Keynote: Presto – Swiss Army Knife for the Lakehouse – Tim Meehan
Presto has long been known for its ability to bridge together multiple sources of data using a single consistent language. Learn about the future direction and initiatives that will make Presto even more convenient, reliable and efficient for the Lakehouse.
5 Reasons Why AI Is the Future of SQL – Jared Zhao, AskEdith
SQL remains ubiquitous for data retrieval and analytics, yet can be tedious to write, and is downright unusable for business users. The 2-5 business day turnaround time for data projects is both disruptive and frustrating for business users. Data teams are becoming increasingly overwhelmed, and organizations are pushing to empower their “citizen data analysts.” With the advent of AI English-to-SQL platforms like AskEdith, now anyone can work with and query Presto using plain English questions. AskEdith integrates natively with web interfaces like Ahana for a seamless analytics experience.
The Past, Present, and Future of Presto – Philip Bell, Meta
PrestoDB recently underwent major architectural updates as the Presto Foundation grows membership and is looking to vastly grow the number of new commits and forks. Achieving this desired end state required successful refactoring and improving of Presto’s already impressive speed, efficiency, reliability, and extensibility. Establishing PrestoDB as a premier Open Source project required a major commitment of time and resources from Meta to ensure the community can benefit from this project for years to come, as well as positioning PrestoDB to evolve beyond what Meta alone could create. Members of the Presto Foundation need more of you to be involved in this major evolution in Presto’s history and core components, and bring your own inventive ideas to the mix.
Presto, Today & Beyond – Dipti Borkar, David Simmen, Girish Baliga & Biswapesh Chattopadhyay
In this PrestoCon talk, team of community experts share Presto evolution, Today & Beyond