And for basically an advertisement for the Omnisci product written by a "developer advocate" (which we used to call a solutions architect at Sun but was really just a sales person).
TL;DR version - If you can import your data into our product [here let us show you how] you can visualize many different things [here let us show you how] and using your new insights take actionable steps [here let us show you how.]
I keep hoping for the equivalent of the Jepson call me maybe series but for data visualization packages. That and perhaps a 'youtube of data' which are data sets loaded into a common visualization framework so that you can browse different data sets like you do videos on Youtube.
I, too, would like to see the OmniSci Community team make a Call Me Maybe lip sync. I’ll post the suggestion in their Slack channel (disclosure: I’m an engineer at OmniSci).
A challenge for us with a “YouTube of Data” is that our backend requires GPU instances for the dataviz that we focus on. Scaling that to YouTube heights would take a really well concerted effort, more than a fun side project. We’ve talked about the idea a lot though. Our backend (OmniSciDB) is open sourced so anyone else could do it with their own resources and a custom dataviz client.
I know I’m sounding like a commercial, but I thought you might actually like an answer. That’s basically how we play with the app internally. I like using our Pokémon data set for debugging whenever possible :-)
Our paying customers are big enterprises right now who are well supported by the kind of sales team you’d expect. Our Community team is totally separate from sales and they genuinely likes helping people use our open source offering, hence the demo. We’re pretty happy for Sean that his post made HN.
But yeah, we’re still a business. But we’re kind of a family too. And data junkies.
