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 Platform
2024
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.
What is a data platform?
·1 min
A data platform is one of those terms that can have a different meaning for different people.
It's a transformation
·1 min
The change of focus from accessibility to dependability is a business transformation, and like any transformation it is going to take some time.
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