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21 posts filed under Data Product.

Jul 12, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

Data Product Canvas Update For AI Consumers

Your newest data consumers don't file tickets. They're AI agents, and they break differently.

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May 9, 2026 Data Architecture

The Data Product Canvas (One-Page Definition)

An empty "consumers" field is the signal to deprecate the asset. Most teams ignore it.

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May 7, 2026 Data Architecture

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.

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May 5, 2026 Uncategorized

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.

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Apr 26, 2026 Uncategorized

This company piloted Data Mesh with 2 domains in 6 months. Here's what worked (a

This company piloted Data Mesh with 2 domains in 6 months. Here's what worked (and what didn't).

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Apr 17, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

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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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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Apr 10, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

The Incremental Migration Strategy (Strangler Fig Pattern)

You don't migrate a data platform in one go. You grow the new one around the old one.

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Apr 6, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

The Metadata Moment: When 'Where Is This Data?' Costs You Two Engineers

Two full-time equivalents on your data team do nothing but answer questions all day.

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Apr 3, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

The Data Product Roadmap Template (3 Horizons)

Your data roadmap is a wishlist - here's the 3-horizon framework that turns it into strategy.

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