You data should be as dependable your software
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If you’re building key product features on top of your data, shouldn’t it be as dependable as your software-backed features?
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2023
The similarities between software and data
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I’m writing this on the train back from Paris, having spent the last few days at the apidays conference, where I gave a talk titled “Data contracts: The API for Data”.
The importance of interfaces
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Interfaces are powerful.
Talking about data contracts on the Catalog & Cocktails podcast
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I had a really great chat last week with Juan and Tim on their Catalog & Cocktails podcast.
How much can Machine Learning be democratised?
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I liked this post by Robert Sahlin and Johan Gunnarsson about how they used BigQueryML to create alerts for cost anomalies.
The Open Data Contract Standard
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I get asked a lot if there is, or should be, a standard for a data contract.
Reducing cognitive load
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I wrote yesterday about how by promoting autonomy we can empower the users of our data platform to take on more ownership and responsibility.
Autonomy
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You might have noticed how I keep using the word autonomy in these posts, for example a couple of days ago when writing about a contract-based data platform and yesterday when linking to lessons from BlaBlaCar.
Lessons from BlaBlaCar
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This blog post from BlaBlaCar shares some great lessons - not just for implementing data mesh, but for any platform team looking to build products for internal stakeholders.
A contract-based data platform
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Data contracts are powerful enough you can build a data platform based on them - one that is more flexible and more effective than those we built before and promotes a more decentralised approach to data.