Data contracts for automation
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One of the benefits of data contracts is the amount of automation they unlock.
Data Platform
2024
Centralised vs Decentralised - there and back again
How many times has your data team gone from centralised, to decentralised, and back to centralised again?
Your success is determined by your communication
More than anything else, your success is determined by your communication.
The goal has always been accessible data
The goal of every data architecture has always been to provide accessible data to the organisation.
The point of self-serve is autonomy
The whole point of enabling self-serve is autonomy.
Are data contracts only for tabular data?
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It’s a misconception that data contracts are just for tabular data.
Change management can't be left to humans
A question I received on a LinkedIn post about change management with data contracts asked (lightly edited for clarity):
Data contracts and dbt
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I was asked on LinkedIn how I might approach data contracts with dbt.
The point of data mesh
The whole point of data mesh is to make data in an organisation more accessible.
Reliable data platforms enable reliable data products
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To build reliable data products we need a data platform that provides us capabilities to do so.
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