The importance of interfaces
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Interfaces are powerful.
Data Engineering
2023
Answer with docs
·1 min
It’s a reality that when working in a team that supports or enables others you’ll have a steady stream of people asking you questions.
The complexities of build vs buy
·2 mins
Reposting last weeks post on the IKEA effect to LinkedIn kicked off an interesting discussion on the complexities of build vs buy.
The cost of handoffs between teams
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Every handoff has a cost.
The cost of handoffs in data
·1 min
Every handoff has a cost.
Being reactive with data quality
·2 mins
Most of the time we’re reacting to data quality issues.
The IKEA Effect in Data Engineering
·2 mins
The IKEA effect is where one places greater value on something they built, or partially built themselves.
Data Contracts - the book. Out now!
·3 mins
I’m so proud to announce that my book on data contracts is out now!
The dead letter queue pattern
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The dead letter queue (DLQ) pattern is commonly used to increase the resiliency of services that process data, allowing them to recover from incidents that prevent the processing or writing of that data without losing that data.