Every executive I've worked with has asked for personalization. Almost none of them meant the same thing. For some it is a first-name token at the top of an email. For others it is a recommendation…
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I wrote a few months ago that the most dangerous people in a data org are the technical ones who understand the business. That post was about humans. Same rule applies to agents, harder. An agent…
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Someone built a coffee shop you order from via SSH. Not a joke. Not a demo. A real business called terminal.shop. You type ssh terminal.shop and you can buy coffee from your command line. If that…
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I read a piece in HBR recently by Marcus Buckingham called What Companies Can Learn from Their Biggest Fans. His argument is that most companies pour their energy into fixing what’s broken — low…
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Last weekend I built a personal finance app. It took a few hours. I used an AI coding assistant, talked through what I wanted, and by Sunday evening I had something that covers about 90% of what I’d…
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What if everything we know about enterprise software design is about to become obsolete? For forty+ years, we’ve built systems around a single assumption: humans need interfaces to accomplish tasks.…
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Everyone’s racing to build AI that shops for you. I think they’re solving the wrong problem. Over the past few months, I’ve been watching the agentic commerce space explode. OpenAI partnered with…
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The start of a new year is often a natural moment to pause and think deliberately about what comes next. For me, it is less about declaring resolutions and more about being deliberate in how I think…
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A faster, more reliable way to design complex models using an AI coding assistant and warehouse-integrated validation. Data modeling can be a slow and tedious process. Teams interpret raw schemas,…
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Starting a new leadership role is one of the most high-stakes transitions in any career. I’ve gone through it multiple times across very different organizations—fast-moving startups, operationally…
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I recently wrote about how AI coding assistants are changing the build vs. buy equation, arguing that the traditional “buy first” approach is becoming outdated. But theory is one thing, practice is…
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A senior exec once asked me whether my experience with streaming vs. batch processing and customer data platforms “really translates” across industries. On the surface, it’s a fair question. But it…
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Over time, a lot of data teams drift into a pattern that’s hard to break out of. They become ticket takers, constantly responding to requests, pulling data for one-off questions, fixing dashboards,…
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Most technical people — whether they’re building software, managing infrastructure, designing data pipelines, or optimizing algorithms — focus heavily on mastering the tools and frameworks of their…
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We’ve all been there. An organization is stuck in legacy, processes are inefficient, and it takes an army of people to get things don. The solution? Buy a tool. And not just any tool — a SaaS product…
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For most of my career, the build vs. buy decision in software has leaned heavily toward buy, especially in the enterprise. It is understandable. Buy is faster. Buy is safer. Buy comes with support,…
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Over the years, I’ve come to believe that the most effective technologists are the ones who stay deeply connected to the business. Not just during planning sessions or leadership reviews, but in the…
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You’re grinding. You’re pushing through. You’re delivering. But is anyone noticing? In corporate world, execution and independence are table stakes. But real impact, and real career growth, come from…
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As more companies invest heavily in data as they grow, the question of how to structure the data and analytics function becomes increasingly important. It is not just about reporting lines or team…
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In today’s business culture, collaboration is treated as the gold standard. We idolize team players, prioritize consensus, and treat solo work as a red flag. But that perspective isn’t always right.…
