Data platform

Sometimes the Missing Layer Should Stay Missing

Sometimes the Missing Layer Should Stay Missing

I've now written two articles arguing that data organizations need an Internal Developer Platform: one on why the layer is missing, one on the organizational forces that kill it after you build it. Bo

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The Blueprint Was the Easy Part

The Blueprint Was the Easy Part

In a previous article I argued that most data organizations have a platform but no developer experience on top of it, and that an Internal Developer Platform (a self-service layer of templates, golden

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Why Your Data Platform Is Missing Its Most Important Layer

Why Your Data Platform Is Missing Its Most Important Layer

Your organization spent millions on Databricks, Snowflake, or a carefully assembled stack of Azure services. Leadership declared the data platform "modern." And yet, every time a data team needs to bu

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