Michael Irvine
@mjirv.bsky.social
senior horse and buggy engineer
What’s Fivetran’s story, anyway? This is a wild work history, lol
October 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
What’s Fivetran’s story, anyway? This is a wild work history, lol
I’m happy about the dbt/Fivetran merger.
Ultimately, it’s better for the data community to have one big ETL company headed (hopefully) towards an IPO rather than two smaller ones stumbling along, hoping Databricks or Snowflake finally decide to acquire them.
Ultimately, it’s better for the data community to have one big ETL company headed (hopefully) towards an IPO rather than two smaller ones stumbling along, hoping Databricks or Snowflake finally decide to acquire them.
October 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I’m happy about the dbt/Fivetran merger.
Ultimately, it’s better for the data community to have one big ETL company headed (hopefully) towards an IPO rather than two smaller ones stumbling along, hoping Databricks or Snowflake finally decide to acquire them.
Ultimately, it’s better for the data community to have one big ETL company headed (hopefully) towards an IPO rather than two smaller ones stumbling along, hoping Databricks or Snowflake finally decide to acquire them.
the problem with being a data vendor is you only get to play with the shiny toys you’re building, not everyone else’s. super pumped to be back to being a practitioner soon 😀
September 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
the problem with being a data vendor is you only get to play with the shiny toys you’re building, not everyone else’s. super pumped to be back to being a practitioner soon 😀
Reposted by Michael Irvine
Cube did a reorganization, which sadly eliminated my role from the company as a solutions engineer in pre-sales.
I am open to work in solutions engineering, devrel, product marketing, and possibly other roles.
DM if you have interest or roles that you could refer me to.
I am open to work in solutions engineering, devrel, product marketing, and possibly other roles.
DM if you have interest or roles that you could refer me to.
August 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Cube did a reorganization, which sadly eliminated my role from the company as a solutions engineer in pre-sales.
I am open to work in solutions engineering, devrel, product marketing, and possibly other roles.
DM if you have interest or roles that you could refer me to.
I am open to work in solutions engineering, devrel, product marketing, and possibly other roles.
DM if you have interest or roles that you could refer me to.
learn something new every day
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June 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
learn something new every day
currently using ai agents to build tests for ai agents
a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
Alt: a cartoon of two spidermans standing in front of a nypd van
media.tenor.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
currently using ai agents to build tests for ai agents
lots of people on LinkedIn etc ragging on dbt Fusion
but from what i can tell, it’s mostly vendors worried that dbt just killed their strategy of reselling dbt core
careful who you listen to out there, folks
but from what i can tell, it’s mostly vendors worried that dbt just killed their strategy of reselling dbt core
careful who you listen to out there, folks
June 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
lots of people on LinkedIn etc ragging on dbt Fusion
but from what i can tell, it’s mostly vendors worried that dbt just killed their strategy of reselling dbt core
careful who you listen to out there, folks
but from what i can tell, it’s mostly vendors worried that dbt just killed their strategy of reselling dbt core
careful who you listen to out there, folks
holy effect size, batman documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
May 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
holy effect size, batman documents.worldbank.org/en/publicati...
can’t believe jd vance killed the pope and they still elected an american to replace him
May 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
can’t believe jd vance killed the pope and they still elected an american to replace him
me heading to r/dataengineering to comment “why not just do this in dbt?” on every post about some insanely over-engineered data pipeline
April 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
me heading to r/dataengineering to comment “why not just do this in dbt?” on every post about some insanely over-engineered data pipeline
April 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
URGENT: My Candidacy for Pope Needs Your Support NOW!
Hello Friend! 💥 BREAKING NEWS 💥 I’ve just announced my candidacy for POPE! The Vatican ELITES don’t want me to win, but with YOUR help we can REVOLUTIONIZE the papacy! Can I count on your support?
Hello Friend! 💥 BREAKING NEWS 💥 I’ve just announced my candidacy for POPE! The Vatican ELITES don’t want me to win, but with YOUR help we can REVOLUTIONIZE the papacy! Can I count on your support?
like many of you (statistically speaking), i am technically eligible to be the next Pope
April 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
URGENT: My Candidacy for Pope Needs Your Support NOW!
Hello Friend! 💥 BREAKING NEWS 💥 I’ve just announced my candidacy for POPE! The Vatican ELITES don’t want me to win, but with YOUR help we can REVOLUTIONIZE the papacy! Can I count on your support?
Hello Friend! 💥 BREAKING NEWS 💥 I’ve just announced my candidacy for POPE! The Vatican ELITES don’t want me to win, but with YOUR help we can REVOLUTIONIZE the papacy! Can I count on your support?
like many of you (statistically speaking), i am technically eligible to be the next Pope
April 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
like many of you (statistically speaking), i am technically eligible to be the next Pope
time to rewatch The Young Pope
April 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
time to rewatch The Young Pope
eli5: why do we need a separate protocol for agents to call other agents?
couldn’t we just use MCP?
couldn’t we just use MCP?
Announcing the Agent2Agent Protocol (A2A)- Google Developers Blog
Explore A2A, Google's new open protocol empowering developers to build interoperable AI solutions.
developers.googleblog.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
eli5: why do we need a separate protocol for agents to call other agents?
couldn’t we just use MCP?
couldn’t we just use MCP?
wild that versace has the same valuation as like, airbyte
Prada buying rival fashion brand Versace in $1.36bn deal
The deal to unite the two Italian brands has an estimated value of $1.36bn (£1.06bn).
www.bbc.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
wild that versace has the same valuation as like, airbyte
if i were angel investing right now, my strategy would be to invest in anyone who’s totally ignoring AI
there’s alpha in just building good old-fashioned products that solve users’ problems!
there’s alpha in just building good old-fashioned products that solve users’ problems!
April 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
if i were angel investing right now, my strategy would be to invest in anyone who’s totally ignoring AI
there’s alpha in just building good old-fashioned products that solve users’ problems!
there’s alpha in just building good old-fashioned products that solve users’ problems!
i guess i picked a good time to roll over my old 401k 🥴
April 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
i guess i picked a good time to roll over my old 401k 🥴
just saw the phrase “vibe marketing” and i think i might poke my eyes out
April 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
just saw the phrase “vibe marketing” and i think i might poke my eyes out
good post that answered some of my questions about Iceberg and confirmed that other ones aren’t crazy! (e.g. won’t you have huge egress costs unless you’re *really* careful?)
worth a read
worth a read
new rule: talk about Iceberg without mentioning Hive or ACID properties.
the vast majority of SQL users don't care (and shouldn't)! it's like explaining Dropbox starting w/ bringing up libfuse
If you're new to iceberg lmk if you get something from this!
roundup.getdbt.com/p/iceberg-gi...
#databs
the vast majority of SQL users don't care (and shouldn't)! it's like explaining Dropbox starting w/ bringing up libfuse
If you're new to iceberg lmk if you get something from this!
roundup.getdbt.com/p/iceberg-gi...
#databs
Iceberg?? Give it a REST!
The new abstraction that changes nothing... and everything
roundup.getdbt.com
April 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
good post that answered some of my questions about Iceberg and confirmed that other ones aren’t crazy! (e.g. won’t you have huge egress costs unless you’re *really* careful?)
worth a read
worth a read
i’ve noticed there’s a gap between how excited SWEs and data people are about AI.
not sure what explains it. poor experiences with text-to-sql tools? concerns about being replaced?
not sure what explains it. poor experiences with text-to-sql tools? concerns about being replaced?
April 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
i’ve noticed there’s a gap between how excited SWEs and data people are about AI.
not sure what explains it. poor experiences with text-to-sql tools? concerns about being replaced?
not sure what explains it. poor experiences with text-to-sql tools? concerns about being replaced?