Notes on dataarchitecture.
Short essays on architecture, cost, hiring and AI: one cartoon, one idea, most days of the week. No tutorials, no listicles.
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 →Metadata Management ROI
Engineers losing 10-20% of their time to repetitive questions. Most teams don't even measure it.
Read →Data Quality Testing Layers
Testing data quality after transformation is like tasting the dish after it's plated. Too late.
Read →Technical Debt Productivity Loss
Every data engineer on your team loses 2 days per week to technical debt. That's time they can't spend building.
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.