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Short essays on architecture, cost, hiring and AI: one cartoon, one idea, most days of the week. No tutorials, no listicles.

May 1, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Hybrid work changed how your data team collaborates. Nobody adjusted the archite

Hybrid work changed how your data team collaborates. Nobody adjusted the architecture decisions for it.

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Apr 30, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

Consolidating from 15 tools to 7 in 2026. Three drivers, none of them innovation

Consolidating from 15 tools to 7 in 2026. Three drivers, none of them innovation.

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Apr 29, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Most data catalogs go stale within a quarter. The teams that prevent it do one t

Most data catalogs go stale within a quarter. The teams that prevent it do one thing before procurement.

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Apr 28, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

Choosing between 3 data platforms? Stop comparing demos. Here's the radar chart

Choosing between 3 data platforms? Stop comparing demos. Here's the radar chart that makes it objective.

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Apr 27, 2026 Platform & Velocity

Your data platform has 15 incidents per month. Is that normal or a crisis? Here'

Your data platform has 15 incidents per month. Is that normal or a crisis? Here's the benchmark.

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Apr 26, 2026 Data Architecture & Strategy

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 25, 2026 Platform & Velocity

Your data testing pyramid is upside down. Here's how to flip it.

Your data testing pyramid is upside down. Here's how to flip it.

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Apr 24, 2026 Organizational Dynamics

Your architecture decision has been stuck for 8 weeks. DACI resolves it in 3. He

Your architecture decision has been stuck for 8 weeks. DACI resolves it in 3. Here's how.

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Apr 23, 2026 Platform & Velocity

AI is writing data quality tests now. That's not replacing you-it's multiplying

AI is generating data quality tests now. Not replacing you. Multiplying what you can realistically cover.

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Apr 22, 2026 Technical Debt & Economics

The Dashboard That Took 3 Months: A Process Problem, Not a Complexity Problem

An executive requested a simple revenue dashboard. Three months later, it was live. It should've taken four weeks. Here's what went wrong at …

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