Migration
29 posts filed under Migration.
DE Churn From Fragile Stacks
Senior data engineers quit stacks that page them at 3am, and the exit interview says "growth".
Read →Stack Tool Confusion Signs
Nobody wants to be the one who questions the tool the last person bought before they left.
Read →DBR Commit Discounts Math
Every platform vendor offers 20-30% for an annual commit. The discount is real. The forecast underneath it usually isn't.
Read →Platform Evolution Funding Map
Data platform changes have a good window and a bad one. Funding milestones tell you which is which.
Read →Fractional Multi-Client Economics
A company at 40 people needs senior data judgment about 2 days a week. Full-time is the wrong container.
Read →Cloud Provider Lock-In Audit
Single-cloud is a fine strategy. Unpriced lock-in is a negotiating position, and not yours.
Read →Lakehouse Convergence Risks
The lakehouse pitch is one platform for raw files and clean tables. The trap is inheriting the data lake's oldest habit: land everything, …
Read →Fractional Architect Series B Audit
Investor technical due diligence has one real question: will this stack survive the growth the round is funding?
Read →Semantic Layer Pitfalls - Invisible Technical Debt
You bought a semantic layer to end the "which number is right" argument. Eighteen months later you have 200 metrics and the same argument, …
Read →Privacy By Design In Pipelines
Most teams collect everything "just in case," then try to add privacy when an audit looms. By then it's in 40 tables.
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