Notes on dataarchitecture.
Short essays on architecture, cost, hiring and AI: one cartoon, one idea, most days of the week. No tutorials, no listicles.
When to Actually Implement a Modern Data Stack (SME Edition)
You're paying EUR3K/month for a cloud warehouse. Your Postgres could've handled it.
Read →Cost-Aware Data Engineering - FinOps for Data
Your data team doesn't know what their pipelines cost. That's the first problem.
Read →AI Worry Gap - Engineers vs Executives
Executives see AI as opportunity. Engineers see it as threat. Neither is talking to the other about it.
Read →The Alex Problem - Hero Dependency
Alex knows everything about your data platform. When Alex leaves, you're in trouble.
Read →T-Shaped Monitoring Model
Monitoring all your data equally is why you're drowning in alerts. Here's the smarter approach.
Read →Managers Overseeing 3X More People Than 2017
The average data team manager is overseeing nearly 3X more people than in 2017. Something has to give.
Read →Platform Rescue Engagement
Three months ago, this data platform had 15 incidents per week. Today: 3.
Read →Firefighters vs Pyromaniacs
Your best firefighter might be your worst pyromaniac.
Read →Hybrid Governance Implementation
The 3-part governance model that actually gets adopted.
Read →Hybrid Data Governance
Your governance is either a bottleneck or ignored. The data says 80% of companies can't find the middle ground.
Read →Want expert eyes on your data architecture?
No pitch. An honest conversation about whether I can help, and what shape it would take if I can.