Posts | Thomas Nys | The Fractional Data Architect

Data lakehouse governance failure - how platforms become data swamps

Why Your Lakehouse Became a Swamp

Technical debt maintenance ratio - 40% of engineering time on yesterday's shortcuts

40% Maintaining, 20% Innovating - The Technical Debt Math Nobody Talks About

Hero developer system design - when organizational structure creates bottlenecks

Dear Alex - You're Not the Problem, the System Is

Cloud migration failure case study - why lift-and-shift costs twice

The 100k Cloud Migration Mistake

Architecture warning signs - five symptoms leaders miss until its too late

Red Flags - Symptoms of Poor Architecture

Technical debt as permanent friction - why drag slows every delivery sprint

From Technical Debt to Technical Drag

Brooks's Law for data teams - why hiring more engineers slows delivery

Why More Developers Won't Fix Delivery Problems

Architecture review ROI - why skipping reviews costs months of rework

The False Economy of Skipping Architecture Reviews

Genius developer risk pattern - when your best engineer becomes your biggest liability

The Genius Developer Anti-Pattern

Technical debt interest rate - why code shortcuts compound faster than finance

Hidden Cost Multiplier: Technical Debt Compounds Faster Than Financial Debt