Theme
Trustworthy Data Systems
A data platform earns trust the way a person does: by being accurate, by being able to explain itself, and by keeping what it's told safe. Writing here is about building systems people are willing to act on.
Writing in this theme
EssayTrustworthy Data Systems4 minJul 18, 2026
The Rules You Never Wrote Are Still Running Your System
Teams often believe they are debating architecture when they are really discovering undocumented business rules. Making those rules explicit is one of the highest leverage activities in building systems that people can understand, evolve, and trust.
EssayTrustworthy Data Systems3 minJan 14, 2026
Data Platforms Are Trust Systems Before They Are Technology Systems
We talk about data platforms as if the problem were technical — pipelines, warehouses, latency. The real problem is human: will anyone trust the number enough to act on it? That changes what you build first.