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Go beyond dashboards with BI-as-code. Rill is a high-performance, AI-native alternative to legacy BI, backed by modern analytical databases. Try Rill for free: curl rill.sh | sh

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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 04/05/2026
At Rill, we believe that a BI-as-Code, versioned dashboards, and a governed interface aren't opposite to the AI future, but a necessary foundation that makes working with it easier, not only for AI systems but also for humans in the loop. Read the full article: www.rilldata.com/blog/ai-reve...
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Rill | AI Reveals Why BI Still Matters (Hint: It’s Not Dashboards)
This article looks at how BI evolved, how dashboards are actually used today, and what survives when AI enters the picture — starting with the foundation that was never really about dashboards in the ...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 04/05/2026
ICYMI - @ssp.sh's latest blog looks at how BI evolved, how dashboards are actually used today, and what survives when AI enters the picture — starting with the foundation that was never really about dashboards in the first place, and ending with the problem nobody of who maintains it all.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 01/05/2026
What a great week at POSSIBLE. We met with folks managing massive data stacks at scale. With Rill, our customers can talk to their data using AI agents & get trusted, verifiable business insights in mins. If you missed us in Miami, you can catch us at MAU in Vegas. www.rilldata.com/events/mau-2...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 28/04/2026
Check out the latest version of Rill (0.86). It's packed with two new live connectors for #BigQuery and #DuckLake. Rill now ships a DuckLake live connector, letting you attach a DuckLake catalog and query it directly as an OLAP source for metrics views and dashboards. docs.rilldata.com/notes/0.86
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 27/04/2026
If you’re at #POSSIBLE in Miami, come say hi to @medriscoll.com and the Rill team 👋 (North Tropez Lawn #646). The future of analytics isn’t better dashboards. It’s interactive, real-time answers on top of governed metrics. Let's meet up and geek out about the technology side of #adtech!
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 21/04/2026
Together Rill & ClickHouse point toward a new model for analytics, built for a world where every business process generates events. For Rill's customers, that translates into instant slicing & dicing, alongside fast conversational agents that operate directly on live data. clickhouse.com/blog/rill
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Rill and ClickHouse: real-time operational BI for a metered world
Rill uses ClickHouse to power real-time operational BI for 100B+ daily events, enabling instant exploration and conversational analytics directly against live datasets through a declarative, BI-as-cod...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 21/04/2026
Traditional BI tools often treat heavy queries as something to be avoided, relying on caching to keep dashboards responsive. "But when you're using something like @clickhouse.com, there's no need to avoid hitting the dashboard hundreds or thousands of times." - said @medriscoll.com
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 20/04/2026
Modern BI is evolving fast — and the combination of Rill Data + Google Antigravity shows exactly where it’s headed. In this walkthrough, we explore how developers and data teams can use AI agents to build, modify, and scale analytics workflows entirely in code. www.rilldata.com/blog/video-b...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 17/04/2026
@medriscoll.com remembers walking down 24th Street in SF and Lukas Biewald turned to him and said: "AI is all that matters. Like, it's all that matters, man." In this episode, he traces the full arc: from an unpaid internship at OpenAI to what he thinks comes next. www.rilldata.com/blog/how-the...
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Dhony @dhony.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
@rilldata.com has been developing a great Metrics-SQL here www.rilldata.com/blog/introdu...
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Rill | Introducing Metrics SQL: A SQL-based semantic layer for humans and agents
When we built Rill, we made a bet that metrics – concepts like revenue, MAU, ROAS — are the core primitive for semantic layers. This blog post is a deep technical dive into how Rill's Metrics SQL work...
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Simon Späti 🏔️ @ssp.sh · 15/04/2026
We've heard it all. BI and dashboards are dead. But every time, only to rediscover its power and resurrection whenever we need grounded data analysis in any enterprise and startup space. www.rilldata.com/blog/ai-rev...
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Rill | AI Reveals Why BI Still Matters (Hint: It’s Not Dashboards)
This article looks at how BI evolved, how dashboards are actually used today, and what survives when AI enters the picture — starting with the foundation that was never really about dashboards in the first place, and ending with the problem nobody in the AI hype cycle wants to talk about: who maintains it all.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 13/04/2026
Rill users are data engineers, analytics engineers, BI developers, and platform teams — all building data pipelines, defining metrics, and delivering interactive dashboards with Rill. In Rill 0.85, we improved the first mile experience to make getting started with Rill smooth! docs.rilldata.com
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 10/04/2026
How easy is it to answer a question like “what is the best performing campaign?” Rill can get that answer in seconds where other tools might take hours to get to that root cause analysis. We’ll be at POSSIBLE and we’d love to show you the platform in action. www.rilldata.com/events/possi...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 09/04/2026
Check out what's new in Rill 0.85: ✅ Snowflake live connector - now you can create metrics views directly on Snowflake ✅ Preview mode for Rill Developer - review your dashboards locally before deploying, providing a faster feedback loop during development Learn more: docs.rilldata.com/notes/0.85
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 06/04/2026
Rill will be at #GoogleNext. Agentic business intelligence continues to be our top focus. Using Gemini's CLI + Rill’s MCP you can explore metrics, identify trends, and generate insights without writing queries manually. If you want to see a demo, let’s meet up. geminicli.com/extensions/?...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 01/04/2026
In this wide-ranging conversation, we dive into: 🏷️ How he was early to data labeling - and what competitor ScaleAI got right ⚖️ Why Weights & Biases was built on the same thesis as GitHub 🚀 Why this is the best possible moment to start a company www.rilldata.com/blog/how-the...
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Rill | How the Weights & Biases Cofounder Created One of AI's Defining Exits
Mike Driscoll interviews Lukas Biewald, co-founder of Weights & Biases. In this conversation, he traces the full arc: from an unpaid internship at a 30-person OpenAI to building one of the defining ML...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 01/04/2026
"We couldn't get people to use it for free, and people openly mocked it," said Lukas Biewald about what would become a $1.7B business, @weightsbiases.bsky.social In the latest episode of Data Talks on the Rocks, Mike talks with Lukas about his journey building one of the seminal startups in AI.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 30/03/2026
Dashboards aren’t dead—but they’re evolving. AI + metrics layers (like what Rill is building) are shifting us from static BI → conversational analytics. Ask questions. Get answers. No SQL required. The real unlock? Data access for everyone. Mike's full interview 👇 tipsheet.ai/technology/r...
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Rill Data CEO Michael Driscoll on agentic analytics
Michael Driscoll would argue that he is like many technology entrepreneurs. The co-founder and CEO of agentic business intelligence (BI) tools provider Rill Data says he has spent his career obsessed ...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 26/03/2026
In the latest release of Rill 0.84, we provide an interactive "rill init" command by default, guiding you through project setup step by step. Also, now you can share Canvas dashboard views with external stakeholders without requiring them to log in. Full release notes docs.rilldata.com/notes/0.84
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 24/03/2026
Rill will be at #POSSIBLE2026 in Miami 😎🌴 We can't wait to get together with key decision-makers across the entire marketing ecosystem. Book a meeting and get a personal demo our agentic AI, BI-as-code experience. Go from raw data to interactive dashboards in mins! www.rilldata.com/events/possi...
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POSSIBLE 2026 | Rill Data
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 23/03/2026
Salomon from Drio Tech prompted Claude to "create a PowerPoint presentation with an executive summary of our internal sales data for today's board meeting". The entire process took just minutes & every number in the presentation was correct. Full blog & video demo: www.driotech.io/post/agentic...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 23/03/2026
Rill isn’t just developer-friendly — it’s agent-ready. With built-in support for: ✅Cursor rules and instructions ✅Structured metric definitions AI agents can: ✅Understand how to modify metrics ✅Generate analytics outputs automatically Learn more: www.rilldata.com/blog/video-b...
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Rill | Video: Building Fast Agentic Analytics with Cursor and Rill
Walk through of how Rill enables a fully agentic BI workflow using tools like Cursor, local development environments, and modern CI/CD practices — all while delivering instant, production-ready insigh...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 23/03/2026
In this video, @jonwalls.dev walks through how Rill enables a fully agentic BI workflow using tools like Cursor, local development environments, and modern CI/CD practices — all while delivering instant, production-ready insights.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 19/03/2026
@medriscoll.com spoke to tipsheet about AI and his agentic analytics company. Topics: * The transition to solutions for humans and agents * What is Conversational BI? * Are APIs going away? * The reasoning behind ‘local-first’ analytics * Agent-to-agent future at scale tipsheet.ai/technology/r...
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Rill Data CEO Michael Driscoll on agentic analytics
Michael Driscoll would argue that he is like many technology entrepreneurs. The co-founder and CEO of agentic business intelligence (BI) tools provider Rill Data says he has spent his career obsessed ...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 17/03/2026
The convergence of embedded analytics engines (DuckDB/MotherDuck), declarative BI-as-code (Rill), and AI agent protocols (MCP) is creating a new architecture for business intelligence, one where dashboards become code and analysts shift from clicking to prompting. www.rilldata.com/blog/buildin...
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Rill | Building an Agent-Friendly, Local-First Analytics Stack with MotherDuck and Rill
The convergence of embedded analytics engines (DuckDB/MotherDuck), declarative BI-as-code (Rill), and AI agent protocols (MCP) is creating a new architecture for business intelligence, one where dashb...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 17/03/2026
Ghanshyam Chodavadiya from SWYM shares why they use Rill with MotherDuck. "Rill lets us encode business context directly into our BI layer. Combined w/ MotherDuck & the Rill MCP client, it gives us flexible data control while powering automatically generated client dashboards & AI-driven insights."
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 12/03/2026
In the latest Rill 0.83 release, now you can generate a full Canvas dashboard directly from an existing metrics view. We also added a new connector for @supabase.com and updated the project status pages making it easier to start exploring your data in Rill. docs.rilldata.com/notes/0.83
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 10/03/2026
Guess who loves local-first, code-first analytics tools? 🤖 Claude Code. Claude + Rill can now build a full data stack in seconds – pipelines, database, and dashboards visualizing millions of records – with BI-as-code, on a single machine. Learn more: www.rilldata.com/blog/buildin...
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Simon Späti 🏔️ @ssp.sh · 09/03/2026
CLI-first is eating development. Email, calendar—they all have CLIs now. Why not your business metrics? For data/analytics engineers building with agents: DuckDB + MotherDuck + Rill give you an #agentfriendly, #localfirst frontend—exact context via SQL and YAML.
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Rill | Building an Agent-Friendly, Local-First Analytics Stack with MotherDuck and Rill
The convergence of embedded analytics engines (DuckDB/MotherDuck), declarative BI-as-code (Rill), and AI agent protocols (MCP) is creating a new architecture for business intelligence, one where dashb...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 06/03/2026
Rill’s GTM team is growing 🚀 Jay Stevens is our new CRO. Jay has earned a reputation as a commercial leader who transforms businesses of all sizes for growth. Devan Kane joins Rill as Fractional CMO, reuniting with Mike Driscoll to help spearhead the company’s growth strategy.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 27/02/2026
The Rill GTM team got together in Park City to strategize for 2026! 🚀 We reviewed the product roadmap and had meaningful conversations on how Rill can really make an impact for our customers. And we had some fun too 🥳 PS - we’re hiring! Join us in building the world’s fastest AI-native BI tool!
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 25/02/2026
PS - we added support if Gemini is you’re preferred AI provider. Create a Gemini connector, set up your API key and you are good to go! Check out the release notes to learn more: docs.rilldata.com/notes/0.82
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Rill 0.82 - AI Feedback, AI in Canvas, New Status page and Scatter Plot | Rill
Rill is the world's first AI-native business intelligence tool. Trusted by thousands of developers and analysts around the globe, Rill accelerates the creation of dashboards and data applications usin...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 25/02/2026
Check out what's new in Rill 0.82: 👍👎 AI feedback - give thumbs up or thumbs down to score your conversations with Rill's AI agent ℹ️ New status project page - we overhauled the status page so you can easily search, filter & find resources 🎨 New in Canvas dashboards - AI functionality & scatter plots
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 23/02/2026
ICYMI the latest Data Talks on the Rocks episode - Wes McKinney, creator of Pandas, explains his unexpected switch from Python to Go for new projects. His reason: AI coding agents fundamentally changed the trade-offs that made Python dominant for the last 15 years. Learn more datatalks.rilldata.com
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 20/02/2026
ICYMI - Simon Spati interviewed Coinbase & Fresha and shares a common pattern - choose @starrocks.bsky.social when joins are key to your analytics. If you want a real-time BI tool designed to benefit from StarRocks’ real-time query performance, check out Rill. www.rilldata.com/blog/why-coi...
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Rill | Why Coinbase and Pinterest Chose StarRocks: Lakehouse-Native Design and Fast Joins at Terabyte Scale
Discover why Coinbase and Pinterest migrated to StarRocks for sub-second analytics. Learn how its lakehouse-native design and colocated joins handle terabyte-scale data on S3.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 18/02/2026
Our friends at Twing Data built a lightweight dashboard for AWS cost monitoring using Rill for AWS CUR data. A few key Rill features do most of the heavy lifting: 1. Automatic ingestion from S3: 2. Partition-aware updates: 3. ClickHouse under the hood Learn more: blog.twingdata.com/p/aws-cost-m...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 13/02/2026
ICYMI - on a recent Joe Reis podcast, Mike Driscoll shares insights on the "shape" of analytics, debating whether conversational interfaces will replace dashboards or simply complement them. Links below: YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEIQ... Spotify - creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 12/02/2026
Top Takeaways: 🐍 Why Go beats Python for agent-generated code 🤖 𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙫: using adversarial agents for continuous code review 🛠️ Live demo of building his Spicy Takes app with coding agents 🏛️ Why the next generation of developers must study architecture, not syntax datatalks.rilldata.com
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Data Talks on the Rocks | Rill Data
Data Talks on the Rocks is a series of interviews from thought leaders and founders shaping the next chapter of analytics and data engineering. Join us for a front-row seat.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 12/02/2026
Are LLMs really a breakthrough? Wes McKinney says he didn’t see it at first. Now he says if your code isn’t automatically reviewed by adversarial agents, you’re doomed. In the latest episode of Data Talks on the Rocks, Mike and Wes talk about how AI is transforming the way he builds software.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 11/02/2026
Many users have requested the ability to share AI conversations with others. With Rill 0.81, now you can send a secure link and other users can see exactly what you saw and pick up where you left off. We've also added support for Claude as your preferred AI provider. docs.rilldata.com/notes/0.81
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Simon Späti 🏔️ @ssp.sh · 09/02/2026
Today, I dig into the details of StarRocks and how it is gaining traction in the real-time database world. DWH-like #joins and fast retrieval from a #Lakehouse-native data architecture, without additional data engineering work to persist and ingest data. www.ssp.sh/blog/starro...
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Why Coinbase and Pinterest Chose StarRocks: Lakehouse-Native Design and Fast Joins at Terabyte Scale
Discover why Coinbase and Pinterest migrated to StarRocks for sub-second analytics. Learn how its lakehouse-native design and colocated joins handle terabyte-scale data on S3.
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Simon Späti 🏔️ @ssp.sh · 04/02/2026
Amazing talk about AI and the future of data visualization. @medriscoll.com argues why dashboards won't go away (can condense so much information you'd need 10 prompts) and also certain numbers you don't want to constantly prompt. E.g. speed on your car, you don't want to ask every 10 seconds 🙂
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Dashboards vs. Agents: Navigating the New Era of BI and Analytics with Mike Driscoll
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 04/02/2026
🎧Listen now on your favorite platform🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... YouTube: youtu.be/tEIQGgS4Zus
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Dashboards vs. Agents: Navigating the New Era of BI and Analytics with Mike Driscoll
Podcast Episode · The Joe Reis Show · 02/04/2026 · 54m
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 04/02/2026
.@medriscoll.com was on The Joe Reis podcast to discuss the evolving landscape of business intelligence and data engineering. They explore why the industry keeps "rediscovering" old concepts like the semantic layer and how the rise of AI agents is forcing us to rethink how we structure data.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 03/02/2026
Our friends at Twing Data set out to build something simple: point a dashboard at S3, automatically ingest AWS Cost and Usage Report (CUR) files, and instantly get a useful set of dashboards. The whole thing is open source. Post: blog.twingdata.com/p/aws-cost-m... Repo: github.com/Twing-Data/a...
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 02/02/2026
Another big feature in Rill 0.80 is the AI Developer Agent in Rill Developer 🪄 The AI agent is your developer assistant, helping you model data, create and edit Rill project files, and build Rill projects. Give it a try and let us know your experiences! Learn more: docs.rilldata.com/notes/0.80
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Simon Späti 🏔️ @ssp.sh · 28/01/2026
What if your entire data stack could be expressed as a single function? run_stack(serve(transform(ingest))) Declarative data stacks: declare what you want, let the system figure out how. Same shift we saw with Terraform.
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The Rise of the Declarative Data Stack
Discover how declarative data stacks are transforming modern data engineering workflows. Explore the evolution from imperative to declarative systems, and learn how tools like Kubernetes, dbt, and Airflow are shaping the future of data architecture.
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 30/01/2026
Thanks to the ~50 founders and execs who gathered last night for a live reading and candid Q&A of Ari Paparo’s book on Google. It was great to hear insights directly from folks who know how modern advertising really works. aripaparo.com/yield-the-book
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 28/01/2026
Head to the docs to learn more: docs.rilldata.com/notes/0.80
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Rill Data @rilldata.com · 28/01/2026
In the latest Rill 0.80 release, we introduce dark mode to the entire product. We first launched dark mode in Rill Developer a few months ago, but now you can easily switch between light & dark mode everywhere! PS - if you are embedding Rill you can toggle dark mode on/off as part of the Embed API.
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