Contributor   /     Metadata Management: DataHub with Shirshanka Das

Description

Shirshanka Das (@shirshanka) is the CTO of Acryl Data and founder of DataHub, which bills itself as the #1 open-source metadata platform. It enables data discovery, data observability and federated governance to help tame complex data ecosystems. Shirshanka first developed DataHub while at LinkedIn, but has grown it into an independent project with a thriving community. Contributor is looking for a community manager! If you want to know more, shoot us an email at eric@scalevp.com. Subscribe to Contributor on Substack for email notifications! In this episode we discuss: How DataHub differs from traditional data catalogs Themes around why community members get involved and stick with the project Partnering with Netflix to develop runtime metadata model extensibility The influence of the pandemic on DataHub’s open-sourcing Dealing with the future of a project with big community and unlimited scope Links: DataHub The History of DataHub

Summary

Shirshanka Das (@shirshanka) is the CTO of Acryl Data and founder of DataHub, which bills itself as the #1 open-source metadata platform. It enables data discovery, data observability and federated governance to help tame complex data ecosystems. Shirshanka first developed DataHub while at LinkedIn, but has grown it into an independent project with a thriving community.

Contributor is looking for a community manager! If you want to know more, shoot us an email at eric@scalevp.com.

Subscribe to Contributor on Substack for email notifications!

In this episode we discuss:

• How DataHub differs from traditional data catalogs

• Themes around why community members get involved and stick with the project

• Partnering with Netflix to develop runtime metadata model extensibility

• The influence of the pandemic on DataHub’s open-sourcing

• Dealing with the future of a project with big community and unlimited scope

Links:

• DataHub

• The History of DataHub