Posts | Thomas Nys | The Fractional Data Architect

Team organization by outcome - why technology-based structures create patchwork

If you organise by technology rather than by outcome, you...

Data governance design principles - building compliance into architecture

Effective governance is built in, not bolted on

Engineering scalability - eliminating friction instead of sprinting harder

You don't scale by sprinting harder

Architecture constraints as creativity enablers - focused design decisions

Most people think constraints limit creativity

Data architecture clarity - organizing complexity into strategic direction

Clarity doesn't remove complexity;

Decision-making architecture - designing governance into system design

You can't design great systems without designing how deci...

Delivery velocity vs architecture - why speed without foundation fails

"Faster" alone won't save anyone

Data pipeline reliability - how team culture reflects in system health

Data pipeline reliability is a good proxy for how much ev...

Architecture silver bullets myth - why simple solutions fail complex systems

Silver bullets sell because uncertainty is uncomfortable

AI problem specification - why clear requirements drive successful implementations

If you can't describe the problem, AI can't solve it