Notes on dataarchitecture.
Short essays on architecture, cost, hiring and AI: one cartoon, one idea, most days of the week. No tutorials, no listicles.
Software Modernization Is Not Architectural Modernization
Software modernization and architectural modernization are different problems with different fixes.
Read →Brent Is Your Data Engineer (Phoenix Project applied)
Every data team has a Brent. The person every ticket eventually routes through.
Read →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.
Read →FinOps for Data Audit Checklist (8 Cost Levers)
Your cloud data bill grew 40% last year. Your revenue didn't.
Read →The Data Product Canvas (One-Page Definition)
An empty "consumers" field is the signal to deprecate the asset. Most teams ignore it.
Read →Blameless Post-Mortem Template for Data Incidents
Your data incident post-mortems end with "be more careful." That's not a fix.
Read →Data Platform Maturity Model (5 Stages)
Your data platform is at stage 2. You're copying stage 5 patterns. That's why it's breaking.
Read →When You Actually Need a Semantic Layer
Most teams buy a semantic layer the way they buy a data warehouse. Tool first, problem retrofitted.
Read →Data mesh is an org design pattern. Here are the 5 things you need before you st
Data mesh is an org design pattern. Here are the 5 things you need before you start.
Read →Everyone says "people, process, technology." Then they start by picking Snowflak
Everyone says "people, process, technology." Then they start by picking Snowflake.
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.