· 1 min read
The exit-fee argument died; check your switching math
The big clouds waived egress for leaving customers back in 2024. If your platform decisions still cite exit fees, they are citing a dead number.
#egress#strategy
Migrations
6 articles
· 1 min read
How to read a warehouse migration case study before you believe the number
Three published migrations claim 20%, 50% and 65% savings, each in a different direction. Four questions turn a vendor's headline into a number you can plan with.
#migrations#cost#vendor-claims
· 2 min read
Migrating the transformation layer without stopping the business
The transformation layer touches everything, which is why its migrations stall. A lineage-ordered method that ships value from week two.
#transformation#migration#dbt
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The warehouse migration checklist we actually use
Forty items compressed to the twelve that prevent disasters. Inventory, parallel running, cutover criteria and the decommission list nobody writes.
#migration#warehouse
· 2 min read
Cutover patterns that don't bet the quarter
Big-bang cutovers make good war stories because they make bad migrations. The three patterns we use and how to pick between them.
#migration#cutover
· 2 min read
Inventorying a legacy ETL estate without archaeology burnout
Before modernizing twenty years of jobs, you need a map that fits on a wall. A triage method that inventories by consequence instead of by job count.
#legacy#migration#etl