Posts | Thomas Nys | The Fractional Data Architect

Knowledge sharing for engineers - why building team capability beats hoarding

Hero Dependency: Why Your Best Work Makes You Replaceable

Shadow data productivity cost - hidden hours lost to ungoverned spreadsheets

Shadow Data Costs Your Team 8-9 Hours/Week

GenAI implementation risks - why 30% of projects fail after proof-of-concept

GenAI Risks: The Billion-Euro Wake-Up Call

Data team alignment workshop - practical outputs for decision-making clarity

Team Alignment Sprint: 3 Outputs Teams Actually Use

Data engineer hiring mistakes - why traditional interviews fail for data roles

You're Hiring Data Engineers Wrong

Cloud cost waste statistics - FinOps ownership gaps that drain budgets

FinOps Reality Check: 60% Wasted Spend

Hero developer risk - why your best engineer threatens team scalability

The Genius Developer Anti-Pattern (Reprise)

Technical debt maintenance costs - strategies to reduce 40% engineering overhead

3 Ways to Escape the 40% Maintenance Trap

Data platform migration timeline - why lakehouse projects exceed estimates

The Migration That Took Three Years

Dashboard trust problems - why data definition gaps kill executive adoption

The Dashboard Nobody Trusted