How Platform Engineering Enables Scalable Data Systems
This post discusses how platform engineering principles apply to data systems at a high level, focusing on how shared internal platforms help teams scal...
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Data & Platform Engineering
When Enterprise Software Becomes an Operating Constraint
This is a systems-oriented take on enterprise software tradeoffs, plus a checklist for evaluating operating models as needs change. Image created by...
What I Look for When Evaluating a Data Stack
A systems-oriented way to evaluate data stacks beyond tools and feature comparisons. Image created by the author How We Got Here Before evaluating a da...
From Fragmented Data Flows to a Governed Data Pipeline
Many organizations focus on fixing individual data issues but overlook the bigger picture: how data enters, moves, and is governed across the entire env...
Data Orchestration: The Conductor Behind the Pipelines
This article explains what data orchestration is, how it coordinates multiple steps in a workflow, and why it matters for making data processes reliable...
What Is Data Platform Engineering?
A Plain-Language Guide to Three Overlapping but Different Disciplines. Image created by the author Technology loves buzzwords, and sometimes the li...
From Pipelines to Platforms: Modern Engineering for Regulated Data Teams
Many regulated data teams still work without true pipelines, relying on manual, study-by-study transformations. Learn how combining data engineering wit...
Modernization in Pharma & Clinical Data
Agentic Workflows in Statistical Programming: What This Could Look Like in Practice
This article introduces agentic workflows in statistical programming and explores how workflow-aware systems could coordinate study execution, iteration, an...
Too Tech for Clinical, Too Clinical for Tech
This article examines the challenges of working at the intersection of highly regulated clinical research and fast-moving modern technology. It explores w...
We Had the Blueprint the Whole Time: Why Clinical Data Hasn’t Automated (Yet)
This article explores how the CDISC Operational Data Model (ODM) is underutilized, and could be the missing infrastructure layer in clinical data automati...
Career Development
Learning Complex Systems Is More Like Learning a Language
This article is meant to highlight the complexity behind modern technical systems and to offer a reminder: for those learning, it takes time, and for th...
Are Certifications Worth It? A Practical, Opinionated Take
Certifications don’t create expertise. They create structure, visibility, and shared signals. The expertise comes from what you build alongs...