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Asking Good Questions at Conferences
The Quality Paradox
Obscurity is Your Enemy
The Skills Gap in Data
Building a Personal Brand
The Year Ahead (Why Data Modeling Matters, AI, Being Human, etc)
Old School BI vs AI BI
Bridge Skills w/ Eevamaija Virtanen
Unhinged Rants w/ Carly Taylor
Old School vs. New School Data Modeling
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch of AI Data Slop
The Cult of Scrum, or Why Not Everything Needs to be a Sprint
How I Use AI for Writing
Public Speaking Tips w/ Jordan Morrow
Figuring Out Your Next Move
Shifting Left AND Right. The Data Engineering Lifecycle in 2025. What's Changed?
Random Rants
Coding is Fun (Again)
Wartime Data Teams
"I Don't Need to Learn Anything Anymore"
Advice for 2025 Graduates
Navigating Data Strategy in the Age of AI w/ Dia Adams & Gordon Wong
What Does AI Do to The Craft of Dev and Engineering?
AI Denialism is Holding Back the Data Industry
So You Want to Work in Data? w/ Gordon Wong
Platform or Predator?
Next-Generation Data Architectures. Ramblings and Speculations.
Small is the New Big, AI Native Data Architectures, and More
The End is Nigh (Again)
I'm Ambivalent About Vibes, The Power of No, and More
Hedonic Treadmills, Goal-Oriented Type A Success, and Letting Go
Big AI, Bigger Layoffs, Same Old Problems?
High on Crazy Pills
AI PhDs, Clanker Content, FoDE retrospective, and more
AI Vibes, Sameness, and Skill Erosion
AI Televangelism
What's Next After AI?
The Pedantic Layer, Frauds, and more
Givers and Takers
My Observations on How AI Is Already Reshaping Work
Fivetran + dbt?, Modern Data Stack Consolidation and AI Bubbles
Scared Money Don't Make Money
Choosing Tools and Vendors, Having a Plan B, and More
The Road Warrior. Why I Travel, Travel Tips, and More
Eroding the Edges. What Does AI Mean For Products?
AI Bubbles & "Vibe Coding" Dangers w/ Matt Housley
So You Want to Grow on Substack
To Succeed in 2026, Use December Wisely!
The Truth About AI Agents, Hardware Wars, and Mixed Model Arts w/ Matt Housley
The Kids are Alright
Have Good Taste and Keep Building
2026 "Predictions", Kimball vs Inmon Thoughts, and More
The Law of Leaky Vibes, Making Your First Dollar, and More
Status Games
The 99% of Businesses and AI, and More.
Why AI (Might) Mean More Work, Not Less
The SaaS Slump and the Rise of Disposable Software
The State of Data Engineering in 2026, Book Writing, and More
The Data Industry is the Definition of Insanity
The Great Data Reckoning
The AI Skills and Competence Gap
The Buzzword Industrial Complex, AI Agents & The Future of Data w/ Matt Housley
Thoughts on the Data Job Market, Going Solo, and More
AI Changed Everything, Except the Hard Parts
Surviving the AI Grind: Hustle Culture, Fear, and Finding Value w/ Eric Weber
Do Data Fundamentals Still Matter in the Age of AI?
We're in 1905: Why Electricity (Not Dot-Com) Is the Right AI Analogy
WTF is a Software Moat in 2026?
TOKENMAXXING IS FOR FOOLS
Zach Wilson - Data Engineering in 2026, Traveling, and more
Why 90% of Data Teams Are Failing at Modeling