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System design5 min

Three ways to judge a data system

Use reliability, scalability, and maintainability as three distinct lenses for better system decisions.

Designing Data-Intensive Applications

Data modeling5 min

Facts tell; dimensions explain

A practical way to separate measurable events from the context people use to understand them.

The Data Warehouse Toolkit

Leadership5 min

Make the room smarter

Shift from proving your own intelligence to drawing out the intelligence already around you.

Multipliers

Leadership5 min

Ask before you answer

Use questions to create thinking space without becoming vague, passive, or withholding.

Multipliers

Leadership5 min

Debate before deciding

Invite rigorous disagreement before a decision so people can commit clearly afterward.

Multipliers