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Thoughtful writing on data platforms, migration strategy, AI adoption, and applied engineering decisions.

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Migration

A MongoDB to SQL Server Migration Story

Lessons from moving from document storage to a structured enterprise data model while preserving business continuity.

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Architecture

Four Billion Rows, Twenty Years of Debt

A practical story about technical debt, migration pressure, and the decisions that shape modern data estates.

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Engineering

How We Loaded 65 Million Records into Azure Cosmos DB

What it took to scale ingestion under real operational pressure and still keep the pipeline resilient.

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Data Engineering

How I Cut Delta Lake Storage by 90% with Databricks VACUUM

A practical story about managing Delta Lake storage growth, reclaiming space, and lowering cloud costs without breaking data pipelines.

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Architecture

Designing a Modern Data Platform

Practical guidance for building secure, scalable, and maintainable data systems that can evolve with the business.

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