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Data Engineering as an Afterthought: Why It's a $10M Mistake

When companies treat data engineering as an afterthought, they pay the price in broken pipelines, unreliable analytics, and technical debt. This comprehensive guide explores why this happens, how to fix it, and how to build data-first organizations that actually work.

14 min read | Feb 08, 2026

Data & Analytics

My Small Data Pipeline Checklist That Saved Me from Overengineering

After years of building unnecessarily complex data pipelines, I developed a simple checklist that helps determine what you actually need versus what's just distributed system overkill. This framework saved me from building fake-big-data messes and might save you too.

14 min read | Dec 21, 2025