If you stripped every app down to its essentials—ridesharing, banking, TikTok, your smartwatch—you’d find the same beating heart: a database. It’s where your data lives, how your app stays fast, and why your business scales (or doesn’t). But what exactly is a database, and which type should you use in 2025? Let’s break it down…
If you’ve been juggling data lakes for raw files and data warehouses for curated analytics, you’ve likely felt the friction: duplicated pipelines, slow iterations, and spiraling storage costs. The modern data lakehouse promises a way out—a single platform that gives you the elasticity of a lake and the governance and performance of a warehouse. But…
What if the reason your API feels sluggish, your integrations break too often, and your handoffs spark never‑ending Slack threads has nothing to do with your code—and everything to do with your JSON? If that sounds dramatic, stick with me. Data design is where performance, clarity, and long‑term agility are won or lost. If you’ve…
