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We're re-launching Data Talks on the Rocks - the newest episode with Joe Reis drops on Nov 18.
Who’s a builder in data engineering you’d like to hear from?
Past guests - Hannes Muhleisen (DuckDB), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Alexey Milovidov (ClickHouse), Lloyd Tabb (Looker)
datatalks.rilldata.com
Who’s a builder in data engineering you’d like to hear from?
Past guests - Hannes Muhleisen (DuckDB), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Alexey Milovidov (ClickHouse), Lloyd Tabb (Looker)
datatalks.rilldata.com
Data Talks on the Rocks | Rill Data
Data Talks on the Rocks is a series of interviews from thought leaders and founders shaping the next chapter of analytics and data engineering. Join us for a front-row seat.
datatalks.rilldata.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We're re-launching Data Talks on the Rocks - the newest episode with Joe Reis drops on Nov 18.
Who’s a builder in data engineering you’d like to hear from?
Past guests - Hannes Muhleisen (DuckDB), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Alexey Milovidov (ClickHouse), Lloyd Tabb (Looker)
datatalks.rilldata.com
Who’s a builder in data engineering you’d like to hear from?
Past guests - Hannes Muhleisen (DuckDB), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Alexey Milovidov (ClickHouse), Lloyd Tabb (Looker)
datatalks.rilldata.com
In Rill .75, AI agents can now return rich visualizations directly in the chat. We also updated the homepage to help you get started faster!
This builds on the last release of citation URLs & full semantic layer access, making Rill’s AI agent even more powerful for analysis and collaboration.
This builds on the last release of citation URLs & full semantic layer access, making Rill’s AI agent even more powerful for analysis and collaboration.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In Rill .75, AI agents can now return rich visualizations directly in the chat. We also updated the homepage to help you get started faster!
This builds on the last release of citation URLs & full semantic layer access, making Rill’s AI agent even more powerful for analysis and collaboration.
This builds on the last release of citation URLs & full semantic layer access, making Rill’s AI agent even more powerful for analysis and collaboration.
Rill 0.75 is out with tons of exciting features we'll highlight over the week.
Up first is Dark Mode for Rill Developer 😎
We carefully refined chart palettes and UI elements so everything looks great in both light and dark themes.
Keep an eye out for dark mode support in Rill Cloud coming soon!
Up first is Dark Mode for Rill Developer 😎
We carefully refined chart palettes and UI elements so everything looks great in both light and dark themes.
Keep an eye out for dark mode support in Rill Cloud coming soon!
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Rill 0.75 is out with tons of exciting features we'll highlight over the week.
Up first is Dark Mode for Rill Developer 😎
We carefully refined chart palettes and UI elements so everything looks great in both light and dark themes.
Keep an eye out for dark mode support in Rill Cloud coming soon!
Up first is Dark Mode for Rill Developer 😎
We carefully refined chart palettes and UI elements so everything looks great in both light and dark themes.
Keep an eye out for dark mode support in Rill Cloud coming soon!
Honored to be mentioned as a leader in the "Headless / Embedded BI & Semantic Layer" category in the 2025 MAD (ML, AI & Data) Landscape.
Interactive version (searchable, with data cards):
mad.firstmark.com
Blog:
www.mattturck.com/mad2025
Interactive version (searchable, with data cards):
mad.firstmark.com
Blog:
www.mattturck.com/mad2025
October 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Honored to be mentioned as a leader in the "Headless / Embedded BI & Semantic Layer" category in the 2025 MAD (ML, AI & Data) Landscape.
Interactive version (searchable, with data cards):
mad.firstmark.com
Blog:
www.mattturck.com/mad2025
Interactive version (searchable, with data cards):
mad.firstmark.com
Blog:
www.mattturck.com/mad2025
💡Tip Thursday - set up bookmarks to instantly share with colleagues and partners💡
Use cases:
- Weekly/monthly reporting
- Filtering for specific users (ex: account manager's clients)
- Common troubleshooting questions starting with a subset of problem dimensions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqS8...
Use cases:
- Weekly/monthly reporting
- Filtering for specific users (ex: account manager's clients)
- Common troubleshooting questions starting with a subset of problem dimensions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqS8...
Bookmarking and Sharing your Rill data
YouTube video by Rill Data
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
💡Tip Thursday - set up bookmarks to instantly share with colleagues and partners💡
Use cases:
- Weekly/monthly reporting
- Filtering for specific users (ex: account manager's clients)
- Common troubleshooting questions starting with a subset of problem dimensions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqS8...
Use cases:
- Weekly/monthly reporting
- Filtering for specific users (ex: account manager's clients)
- Common troubleshooting questions starting with a subset of problem dimensions
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqS8...
Everyone is embedding AI chat in their product, but does it actually help?
@ssp.sh identifies 3 key to make it actually work: semantics, speed, stewardship.
A great agentic workflow is one that helps with your work but still lets you remain in the driver’s seat.
www.rilldata.com/blog/data-mo...
@ssp.sh identifies 3 key to make it actually work: semantics, speed, stewardship.
A great agentic workflow is one that helps with your work but still lets you remain in the driver’s seat.
www.rilldata.com/blog/data-mo...
Rill | Data Modeling for the Agentic Era: Semantics, Speed, and Stewardship
Master the three pillars of agentic data modeling: Metrics SQL for semantics, sub-second analytics for speed, and AI guardrails for trusted insights.
www.rilldata.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Everyone is embedding AI chat in their product, but does it actually help?
@ssp.sh identifies 3 key to make it actually work: semantics, speed, stewardship.
A great agentic workflow is one that helps with your work but still lets you remain in the driver’s seat.
www.rilldata.com/blog/data-mo...
@ssp.sh identifies 3 key to make it actually work: semantics, speed, stewardship.
A great agentic workflow is one that helps with your work but still lets you remain in the driver’s seat.
www.rilldata.com/blog/data-mo...
Reposted by Rill Data
In data analytics, we're facing a paradox. AI agents can theoretically analyze anything, but without the right foundations, they're as likely to hallucinate a metric as to calculate it correctly. They can write SQL in seconds, but will it answer the right business question?
Data Modeling for the Agentic Era: Semantics, Speed, and Stewardship
Master the three pillars of agentic data modeling: Metrics SQL for semantics, sub-second analytics for speed, and AI guardrails for trusted insights.
www.ssp.sh
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
In data analytics, we're facing a paradox. AI agents can theoretically analyze anything, but without the right foundations, they're as likely to hallucinate a metric as to calculate it correctly. They can write SQL in seconds, but will it answer the right business question?
💡Tip Thursday - embrace BI-as-code and publish changes using GitHub💡
Rill is a code-based platform, which means when we make changes to a dashboard or metric definition, everything is saved. We publish changes to Rill Cloud using Git version control.
Learn more:
youtu.be/wzhnORYyBlE?...
Rill is a code-based platform, which means when we make changes to a dashboard or metric definition, everything is saved. We publish changes to Rill Cloud using Git version control.
Learn more:
youtu.be/wzhnORYyBlE?...
Using GitHub Desktop to publish changes
YouTube video by Rill Data
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
💡Tip Thursday - embrace BI-as-code and publish changes using GitHub💡
Rill is a code-based platform, which means when we make changes to a dashboard or metric definition, everything is saved. We publish changes to Rill Cloud using Git version control.
Learn more:
youtu.be/wzhnORYyBlE?...
Rill is a code-based platform, which means when we make changes to a dashboard or metric definition, everything is saved. We publish changes to Rill Cloud using Git version control.
Learn more:
youtu.be/wzhnORYyBlE?...
Extensions put Gemini CLI at the center of an open ecosystem in which anyone can build integrations. Be on the lookout for a Rill extension coming soon!
💻 Connect your terminal to your entire workflow with Gemini CLI extensions.
Explore an open ecosystem of integrations from Google, Stripe, MongoDB, and more, or use our guides to build your own and automate complex tasks.
Explore the ecosystem ➡️ goo.gle/3IXF4ZV
Explore an open ecosystem of integrations from Google, Stripe, MongoDB, and more, or use our guides to build your own and automate complex tasks.
Explore the ecosystem ➡️ goo.gle/3IXF4ZV
October 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Extensions put Gemini CLI at the center of an open ecosystem in which anyone can build integrations. Be on the lookout for a Rill extension coming soon!
📣 Introducing AI Agents for Rill 📣
Building on our existing MCP server integration, we're excited to share project-wide chat in Rill, which is our first interactive agent of many to come. 🚀
It's not just a chatbot—you always have a dashboard ready to back up any responses from the AI! 🤯
Building on our existing MCP server integration, we're excited to share project-wide chat in Rill, which is our first interactive agent of many to come. 🚀
It's not just a chatbot—you always have a dashboard ready to back up any responses from the AI! 🤯
October 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
📣 Introducing AI Agents for Rill 📣
Building on our existing MCP server integration, we're excited to share project-wide chat in Rill, which is our first interactive agent of many to come. 🚀
It's not just a chatbot—you always have a dashboard ready to back up any responses from the AI! 🤯
Building on our existing MCP server integration, we're excited to share project-wide chat in Rill, which is our first interactive agent of many to come. 🚀
It's not just a chatbot—you always have a dashboard ready to back up any responses from the AI! 🤯
✈️The Rill team will be in NY for 4 exciting events in October✈️
If you're at any of the events below (or if you live in New York), let's meet up!
🗓️Advertising Week (Oct 6-9)
🗓️OpenHouse NYC - hosted by @clickhouse.com (Oct 7)
🗓️PrebidSummit (Oct 14)
🗓️OptableConnect (Oct 16)
www.rilldata.com/events
If you're at any of the events below (or if you live in New York), let's meet up!
🗓️Advertising Week (Oct 6-9)
🗓️OpenHouse NYC - hosted by @clickhouse.com (Oct 7)
🗓️PrebidSummit (Oct 14)
🗓️OptableConnect (Oct 16)
www.rilldata.com/events
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
✈️The Rill team will be in NY for 4 exciting events in October✈️
If you're at any of the events below (or if you live in New York), let's meet up!
🗓️Advertising Week (Oct 6-9)
🗓️OpenHouse NYC - hosted by @clickhouse.com (Oct 7)
🗓️PrebidSummit (Oct 14)
🗓️OptableConnect (Oct 16)
www.rilldata.com/events
If you're at any of the events below (or if you live in New York), let's meet up!
🗓️Advertising Week (Oct 6-9)
🗓️OpenHouse NYC - hosted by @clickhouse.com (Oct 7)
🗓️PrebidSummit (Oct 14)
🗓️OptableConnect (Oct 16)
www.rilldata.com/events
💡Tip Thursday - learn different ways to edit metrics using the UI, BI-as-code, or AI💡
If you want to move fast, Rill provides a nice developer environment for shipping things quickly. AI makes it very easy to make changes and Rill’s architecture makes it easy to confirm.
youtu.be/IWcv12aUKLc?...
If you want to move fast, Rill provides a nice developer environment for shipping things quickly. AI makes it very easy to make changes and Rill’s architecture makes it easy to confirm.
youtu.be/IWcv12aUKLc?...
Creating metrics in Rill
YouTube video by Rill Data
youtu.be
October 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
💡Tip Thursday - learn different ways to edit metrics using the UI, BI-as-code, or AI💡
If you want to move fast, Rill provides a nice developer environment for shipping things quickly. AI makes it very easy to make changes and Rill’s architecture makes it easy to confirm.
youtu.be/IWcv12aUKLc?...
If you want to move fast, Rill provides a nice developer environment for shipping things quickly. AI makes it very easy to make changes and Rill’s architecture makes it easy to confirm.
youtu.be/IWcv12aUKLc?...
"What do I think about when I wake up in the morning? I want to democratize access to data. As soon as you empower people with insights into what's going on, relevant to their role, that's where we can start to win because it's all about speed. That's where Rill came in."
See pics for highlights.
See pics for highlights.
September 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"What do I think about when I wake up in the morning? I want to democratize access to data. As soon as you empower people with insights into what's going on, relevant to their role, that's where we can start to win because it's all about speed. That's where Rill came in."
See pics for highlights.
See pics for highlights.
📣We're excited to announce a brand new time syntax in Rill📣
Previously time ranges relied on ISO durations. While standard, ISO durations can create ambiguity around complete periods and handling of the latest data.
Rill's new syntax gives you precise control over time ranges and reference points.
Previously time ranges relied on ISO durations. While standard, ISO durations can create ambiguity around complete periods and handling of the latest data.
Rill's new syntax gives you precise control over time ranges and reference points.
September 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
📣We're excited to announce a brand new time syntax in Rill📣
Previously time ranges relied on ISO durations. While standard, ISO durations can create ambiguity around complete periods and handling of the latest data.
Rill's new syntax gives you precise control over time ranges and reference points.
Previously time ranges relied on ISO durations. While standard, ISO durations can create ambiguity around complete periods and handling of the latest data.
Rill's new syntax gives you precise control over time ranges and reference points.
💡Tip Thursday - use AI to generate metrics with one click💡
The metrics views are the heart of a Rill project. They define the measures and dimensions that support the end user dashboards. In this video, Jon shares a diagram to showcase how metrics views work.
Learn more:
youtu.be/RchzVUbhFss?...
The metrics views are the heart of a Rill project. They define the measures and dimensions that support the end user dashboards. In this video, Jon shares a diagram to showcase how metrics views work.
Learn more:
youtu.be/RchzVUbhFss?...
Working with Rill Metrics
YouTube video by Rill Data
youtu.be
September 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
💡Tip Thursday - use AI to generate metrics with one click💡
The metrics views are the heart of a Rill project. They define the measures and dimensions that support the end user dashboards. In this video, Jon shares a diagram to showcase how metrics views work.
Learn more:
youtu.be/RchzVUbhFss?...
The metrics views are the heart of a Rill project. They define the measures and dimensions that support the end user dashboards. In this video, Jon shares a diagram to showcase how metrics views work.
Learn more:
youtu.be/RchzVUbhFss?...
If you're at #BigDataLDN, we'd love to show you in person how Rill is not like most BI tools.
Rill's unique product architecture significantly reduces cloud data warehouse costs by optimizing data storage and query speeds, offering up to 50% savings and 10-20 times faster data access.
Rill's unique product architecture significantly reduces cloud data warehouse costs by optimizing data storage and query speeds, offering up to 50% savings and 10-20 times faster data access.
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
If you're at #BigDataLDN, we'd love to show you in person how Rill is not like most BI tools.
Rill's unique product architecture significantly reduces cloud data warehouse costs by optimizing data storage and query speeds, offering up to 50% savings and 10-20 times faster data access.
Rill's unique product architecture significantly reduces cloud data warehouse costs by optimizing data storage and query speeds, offering up to 50% savings and 10-20 times faster data access.
That’s a wrap on another great DMEXCO! We loved chatting with customers & prospects on how to gain real insights from your data. Everyone deserves an analytics data stack that is simple, flexible, and cost efficient! If we missed you, hope to catch you at our next round of events in NYC in October.
September 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
That’s a wrap on another great DMEXCO! We loved chatting with customers & prospects on how to gain real insights from your data. Everyone deserves an analytics data stack that is simple, flexible, and cost efficient! If we missed you, hope to catch you at our next round of events in NYC in October.
ICYMI - @ssp.sh wrote a guide for ClickHouse data modeling plus a working example that ingests data from S3 & visualizes it with a single configuration file.
Here’s a demo showcasing real-time analytics with @clickhouse.com from S3 to dashboard in under 60 seconds!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ih6...
Here’s a demo showcasing real-time analytics with @clickhouse.com from S3 to dashboard in under 60 seconds!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ih6...
Real-Time Analytics Project up and running in 60 seconds (feat. S3, ClickHouse, Rill)
YouTube video by Simon Späti
www.youtube.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
ICYMI - @ssp.sh wrote a guide for ClickHouse data modeling plus a working example that ingests data from S3 & visualizes it with a single configuration file.
Here’s a demo showcasing real-time analytics with @clickhouse.com from S3 to dashboard in under 60 seconds!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ih6...
Here’s a demo showcasing real-time analytics with @clickhouse.com from S3 to dashboard in under 60 seconds!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ih6...
💡Tip Thursday - watch how a developer configures a Rill Explore for the end business user💡
After you complete the data modeling work, the Rill Explore automatically provides a pre-built, fast dashboard for you. No need for extra design work for your team!
Learn more:
youtu.be/zpESpZyK99Q?...
After you complete the data modeling work, the Rill Explore automatically provides a pre-built, fast dashboard for you. No need for extra design work for your team!
Learn more:
youtu.be/zpESpZyK99Q?...
Configuring a Rill Explore
YouTube video by Rill Data
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
💡Tip Thursday - watch how a developer configures a Rill Explore for the end business user💡
After you complete the data modeling work, the Rill Explore automatically provides a pre-built, fast dashboard for you. No need for extra design work for your team!
Learn more:
youtu.be/zpESpZyK99Q?...
After you complete the data modeling work, the Rill Explore automatically provides a pre-built, fast dashboard for you. No need for extra design work for your team!
Learn more:
youtu.be/zpESpZyK99Q?...
What's new in Rill 0.71?
✅ New chart type: combo chart. It allows you to visualize a bar metric and a line metric in the same visualization with two separate scales
✅ Start Rill Developer with automatic credential syncing
✅ Add multiple metrics to bar and line charts for easy comparisons
✅ New chart type: combo chart. It allows you to visualize a bar metric and a line metric in the same visualization with two separate scales
✅ Start Rill Developer with automatic credential syncing
✅ Add multiple metrics to bar and line charts for easy comparisons
September 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What's new in Rill 0.71?
✅ New chart type: combo chart. It allows you to visualize a bar metric and a line metric in the same visualization with two separate scales
✅ Start Rill Developer with automatic credential syncing
✅ Add multiple metrics to bar and line charts for easy comparisons
✅ New chart type: combo chart. It allows you to visualize a bar metric and a line metric in the same visualization with two separate scales
✅ Start Rill Developer with automatic credential syncing
✅ Add multiple metrics to bar and line charts for easy comparisons
Rill is the leading BI tool for adtech & e-commerce platforms. 1000s of users use Rill on a daily basis for operational analytics (campaign performance, advertiser/publisher reporting, error troubleshooting).
Are you going to #DMEXCO next week? We'd love to meet up!
www.rilldata.com/events/dmexc...
Are you going to #DMEXCO next week? We'd love to meet up!
www.rilldata.com/events/dmexc...
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Rill is the leading BI tool for adtech & e-commerce platforms. 1000s of users use Rill on a daily basis for operational analytics (campaign performance, advertiser/publisher reporting, error troubleshooting).
Are you going to #DMEXCO next week? We'd love to meet up!
www.rilldata.com/events/dmexc...
Are you going to #DMEXCO next week? We'd love to meet up!
www.rilldata.com/events/dmexc...
"What previous tools did is they allowed us to answer questions that we asked, which is important. What Rill allows us to do is to answer the questions we haven't asked yet."
In our 2nd episode of Data-Driven Leaders, we interviewed Glenn Goldman, Director of Product Management at Digital Turbine.
In our 2nd episode of Data-Driven Leaders, we interviewed Glenn Goldman, Director of Product Management at Digital Turbine.
September 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"What previous tools did is they allowed us to answer questions that we asked, which is important. What Rill allows us to do is to answer the questions we haven't asked yet."
In our 2nd episode of Data-Driven Leaders, we interviewed Glenn Goldman, Director of Product Management at Digital Turbine.
In our 2nd episode of Data-Driven Leaders, we interviewed Glenn Goldman, Director of Product Management at Digital Turbine.
Front page of HackerNews 🎉 Thanks for collaborating on another great piece @ssp.sh.
Check out this article to see a practical example that models data stored and updated on S3, ingests and aggregates it with ClickHouse, and utilizes Rill for visualization.
www.ssp.sh/blog/practic...
Check out this article to see a practical example that models data stored and updated on S3, ingests and aggregates it with ClickHouse, and utilizes Rill for visualization.
www.ssp.sh/blog/practic...
September 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Front page of HackerNews 🎉 Thanks for collaborating on another great piece @ssp.sh.
Check out this article to see a practical example that models data stored and updated on S3, ingests and aggregates it with ClickHouse, and utilizes Rill for visualization.
www.ssp.sh/blog/practic...
Check out this article to see a practical example that models data stored and updated on S3, ingests and aggregates it with ClickHouse, and utilizes Rill for visualization.
www.ssp.sh/blog/practic...
Reposted by Rill Data
Data modeling got on the back burner for way too long. But one that is even less written about is the modeling of real-time analytics, so-called OLAP cubes.
How do we model them? Do we take a different approach to DWHs? At what level of granularity do we persist/cache? Common errors or practices?
How do we model them? Do we take a different approach to DWHs? At what level of granularity do we persist/cache? Common errors or practices?
Data Modeling Guide for Real-Time Analytics with ClickHouse
Learn how to build sub-second real-time analytics with ClickHouse. Complete guide covering data modeling strategies, optimization techniques, and practical S3-to-dashboard examples.
www.ssp.sh
September 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Data modeling got on the back burner for way too long. But one that is even less written about is the modeling of real-time analytics, so-called OLAP cubes.
How do we model them? Do we take a different approach to DWHs? At what level of granularity do we persist/cache? Common errors or practices?
How do we model them? Do we take a different approach to DWHs? At what level of granularity do we persist/cache? Common errors or practices?