Published in Geek Culture·PinnedMember-onlyHow To Build the Next Mega Open Source Project8 lessons learned from a 3-dimensional framework for understanding how to turn your open-source project into the next WordPress or Linux. — “Open Source projects exhibit natural increasing returns to scale. That’s because most developers are interested in using and participating in the largest projects, and the projects with the most developers are more likely to quickly fix bugs, add features and work reliably across the largest number of platforms. …Data11 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedMember-onlyHow to Become The Next 30 Billion $$$ Data Company14 thoughts on the economics of the open-source data space and how to become the next MongoDB or Databricks — The data space is booming, with companies like mongoDB (valued at 18 billion USD), databricks (30 billion), or Confluent, and many others. The startup space is overflowing with money and lots of founders want a share of the pie. But in my opinion, the data space is set up to…Business19 min read
Published in Three Data Point Thursday·Jul 14Member-onlyThoughtful Friday #14: Hypergrowing Communities & Stories — Deconstructing Airbyte, Dbt, LevelsI’m Sven, and this is part of the Thoughtful Friday. My super secret newsletter I usually only send out to people on the list. But this piece got some great responses and I figured there’s no harm in putting it into the open. Thoughtful Friday, the email that helps you…7 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·Jun 9Member-onlyTutorial: Data-Oriented-Python in 15 minutes — Less Complexity through Data/Logic SeparationA 3 step tutorial teaching you the three main concepts of the data-oriented approach to Python — Have you heard of the data-oriented approach to programming? If not, well, now you have. This tutorial is here to get you excited about it, in Python. We’re going to do something very simple: 1. We will take a look at a common iris classification problem, which I already “solved”…Data9 min read
Published in Geek Culture·May 31Member-onlyWhy Data Product Management is Different — 3 Important Lessons AppliedHow the “value perspective” on data teaches you three major lessons and be applied to 8 different data-heavy product examples. — The Ishango bone is one of the earliest counting sticks found on earth. The use of that 25,000-year-old, 10 cm long piece of bone with equal distant markings on it is disputed. But whatever the reasoning behind using it, the idea of counting sticks in general, wasn’t invented to be…Data16 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·May 25Member-onlyStart-Up Data Mesh Blueprint: 3 Steps for Becoming a Data-Driven Start-Up through the Data MeshA dead-simple 3-step blueprint for start-ups to get data-driven right through the data mesh — The word “data mesh” is the top trend inside the data industry. Common wisdom currently seems to be that it’s something for big companies. But that’s wrong IMHO. Even better, start-ups have the unique chance to leverage the data mesh from the very beginning of their existence to become more…Data12 min read
Published in Three Data Point Thursday·Apr 28Member-onlyAnnouncing some Changes; ThDPTh #68I’m Sven, and this is the Three Data Point Thursday. The email that helps you understand and shape the one thing that will power the future: data. I’m also writing a book about the data mesh part of that. 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰 I decided to introduce some changes to the newsletter starting…1 min read
Published in Three Data Point Thursday·Apr 22Member-onlyEmbrace the complexity of data, data workflows, Miro &data monitoring; ThDPTh #67I’m Sven, and this is the Three Data Point Thursday. The email that helps you understand and shape the one thing that will power the future: data. I’m also writing a book about the data mesh part of that. Time to Read: 5 minutes. Another week of data thoughts: If…Data3 min read
Published in Three Data Point Thursday·Apr 15Member-onlyReal-Time dbt + trino, Cookies, Top50 Data; ThDPTh #66I’m Sven, and this is the Three Data Point Thursday. The email that helps you understand and shape the one thing that will power the future: data. I’m also writing a book about the data mesh part of that. Time to read this newsletter: 6 minutes. Another week of data…Data3 min read
Published in Three Data Point Thursday·Apr 8Member-onlyOpen Source Data Reliability, Joyful Data Devs, TechRadar 26; ThDPTh #65I’m Sven, and this is the Three Data Point Thursday. The email that helps you understand and shape the one thing that will power the future: data. I’m also writing a book about the data mesh part of that. Another week of data thoughts: Data reliability is becoming a thing …Data4 min read
