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Data Pipeline

9 posts filed under Data Pipeline.

Aug 31, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Cross-Functional Data Ownership

A backend deploy broke the data pipeline for the third time this quarter. Both teams had done their jobs correctly.

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May 23, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

DORA Metrics For Data Pipelines

The DORA metrics work for data teams. Most data teams aren't measuring them.

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May 22, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

Conway's Law Pipeline Silos

Two teams sitting in different Slack channels build two pipelines that compute the same metric.

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Apr 25, 2026 Platform & Velocity

Your data testing pyramid is upside down. Here's how to flip it.

Your data testing pyramid is upside down. Here's how to flip it.

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Apr 16, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

The Rise of Data SRE: Reliability Engineering for Data Platforms

Your data pipelines run in production. But nobody treats them like production systems. That's about to change.

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Feb 23, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

The Three Ways Applied to Data Pipelines

Your data team ships pipelines fast. That's the First Way. They're ignoring the other two.

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Dec 10, 2025 Technical Debt & Economics

AI Won't Fix Your Architecture - It Will Amplify It

Every AI initiative is an architecture stress test.

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Dec 9, 2025 Technical Debt & Economics

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

Your engineers spend 40% of their time maintaining yesterday's shortcuts. And you're wondering why your AI initiative isn't moving faster.

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Oct 27, 2025 Organizational Dynamics

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

Data pipeline reliability is a good proxy for how much everybody cares.

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