Unifying AI and Product Development
Joe's Nerdy Rants #65 - Weekend reads, podcasts, and other stuff
Hi! It’s Valentine’s Day ❤️ weekend. Also, I’m in the middle of finishing sections of my draft chapter on alt-relational data modeling. So I’ll keep this short.
Something that’s been on my mind for a while is the disconnect between “Product” and those responsible for delivering on the product vision, usually engineering and data/ML teams. Different expectations, vocabulary, and timelines, among other ailments. It’s confusing and frustrating. What if we could unify these two universes?
In this conversation with my two friends, Anne-Claire Baschet and Yoann Benoit (who also have an upcoming book on Nerd Herd), we unpack these questions and more. Also, check out their awesome article, AI & Product: Two Development Cycles to Unify. Enjoy!
This video (or audio) is also available on your podcast platform of choice like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or YouTube.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Joe
Cool Weekend Reads & Listens
Tech, Data, and AI
AI Agents Are Everywhere…and Nowhere (WSJ)
Why is everyone trying to replace Software Engineers?
Meta has an AI for brain typing, but it’s stuck in the lab | MIT Technology Review
How about trailing commas in SQL? | Peter Eisentraut
Biz & Culture
Silicon Valley Unicorn Startups Are Desperate for Cash - Bloomberg
Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook | The Verge
Global economy could face 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090 from climate shocks, say actuaries
Podcast
Anne-Claire Baschet & Yoann Benoit - Unifying AI and Product Development - (Spotify, YouTube)
David Jayatillake - Semantic Layers, Proving Value in Data Work, and More - (Spotify, YouTube)
Freestyle Fridays - Old School vs New School Data Modeling (Spotify)
Evan Wimpey - On Being a Data Comedian, a Bayesian, and Other Priors (Spotify)
Data Day Texas Recap w/ Tony Baer, Matt Housley, and Juan Sequeda (Spotify)
Freestyle Fridays - Unhinged Rants w/ Carly Taylor (Spotify)
Remco Broekmans - Data Modeling, Data Vault, and More (Spotify)
Freestyle Fridays - Bridge Skills w/ Eevamaija Virtanen (Spotify)
Chip Huyen - AI Engineering, Agents, and More (Spotify)
Jamie Davidson - Modern Data Modeling (Spotify)
Carly Taylor & Ghalib Suleiman - Dealing with Burnout (Spotify)
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