Active consumption
Are the consumers of your data platform active?
Data platforms for data leaders
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2024
Active pulling and pushing of data
·2 mins
I wrote a few weeks ago about the difference between active vs passive data publishing, and how the active publishing of data leads to better outcomes for your organisation.
Don't let people plug the gaps in your processes
·1 min
Think of the processes you have in place.
You broke our data, so your PRs now need our signoff
·1 min
“You broke our data, so your PRs now need our signoff.
Data must be trusted to be useful
·1 min
What can you do with data you don’t trust?
Leaky abstractions are ok
·1 min
All abstractions leak some details of the complexities it is trying to hide.
Platforms enable innovation
·1 min
Your data platform shouldn’t presuppose what can be built upon them.
You have permission not to build
·1 min
Many of us engineers enjoy building things.
Do you need a new data platform?
·1 min
There will be times when you look at the data platform you’ve got and think how great it would be to rip it out and start again.
Minimise the time you need to support your users
·1 min
An effective data platform provides the right tooling and abstractions that allow its users to get things done without the need for constant support from your team.