· 1 min read
Demand a semantic-layer export before you sign
The interchange standard your vendors joined is the exit door for your metric definitions. One paragraph for the next contract.
#semantic-layer#procurement
Governance
7 articles
· 2 min read
Put the Iceberg catalog in code before the second team joins
The official Iceberg Terraform provider shipped its first release. What to manage with it, what to keep out, and a one-afternoon adoption path.
#iceberg#terraform#governance#lakehouse
· 2 min read
Gate these three things before agents touch the warehouse
The platform vendors are wiring AI agents into enterprise data as fast as they can acquire the parts. The gates to install first, sized at a week each.
#agents#governance
· 2 min read
A data strategy that fits on one page
If the strategy needs forty slides, it is a wish list. The five sections that make a data strategy executable, with the questions each must answer.
#strategy#governance
· 2 min read
The minimum governance set that passes an audit
Governance programs fail by attempting everything. The five controls that satisfy auditors and engineers at the same time, and what to defer.
#governance#compliance
· 2 min read
When a data catalog earns its keep
Catalogs solve a discovery problem most companies do not have yet and an access problem every company has. Buy for the second reason, get the first free.
#catalogs#governance
· 3 min read
Master data without the capital-P program
You need one answer to "which customer is this" more than you need an MDM platform. The lightweight identity layer that covers most of the need.
#master-data#governance