way to visualize metrics
Janet Hwu
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April 22, 2025
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Introducing Canvas dashboards — a new way to visualize metrics

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What "Shifting Left" Means and Why it Matters for Data Stacks
Simon Späti
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April 11, 2025
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What "Shifting Left" Means and Why it Matters for Data Stacks

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Scaling Beyond Postgres: How to Choose a Real-Time Analytical Database
Simon Späti
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March 10, 2025
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Scaling Beyond Postgres: How to Choose a Real-Time Analytical Database

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Why You Need a SQL-based Metrics Layer
Michael Driscoll
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February 19, 2025
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Why You Need a SQL-based Metrics Layer

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Why Pivot Tables Never Die
Simon Späti
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February 3, 2025
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Why Pivot Tables Never Die

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Designing a Declarative Data Stack: From Theory to Practice
Simon Späti
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December 20, 2024
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Designing a Declarative Data Stack: From Theory to Practice

Part 3 of 3
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2024 Product Recap - 5 Top Features
Alex Thor
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December 12, 2024
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2024 Product Recap - 5 Top Features

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BI-as-Code and the New Era of GenBI
Simon Späti
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November 4, 2024
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BI-as-Code and the New Era of GenBI

Part 2 of 3
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The Rise of the Declarative Data Stack
Simon Späti
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October 16, 2024
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The Rise of the Declarative Data Stack

Part 1 of 3
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Video: How Rill powers fast, exploratory dashboards with ClickHouse
Marianne Jarvis
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June 13, 2024
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Video: How Rill powers fast, exploratory dashboards with ClickHouse

This presentation was given at a ClickHouse meetup in San Francisco on June 4, 2024
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Introducing the new File Explorer
Alex Thor
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May 6, 2024
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Introducing the new File Explorer

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Introducing the Rill pivot table
Alex Thor
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March 18, 2024
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Introducing the Rill pivot table

Based on the 1991 original hit by Lotus
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ClickHouse dashboards with Rill: instant, operational BI at scale
Nishant Bangarwa
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February 26, 2024
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ClickHouse dashboards with Rill: instant, operational BI at scale

"Why not scale up Rill using ClickHouse?"
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2023 Product Recap - 6 Big Features
Alex Thor
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December 20, 2023
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2023 Product Recap - 6 Big Features

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Lessons Learned in Developing Interactive Time Exploration in Rill Dashboards
Dhiraj Kumar
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September 14, 2023
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Lessons Learned in Developing Interactive Time Exploration in Rill Dashboards

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Fast DuckDB-Powered Dashboards with Rill and MotherDuck
Katie Staveley
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August 2, 2023
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Fast DuckDB-Powered Dashboards with Rill and MotherDuck

Partners
Analyze Your GitHub Repository with Rill
Eric Green
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July 6, 2023
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Analyze Your GitHub Repository with Rill

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Introducing Rill Cloud: The Fastest Path from Data Lake to Dashboard
Michael Driscoll
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May 31, 2023
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Introducing Rill Cloud: The Fastest Path from Data Lake to Dashboard

Rill Cloud public beta now available
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The Journey from Metamarkets to Rill
Marianne Jarvis
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May 17, 2023
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The Journey from Metamarkets to Rill

“It really changes how people interact with data.” - Sr. Director of Analytics at Liftoff
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Why We Built Rill with DuckDB
Michael Driscoll
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April 19, 2023
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Why We Built Rill with DuckDB

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Why We Raised $12M to Reimagine Business Dashboards
Michael Driscoll
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August 4, 2022
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Why We Raised $12M to Reimagine Business Dashboards

tl;dr Business dashboards are broken, Rill is a tool to fix them.
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Accelerating the Core Analysis Loop
Marissa Gorlick
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May 6, 2022
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Accelerating the Core Analysis Loop

Achieve flow in your work with tools that bring data insights at the speed of conversation.
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How to Create Roll-ups in Apache Druid
Neil Buesing
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December 22, 2021
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How to Create Roll-ups in Apache Druid

Use Cases
Seeking the Perfect Apache Druid Rollup
Neil Buesing
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December 16, 2021
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Seeking the Perfect Apache Druid Rollup

Deep Dives
Apache Airflow for Orchestration and Monitoring of Apache Druid
Scott Cohen
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October 21, 2021
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Apache Airflow for Orchestration and Monitoring of Apache Druid

Part 2: Observability Logic for High Uptime SLAs
Use Cases
Apache Airflow for Orchestration and Monitoring of Apache Druid
Scott Cohen
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October 18, 2021
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Apache Airflow for Orchestration and Monitoring of Apache Druid

Part 1: Technical Integration for Workflow
Use Cases
Fast Path to Streaming Data Analysis
Neil Buesing
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October 12, 2021
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Fast Path to Streaming Data Analysis

Geospatial Tutorial
Deep Dives
The Guide to Apache Druid Architectures
Michael Driscoll
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October 4, 2021
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The Guide to Apache Druid Architectures

Deep Dives
Setting up Apache Druid on Kubernetes in under 30 minutes
Adheip Singh
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October 1, 2021
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Setting up Apache Druid on Kubernetes in under 30 minutes

Deep Dives
Guide: Connect Looker to Druid and explore your data in real time
Margie Roginski
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July 22, 2021
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Guide: Connect Looker to Druid and explore your data in real time

Deep Dives
Guide: Connect Druid to Tableau for sub-second dashboards
Margie Roginski
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July 6, 2021
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Guide: Connect Druid to Tableau for sub-second dashboards

Deep Dives
How to achieve fast query speed with no DevOps maintenance
Margie Roginski
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June 10, 2021
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How to achieve fast query speed with no DevOps maintenance

Deep Dives
Introducing Rill Data’s BigQuery Connector
Margie Roginski
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June 3, 2021
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Introducing Rill Data’s BigQuery Connector

Partners
Druid + Looker? Druid + Tableau? Leverage data interoperability for data visualization
Margie Roginski
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May 27, 2021
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Druid + Looker? Druid + Tableau? Leverage data interoperability for data visualization

Partners
Apache Druid and Rill: better together
Margie Roginski
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May 20, 2021
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Apache Druid and Rill: better together

Deep Dives
When should I use Apache Druid? Try this checklist.
Margie Roginski
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May 13, 2021
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When should I use Apache Druid? Try this checklist.

Use Cases
Apache Druid Turns 10: The Untold Origin Story
Michael Driscoll
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May 1, 2021
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Apache Druid Turns 10: The Untold Origin Story

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Operational intelligence and the new frontier of data
Michael Driscoll
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April 22, 2021
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Operational intelligence and the new frontier of data

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