Hallelujah! The glorious savior of mankind, AGI, will arrive from the sky at any moment! But it's very expensive, so y'all need to keep sending us regular donations. Have faith! The Al industry these days feels a lot like televangelism. Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/3GBd...

“The AI bubble is ending!” Also, “AGI will be here at any moment!” Truly a Bipolar timeline we are living in 😵‍💫

Data engineering is in the FAFO phase with AI

since my network is so small on @bsky.app , let me leak it some hours early here: Fundamentals of Metadata Management is published - foreword by @joereis.bsky.social

Oh yeah, we’re doing a book club at the Practical Data Community!

The first book will be Kill It With Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (and Future Proof Modern Ones) This book has been on my TBR list for like 3 years now, and is pretty popular in the civic tech community. Check it out! I’m starting Chapter 1 today 😁 nostarch.com/kill-it-fire

Getting a lot of questions about how to get into public speaking. Global speaker Jordan Morrow and I give tips for getting started. open.spotify.com/episode/1Gvw...

#databs What are the worst data anti-patterns you see these days?

What happens when two data engineering authors meet? Total nerding out on the craft of writing. @ssp.sh and I chat about technical writing and much more. Watch here: youtu.be/EkgnjGykbyc?...

Thanks Munich! Had a fun time chatting and ranting.

Good article from @joereis.bsky.social about data modelling: The Tension of Orthodoxy and Speed joereis.substack.com/p/the-tensio... #dataBS #dataEngineering

I occasionally rant

San Francisco! See you February 20th! Register here: go.fivetran.com/events/data-...

Just a reminder - my podcast is invite only. If you want to be on the podcast, please don't reach out to me. I'll reach out to you if/when the time is right. Thanks.

The Practical Data Community Discord just opened up to the wider public. If you like candid, practical, and vendor-free discussions about data, check it out. discord.gg/V5scMEdJ

“Avoid dogma for its own sake. Dogma is almost worse than premature optimization"

Is dating hard for you right now? Don’t despair. Pick up a copy of Fundamentals of Data Engineering, and you’ll be in love with your soul mate before day’s end. Better than any dating app or aphrodisiac.

I hear about self-muzzling a lot, especially from executives. Please grow a pair.

@matt-turck.bsky.social is here! Add him if you know what’s good for ya.

Crack open a cold one (or make a coffee) and read my latest weekend rants. This one's a doozy..

It's only week 1.5 of 2025, and I've already fielded several calls/texts from close friends in Mega Fortune 100 Company, Inc. who are BURNED THE F*CK OUT with their jobs. I’ve never seen it like this.

Getting back into jiu jitsu after a 15+ year hiatus. It has changed so much. Feel like a noob.

This book is hard work to write, but it’s necessary.

Tres awesome

The relational model is a cornerstone of data modeling, especially if you work with tables. But I often find that it seems like a dying art. As part of my broader attempt to bring back data modeling as a practice, I cover some basics of the relational model here. open.substack.com/pub/practica...

@seanfalconer.bsky.social ‘s podcast is great. So is he

My friend @chiphuyen.bsky.social wrote a new book. Enjoy it…

An unhoused woman in *active labor*—her water had just broken—was ticketed by Louisville police for sleeping outside. What a cruel, cruel country.

Health insurance claim denials in the US are big news. @holdenkarau.com joins me to chat about her new project Fight Health Insurance, which uses AI to automate the extremely tedious and manual back and forth with insurers. open.spotify.com/episode/6BUN...

Studio time…

The Concept2 app leaderboard shows someone who accumulates over 100,000 meters a day, either on a bike, row, or ski erg. This is over 5 hours a day. How does someone have this much time to workout each day? Let alone accumulate 54 million meters?!

Today alone, saw a friend who’d been at Google announce his layoff. Right before Christmas too! I heard of a few big companies doing big layoffs in early 2025. The tech culling isn’t over…

I’ve been getting a LOT of questions recently about building a personal brand. Not sure what’s causing the interest, but I suspect there’s a lot of uncertainty with the job market and stability at current employers. Listen if this interests you. open.spotify.com/episode/3DJa...

@hannes.muehleisen.org and I did a podcast about ducks and databases. Check it out: open.spotify.com/episode/7zBd...

Data Therapy today at 5pm mountain time Data Therapy Wednesday, Dec 11 · 5–6 PM Google Meet joining info Video call link: meet.google.com/ieq-mbzp-nmz Or dial: +1 316-789-6783 PIN: 613541989 More phone numbers: tel.meet/ieq-mbzp-nmz...

Any guesses about tomorrow’s podcast?

If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

How does anyone - especially a YC company - think spam like this works or is ok? I have zero problem calling out fools like this.

🎯 DataEngBytes 2025 Early Bird Alert! 32 pre-Christmas tickets left at $299 (save $200) 8 tickets already claimed 2 amazing cities 4 days of data engineering excellence Don't wait - these are moving fast! Book now: www.tickettailor.com/events/datae... #DataEngineering #Conference #TechEvents

Very cool. Congrats @gwenshap.bsky.social

Sometimes I climb…

Got a lot of messages and replies regarding my Bill Inmon posts. Some people don’t like him for whatever reason. That’s fine. Although he’s a close personal friend, address your issues about Bill to him, not me. I have no dog in fights that happened decades ago. You’re complaining to the wrong guy.

Mentors are key... joereis.substack.com/p/the-power-...

PyCon now makes masks optional

Here’s an interesting convo I had with Val Becerra about AI, engineering for space, and DJing techno. As a lifelong DJ, this was fun. Definitely different than my others, but in a great way. open.spotify.com/episode/1ipU...

Bill and I just recorded a short podcast this morning. Think of it as a 15 minute crash course on the data warehouse. open.spotify.com/episode/3LdB...

Another big thing. According to Bill Inmon, he and Ralph Kimball never had issues with each other. To the extend there were battles, it was between their “followers.”

Had a good chat today with Bill Inmon about the data warehouse. In many different cycles in our industry, the data warehouse is associated more with specific vendors, technologies, or tech implementation paradigms. This wasn’t the intention. Its an agnostic architecture.Get back to the roots please.

@joereis.bsky.social had me on his podcast and I am finally beginning to make some sense when I talk about the #metagrid here you go: podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/o... And thanks again for listening @jennajordan.me I look forward to meet you at #datadaytexas

What got you here won’t get you there. If you’ve been doing consulting long enough, you reach a point where you know you need to scale. open.spotify.com/episode/7eGN...