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Tanya Bragin and I have a wide-ranging chat about the tension of open source and commercial products, Clickhouse, aligning marketing and product, and how she manages her time.

Location: Ramp 19 W 22nd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10010

Instructions for arrival: Ramp entrance is located at 19 W 22nd St, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10010, directly across the street from COTE Korean Steakhouse. When you arrive, please enter the building and check in with Security on the 1st floor and let them know that you are here for the Ramp x ClickHouse NYC Meetup. Please note, you'll need to bring your government issued ID in order to be permitted into the building. When you arrive on the 2nd floor, please proceed through the double doors.

----- Hey there, data enthusiasts and ClickHouse aficionados! We've got some exciting news to share - our next meetup is on the horizon, and it's going to be at Ramp's beautiful offices! Get ready for a delightful mix of mind-boggling data tales, insightful conversations, and maybe even a surprise or two up our sleeves.

But here's the deal: to secure your spot, make sure you register ASAP!

Agenda: 5:30 - 6:15 - Arrival and Check-in 6:15 - 7:00 - Ramp's presentations:

1. Ramp's ClickHouse story. The urgent problem we needed to solve, how we solved it (getting into technical details), and the outcomes.
2. Ramp's "OLAP Platform" built on ClickHouse. The platform we're building to scale ClickHouse organizationally.

7:00-7:25 - Fireside Chat w/ Lauren Balik and ClickHouse Head of Product (Tanya Bragin) 7:25 - 7:50 - Vantage 7:50 - 8:05 - Prefect 8:05 - 8:45 - More Food, Drinks, and Conversation

If you are interested in speaking at a future event, please contact [email protected]

Summary

Databases are the core of most applications, whether transactional or analytical. In recent years the selection of database products has exploded, making the critical decision of which engine(s) to use even more difficult. In this episode Tanya Bragin shares her experiences as a product manager for two major vendors and the lessons that she has learned about how teams should approach the process of tool selection.

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Interview

Introduction How did you get involved in the area of data management? What are the aspects of the database market that keep you interested as a VP of product?

How have your experiences at Elastic informed your current work at Clickhouse?

What are the main product categories for databases today?

What are the industry trends that have the most impact on the development and growth of different product categories? Which categories do you see growing the fastest?

When a team is selecting a database technology for a given task, what are the types of questions that they should be asking? Transactional engines like Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle, etc. were long used