Data Renegades - Ep. #9, Radical Accountability in Software with Wes McKinney

Heavybit Podcast Network Master Feed · Mar 3, 2026 · 59m

On episode 9 of Data Renegades, CL Kao and Dori Wilson sit down with Wes McKinney, creator of Pandas and co-creator of Apache Arrow. They explore how AI coding agents are reshaping software development, why data infrastructure remains surprisingly resistant to automation, and what semantic layers mean for the future of analytics. Wes also shares bold predictions about “radical accountability” in software and the changing bar for startups.