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Migration

23 posts filed under Migration.

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 8, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

The Data Contract That Saved a Product Launch

The data contract didn't save the launch. It saved the three days of firefighting that would have followed.

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Apr 4, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

Data Lineage: From 'Nice to Have' to 'Must Have

Without data lineage, every schema change is a game of "what did we just break."

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Mar 18, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The Migration That Didn't Solve Anything

The most expensive way to avoid fixing your organizational problems: migrate to a new data platform.

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Mar 8, 2026 MVP to Platform

The Series B Rescue - Making Data Investor-Ready in 10 Weeks

Due diligence will find your data problems before you do. One company found out the hard way.

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Feb 15, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The Second-System Effect in Data Platforms

Your second data platform will be overengineered. Fred Brooks predicted this in 1975.

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Feb 1, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The €250K Migration That Didn't Need to Happen

The €250K migration wasn't a technology project. It was an expensive way to avoid hard conversations.

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Jan 19, 2026 Fractional Journey

Platform Review: 3-Month ROI for a Series B Startup

Every growing startup hits the same three data problems. Not similar. Identical.

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Jan 9, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Legacy Modernization: Break or Transform

Some legacy systems should be replaced. Most should just be wrapped.

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Dec 31, 2025 Technical Debt & Economics

The Migration That Took Three Years

We planned a six-month migration. We finished in three years.

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