Analytics
29 posts filed under Analytics.
Series A To B Stack Pivot
The warehouse that carried you to Series A can quietly become the wrong one by Series B.
Read →Premature Real-Time Tax
Streaming has a cost nobody puts in the business case: the weekly tax of running it after the demo works.
Read →Ownership Vacuum After First Hire
The junior left in March. In May, marketing's dashboard broke and nobody knew who to call.
Read →Contract-First Data For Cross-Team Handoffs
Most cross-team data fights are caused by an undocumented assumption upstream.
Read →Semantic Layer Is A Consistency Tool, Not A Speed Tool
A semantic layer is a consistency tool. Most teams buy it for speed and end up disappointed.
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 →Everyone says "people, process, technology." Then they start by picking Snowflak
Everyone says "people, process, technology." Then they start by picking Snowflake.
Read →Most data catalogs go stale within a quarter. The teams that prevent it do one t
Most data catalogs go stale within a quarter. The teams that prevent it do one thing before procurement.
Read →Your architecture decision has been stuck for 8 weeks. DACI resolves it in 3. He
Your architecture decision has been stuck for 8 weeks. DACI resolves it in 3. Here's how.
Read →CAP Per Workload: Why One Consistency Model Doesn't Fit Your Whole Platform
Treating finance and customer analytics like the same workload is how you end up with a platform that serves neither well.
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