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Migration

23 posts filed under Migration.

Jun 17, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

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, …

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Jun 13, 2026 Fractional Journey

Fractional Architect Series B Audit

Investor technical due diligence has one real question: will this stack survive the growth the round is funding?

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Jun 11, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

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, …

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Jun 7, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

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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May 27, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The Lift-and-Shift Lie

The cloud migration finished in March. By July the bill was 3x and nothing was faster.

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May 25, 2026 Data Architecture

Idempotency In Orchestration Failures

Your pipeline failed at 3am. The on-call engineer is now paid to clean up duplicates.

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May 16, 2026 Data Architecture

Contract-First Data For Cross-Team Handoffs

Most cross-team data fights are caused by an undocumented assumption upstream.

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May 15, 2026 Data Architecture

Orchestration Tool Audit For Small Data Teams

Two-engineer data teams keep picking Airflow because it's "industry standard." Six months in, half the DAGs are commented out.

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May 14, 2026 Data Architecture

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.

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May 10, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

FinOps for Data Audit Checklist (8 Cost Levers)

Your cloud data bill grew 40% last year. Your revenue didn't.

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