DATA in the Wild

Learn from your favorite indie hackers as they share hard-earned lessons and tall tales from their data model journeys!

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The What, Why, & How of Data Modeling with Dan Singerman

Today, we’re joined by Dan Singerman, founder and director of Reason Factory. He talks to us about why you should consider the user’s mental model when creating software, why it’s important to have consistent vernacular across your system, and more.R

Episode 848 minutes

Simplifying Developers’ Lives with Ivar Østhus

Today, we’re joined by Ivar Østhus, CTO and co-founder of Unleash. He talks to us about the inspiration behind Unleash, why they have two different APIs in their platform, and more.UnleashCheck out Unleash on GitHubFollow Ivar on TwitterFollow Unleas

Episode 744 minutes

Demystifying DNS with Anthony Eden

Today, we’re joined by Anthony Eden, co-founder of DNSimple. He talks to us about the difference between DNS and domain registration, what ephemeral data is, and more.DNSimpleHow DNS WorksFollow Anthony on TwitterConnect with Anthony on LinkedInChapt

Episode 642 minutes

Navigating Geodata with Mathias Hansen

Today, we’re joined by Mathias Hansen, co-founder of Geocodio. He talks to us about the challenges of dealing with geodata, how opening up data helps improve accuracy for everyone, and more.GeocodioFollow Mathias on TwitterChapters00:52 - What is Geo

Episode 546 minutes

The Two Hard Things in Software Development with Benedikt Deicke

Today, we’re joined by Benedikt Deicke, co-founder and CTO of Userlist. He talks to us about why naming things and cache invalidation are hard, why it’s a good idea to denormalize your data sometimes, and more.UserlistReal Time Analytics with Postgre

Episode 447 minutes

Two-sided Marketplaces with Anna Maste

Today, we’re joined by Anna Maste, exited founder of Boondockers Welcome and current founder of Subscribe Sense. She talks to us about what you need to be mindful of when building two-sided marketplaces, why it’s important to make many-to-one relatio

Episode 338 minutes

SaaS Pricing and Data Models with Pierre de Wulf

Today we talk to Pierre de Wulf, the technical co-founder of ScrapingBee. He talks to us about how they arrived at 36 different pricing data types, the difference between plans and subscriptions, and more.ScrapingBeeFollow Pierre on TwitterFollow Scr

Episode 225 minutes

Permissions, Scopes & Roles with Monica Lent

Today, we’re joined by Monica Lent, founder of Affilimate. She talks to us about why you should always start with an array, the importance of storing data in the right format and database from the beginning, and more.AffilimateCheck out Monica’s webs

Episode 130 minutes

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The hosts

Queen Raae and Captain Ola

Raae wrote her first HTML in 1997 after her Norwegian teachers encouraged her to take the new elective class.

Around the same time, Ola bought a Macintosh SE for his high school with the proceeds from the school newspaper he started.

These days you find them building web apps live on stream, and doing developer marketing work for clients.

They are both passionate about the web as a platform and the joy of creating your own thing.

Visit queen.raae.codes to learn more.

Season 1

Brought to you by Xata

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