Data Engineering

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Data Engineering

Small data warehouses need maintenance too

Even small analytical stores need ownership, naming, retention, and boring checks before they feed product decisions.

January 21 20265 min read

#analytics #maintenance #warehouse

Data Engineering

Data contracts are where AI quality starts

Model quality work starts before the prompt when the data shape is undocumented or quietly changing.

March 6 20257 min read

#data contracts #ai quality #pipelines

Data Engineering

Postgres 17 reminded me JSON is table work too

Postgres 17 put more SQL/JSON work into the database, which made messy application data feel less separate from relational design.

October 2 20246 min read

#postgres #json #data

Data Engineering

DuckDB made local analytics feel normal

DuckDB 1.0 made it easier to treat local analytical work as real engineering instead of a notebook side quest.

June 12 20248 min read

#duckdb #analytics #data