3 common data assumptions worth challenging
·4 mins
We don’t necessarily need to be doing things as we’ve always done
Data Architecture
2026
The case for intentional friction in data platforms
·3 mins
Frictionless data platforms are harmful
Integration vs Interoperability
·4 mins
Do we really need to centralise everything before we can use our data?
Reversing Conway's law
Understand Conway’s law and make it work for you
A feature of architecture
·3 mins
How architecture features impact your processes and ways of working
2024
Validating data contracts downstream
I wrote yesterday how it’s best to validate as early as possible.
Reversing Conway's Law
Yesterday I wrote about Conway’s law and the challenges it causes in organisations where data teams are placed in a separate part of the organisation to where the data is generated.
Conway's law and data
Conway’s law asserts that the designs of systems are influenced by an organisation’s communication structure, suggesting that how teams are organised and communicate will reflect in the final product.
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