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31 posts filed under Data Platform.

Feb 11, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

The Alex Problem - Hero Dependency

Alex knows everything about your data platform. When Alex leaves, you're in trouble.

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Feb 8, 2026 MVP to Platform

Platform Rescue Engagement

Three months ago, this data platform had 15 incidents per week. Today: 3.

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Jan 31, 2026 Data Architecture

Building data platforms for technology instead of teams

The data platform nobody asked for is the data platform nobody uses.

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Jan 14, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Technical Debt Is Like Credit Card Interest - It Compounds

Think of technical debt like a credit card. Your data platform maxed it out years ago. Your engineers? They're stuck paying the minimum …

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Jan 11, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Architecture Advisory: The 3 Questions I Ask First

In week one of any architecture review, I ask the same 3 questions.

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Jan 10, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Why Your AI Project Failed at the Data Layer

Rule of thumb: AI success is 20% model and 80% data infrastructure.

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Dec 28, 2025 Architecture Fundamentals

Mapping Architecture to Outcomes

The CEO doesn't care about your system design. They care about what it enables.

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Dec 26, 2025 Technical Debt & Economics

The Data Platform ROI Nobody Calculates

The CFO asked for the ROI of data. Nobody could answer.

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Dec 15, 2025 Architecture Fundamentals

Data Contract Pattern

Every Monday, someone's dashboard breaks. Nobody knows why.

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Oct 7, 2025 Architecture Fundamentals

Your real integration layer isn't code

Your real integration layer isn't code. It's people.

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