Archive - davidj.substack

Data Platform Engineering

Acceleration instead of gatekeeping

16 hrs ago •

David Jayatillake

Single Use Software

A tool just for you, just for this time

Apr 22 •

David Jayatillake

Vibe Maintainer

Puppies aren't free

Apr 14 •

David Jayatillake

!= ML Specialism

Apr 3 •

David Jayatillake

March 2025

Free like a puppy

Mar 24 •

David Jayatillake

We think they needed an easier IDE...

…they wanted a more powerful Excel

Mar 19 •

David Jayatillake

Many ducks, a big pond

Splitting the query

Mar 4 •

David Jayatillake

February 2025

Model Generation

A big feature release by SQLMesh

Feb 26 •

David Jayatillake

How consequential is the news of Polars Cloud?

Feb 20 •

David Jayatillake

Is it better than SQLMesh?

Feb 12 •

David Jayatillake

The New Age of Invention

Not just cost... ease

Feb 7 •

David Jayatillake

January 2025

More efficiency, more budget

Jan 29 •

David Jayatillake

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