Ben Mathew

@databricks @8vc @utaustin

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

Can’t wait to kickoff the Austin Product Conference with a keynote by @aunder! Looking forward to learning from her insights building products end-to-end and creating ecosystems @SlackHQ @Twitter @nearby! APC is open to all college students https://t.co/3j5fNirGFP 🎊 #APC

[April Underwood @aunder]

Excited to keynote at the Austin Product Conference on Saturday, 4/24 about product leadership, @nearby, and the future of eCommerce! The event freeand open to all college students. https://t.co/eESmNGMgal

[Abhinav @avedmala_]

@misraetel @dwarkesh_sp @_sholtodouglas Omg Mike I saw you at fitness SF 😭 thought I was a doppelgänger

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

Governance and performance are top priorities for data teams. Catalog-managed tables are the open standard for natively integrating Delta tables and catalogs, delivering unified governance and improved performance. Read our below https://t.co/IK0H6EAd79 blog to learn more :)

[Delta Lake @DeltaLakeOSS]

The Next Evolution of Delta Lake: Catalog-Managed Tables 🚀

We are excited to share that 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝟰.𝟭.𝟬 introduces 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗴-𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀, which establish the catalog as the coordinator of table access and source of truth for table state! This evolution simplifies discovery and governance while unlocking significant performance gains.

🔹 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: The catalog facilitates access through logical table identifiers and grants clients appropriate permissions to data, dramatically simplifying how engines discover and use tables in a governed manner.
🔹 𝗘𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀: The catalog can authoritatively validate or reject schema and constraint changes, preventing incompatible updates that could compromise data integrity or break downstream workloads.
🔹 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: This design aligns Delta with the catalog-managed model pioneered by Apache Iceberg, making it simpler for practitioners to discover and govern data consistently regardless of format.

Check out the blog to learn more 👉 https://t.co/anadAMh9nj

#deltalake #catalogs #unitycatalog #opensource #oss

[Playgent Labs @playgent_labs]

🤔 How do frontier models perform on core investment banking tasks?

Introducing Playgent-IB-Bench, an investment banking benchmark we built with former M&A bankers from bulge-bracket and elite-boutique firms.

Writeup: https://t.co/hQGONrOhht

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

@CoachSark @TexasFootball pep talk today: LOCK IN BOYS, LET’S SHOCK THE WORLD

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

@TexasFootball woke up today and decided to give me a heart attack

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

@aniruthn @KingJames Professing our honor to you @KingJames, we took PTO to lavish in your glory! Bless!!!

[Mathew Jacob @mat_jacob1002]

It's time to revisit common assumptions in IR! Embeddings have improved drastically, but mainstream IR evals have stagnated since MSMARCO and BEIR.

We ask: on private or tricky IR tasks, are current rerankers even better? Surely, reranking as many docs as you can afford is best?

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

@CFBRep “overcoming adversity” bro they cheated 😭😭

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

Thanks for chatting with us Bret @btaylor ! Awesome to hear about your journey, your thoughts looking to the future, and your adoration for offices located above pizza shops! 🍕

[Bret Taylor @btaylor]

Great seeing all the Futureforce interns at Salesforce Tower today! Join us https://t.co/ur26c9d9fR

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

Thank you so much for speaking at APC @aunder! Awesome hearing your insights on product leadership, platforms, local e-commerce, and mentorship. Can’t wait for @nearby in ATX. As always, hook ‘em! 🤘🏾 @UTAustin @UTexasMcCombs

[April Underwood @aunder]

Getting ready to speak at the Austin Product Conference (wearing house shoes)

[April Underwood @aunder]

Awesome student organization at @UTAustin -- wish this had existed 2 decades ago!

[#ANGELS @HashtagAngels]

Austin peeps, take note! 🌎

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

I’d like to congratulate Ranjitsinh Disale on being named the world's most exceptional teacher and to express my admiration for his generosity in sharing half the prize money with runners up in the competition. He has set an example of compassion in action https://t.co/ZqYrbP35ur

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

IG Reels gives big brands and influencers a second chance in case they missed making a TikTok presence. Can’t wait to see @SHAQ shooting for IcyHot 🧊🔥 , @thegreatkhalid previewing new songs 🎶 , and @thebodycoach giving quick workouts to get shredded 🏋🏾‍♀️

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

Let the Content Wars begin 👏🏾

[Instagram @instagram]

All week we’re sharing tips on how to make reels with different features. 💫

Reels is a new way to create and discover short, entertaining videos on Instagram.

First up: how to use green screen ✅

[Ben Mathew @bensmathew]

The Content Wars all boils down to
1. Incentives for creators
2. Convenience for users
3. Creative vibe of the platform
TikTok thrives because of its fun, casual, and authentic appeal that Instagram Reels, YouTube, and chase. My prediction: TikTok ftw 🔥
https://t.co/7G4TWEiZdY

[David Sacks @DavidSacks]

If twitter’s founders had pitched the site as a place where the smartest and most successful people in the world would go every day to debate idiots, would anyone have invested?

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Steve Jobs at WWDC in 1997:

“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.”