The month in writing · 2021

August 2021

2 new essays — Data Engineering, Architecture & Strategy.
Showing 02 essays from August 2021
19 AUG 2021 · 5 min read

Orchestration: Data Factory, Synapse Pipelines, or Just a Notebook?

Something has to press 'go' on your data pipelines, in the right order, on schedule, and tell you when they break. The Azure world gives you at least three ways to do it, and picking the wrong one means either fighting the tool or outgrowing it. Here's how I choose.

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05 AUG 2021 · 5 min read

Your Data Platform Is a Product: Treat It Like One

Most data platforms are run like internal plumbing — built, then maintained until something breaks. The teams that get real value from theirs treat it as a product, with users, a roadmap, and a duty to be good enough that people choose it. That shift changes everything.

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Architecture & Strategy
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