George Fraser

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Guest on Data Engineering Podcast, engineering leader at Fivetran

Anthropic Could Break Slack’s Restrictive Data Policies
SocialMar 6, 2026

Anthropic Could Break Slack’s Restrictive Data Policies

Slack is the most important text data source in most companies, but it has the worst data access policies in enterprise software. The only thing that will fix it is competition, and Anthropic is the right company to do it....

By George Fraser
Open‑Data Slack Clone Will Trigger Mass Migration
SocialFeb 26, 2026

Open‑Data Slack Clone Will Trigger Mass Migration

Slack will be the Waterloo of open vs closed data. Someone is going to make a slack clone where you get unfettered access to your own data, and people really will switch en masse.

By George Fraser
Perfect Salesforce Data: My Superintelligence Benchmark
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Perfect Salesforce Data: My Superintelligence Benchmark

Test for superintelligence: when the data in Fivetran’s salesforce is 100% accurate and up to date at all times, I’ll know we’re there.

By George Fraser
Iceberg's New API Validates DuckDB's Catalog Metadata Claim
SocialFeb 11, 2026

Iceberg's New API Validates DuckDB's Catalog Metadata Claim

The fact that iceberg has introduced a scan planning api is a tacit admission that ducklake is right and the metadata should just live in the catalog. https://t.co/PgsOWxx1v0

By George Fraser