How Jacopo Tagliabue is Cutting Data Pipeline Latency with Fast Functions

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Jacopo Tagliabue discusses innovations in data pipeline technology to enhance speed and efficiency.

What if your data pipeline could run 10x faster without the overhead? Jacopo Tagliabue, CTO of Bauplan and NYU adjunct professor, is pushing the boundaries of data infrastructure with lightweight DAGs, Apache Arrow, and a radically different take on functions as a service. In this episode, he breaks down the tech stack behind Bauplan and why the future of scalable data pipelines is all about speed, modularity, and zero-copy design. Follow Jacopo on: LinkedInBauplanWhat's New In Data is ...

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Guest: Jacopo Tagliabue

Topics covered

• data pipeline
• latency
• functions as a service
• data infrastructure
• scalability
• modularity

Keywords

• data pipeline
• latency
• lightweight DAGs
• Apache Arrow
• functions as a service
• zero-copy design

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bauplan, NYU

Products: Apache Arrow

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