Archive - Stats Life

Why your data mesh is failing

It isn’t a Snowflake or Databricks problem. It’s a photography problem.

3 hrs ago • Adric Streatfeild

January 2026

Have you got zombieware running at your company?

The undead systems quietly draining your budget - and how to kill them

Jan 31 • Adric Streatfeild

October 2025

Data scientists won't exist in 5 years

The quiet unbundling of the sexiest job of the 21st century

Oct 28, 2025 • Adric Streatfeild

Are data engineers secretly doing two jobs at once?

When most companies first build a data team, there’s just one role: data engineer. But here’s the truth - that role has always been two jobs rolled into…

Oct 4, 2025 • Adric Streatfeild

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