Episode 20: Building a Time Series Database with Rick Spencer at InfluxData

In today’s episode, we’re talking to Rick Spencer. Rick is VP of Product at InfluxData, a platform to help developers build time series-based applications quickly and at scale.

We talk about Rick’s background, how InfluxData got started, and the kinds of problems it solves today. Rick describes the differences between building a product for developers and one for non-developers.

We go on to discuss the difference between a time series database and a regular database, the benefits of a time series database, the idea of data gravity, and the interaction between engineering and product teams.

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