Influencing through platforms
·4 mins
We can influence the behaviour of people and processes through the platforms we build and the design decisions we make.
Data Platform
2025
Iceberg, and the elephant in the room
·3 mins
Happy new year everyone!
2024
Creating platforms with data contracts
·5 mins
The initial idea for data contracts was to create an interface through which reliable and well-structured data could be made available to consumers.
Data contracts at Nandos
·2 mins
Ben Watson at Nandos, a South African restaurant chain operating in 30 countries, has a great write up on their modern data platform with data mesh and data contracts.
You don't need a mandate
·1 min
Following on from yesterday’s note on the API Mandate and data contracts, I wan’t to be clear you don’t need to mandate data contracts to get adoption.
Validating data contracts downstream
I wrote yesterday how it’s best to validate as early as possible.
Data contracts at the cross-section of best practices
I see data contracts as being at the cross-section of best practices.
Friction as a lever
·2 mins
I mentioned yesterday how by using friction we can influence how users behave and how the business is organised.
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.
A self-serve data platform
·1 min
A self-serve data platform is one where its users can autonomously create, manage and consume data.
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