Notes on dataarchitecture.
Short essays on architecture, cost, hiring and AI: one cartoon, one idea, most days of the week. No tutorials, no listicles.
Shadow Data Costs Your Team 8-9 Hours/Week
Your team can lose 8-9 hours/week to shadow data. And they actually don't call it that.
Read →GenAI Risks: The Billion-Euro Wake-Up Call
GenAI failures are poised to cost enterprises billions in wasted budget. Many won't be tech failures.
Read →Team Alignment Sprint: 3 Outputs Teams Actually Use
A 4-week sprint. 3 outputs. Zero slide decks nobody reads.
Read →You're Hiring Data Engineers Wrong
You're hiring data engineers wrong. And your best candidates know it.
Read →FinOps Reality Check: 60% Wasted Spend
Up to 60% of your cloud spend can go to waste. And nobody owns the problem.
Read →The Genius Developer Anti-Pattern (Reprise)
Your best developer isn't your biggest asset. They're your biggest risk.
Read →3 Ways to Escape the 40% Maintenance Trap
Your engineers spend 40% on maintenance. Here's how to get half of that back.
Read →The Migration That Took Three Years
We planned a six-month migration. We finished in three years.
Read →The Dashboard Nobody Trusted
We built the perfect dashboard. Nobody used it.
Read →Why Your Data Team Is Burned Out
The "urgent" request took two hours. The context switch cost four.
Read →Want expert eyes on your data architecture?
No pitch. An honest conversation about whether I can help, and what shape it would take if I can.