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Technical Debt & Economics

72 posts filed under Technical Debt & Economics.

May 17, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

AI Act Data Traceability Checklist

The AI Act compliance deadline is August 2026. Your SME doesn't need Atlan to make it.

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May 11, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The Day Our Pipeline Became a Person's Full-Time Job

The day I realized our pipeline had become a person's full-time job.

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May 10, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

FinOps for Data Audit Checklist (8 Cost Levers)

Your cloud data bill grew 40% last year. Your revenue didn't.

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May 3, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

You have 47 data quality issues. You can fix 5 this quarter. Here's how to pick

You have 47 data quality issues. You can fix 5 this quarter. Here's how to pick the right 5.

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Apr 30, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Consolidating from 15 tools to 7 in 2026. Three drivers, none of them innovation

Consolidating from 15 tools to 7 in 2026. Three drivers, none of them innovation.

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Apr 22, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The Dashboard That Took 3 Months: A Process Problem, Not a Complexity Problem

An executive requested a simple revenue dashboard. Three months later, it was live. It should've taken four weeks. Here's what went wrong at …

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Apr 20, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The 306K Per Million Lines: What Technical Debt Actually Costs

Nobody budgets for technical debt. But it budgets itself - in slow changes, frequent bugs, and engineers who quit.

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Apr 18, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Status Quo Is Never Free: Why Your 'Do Nothing' Option Has the Biggest Hidden Price

"Do nothing" is never free. One client's "zero cost" status quo was burning 200K a year in workarounds nobody tracked.

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Apr 5, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The Cloud Cost Optimization Sprint: 45% Reduction in 8 Weeks

This company was burning six figures a year on cloud data - we cut it by 45% in 8 weeks.

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Mar 18, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The Migration That Didn't Solve Anything

The most expensive way to avoid fixing your organizational problems: migrate to a new data platform.

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