Data in the Wild

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.

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Chapters

• (00:23) - What is Affilimate?
  


• (01:19) - Diving into Affilimate's tech stack
  


• (02:11) - A tall tale about cloud budget overrun
  


• (07:25) - User permissions, roles, and scopes
  


• (18:50) - Data in theory versus data in production
  


• (20:52) - How Affilimate's data model has changed over the years
  


• (22:13) - The importance of storing the data in the right format and database

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