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Want great, practical advice on implementing data mesh, data products and data contracts?

In my weekly newsletter I share with you an original post and links to what's new and cool in the world of data mesh, data products, and data contracts.

I also include a little pun, because why not? 😅

    (Don’t worry—I hate spam, too, and I’ll NEVER share your email address with anyone!)

    Love to read the little tidbits of insight and advice! The fact everything is both short and to-the point makes it actionable and easy to implement. Of course it's clear that Andrew goes deep on data contracts, data products and all the minute details. But as someone once said, the people who really get things are the ones that can package it in a clear language! Focusing a lot on the (actually hard) aspects around driving changes in culture and people.

    Special thanks for your newsletter. It is always on point with the problems we are trying to tackle.

    Highly recommended newsletter when drafting a business strategy that is "shifting left" in the data tech stack.

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    2025


    Your data quality problem is an incentives problem

    ·3 mins

    Hey everyone! In today’s newsletter I write about how data quality is really about incentives. There’s links to posts on shifting left and right, and to an interesting interview with Snowflake CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy by Ben Thompson. Finally there’s a particularly silly pun…

    The many applications of data contracts

    ·3 mins

    The many applications of data contracts

    Data contracts are such a simple and flexible pattern that can be applied to many different use cases. These include:

    Starting small with data contracts

    ·3 mins

    Happy Pi Day! Hope you’ve had a good week.

    Today I have a small post on starting small, before 3 great reads, and a barely legal pun. Enjoy!

    Wrapping legacy applications with data contracts

    ·7 mins

    Hi all, hope you had a great week!

    Today I’m writing about applying data contracts to legacy applications and using them to monitor data quality and assign ownership of the data to the application owner.