PinnedAndrew JonesA contract-based data platformData contracts are powerful enough you can build an effective data platform based on them.3 min read·Jan 29, 2024--1--1
PinnedAndrew JonesEvery data transform is technical debtThere’s a cost to every data transformation. It slows us down, reduces reliability and increases maintenance costs.3 min read·Jan 9, 2024--18--18
PinnedAndrew JonesinTech @ GoCardlessImproving Data Quality with Data ContractsIntroducing Data Contracts, a step change in how we generate, manage and consume data at GoCardless.4 min read·Dec 23, 2021--5--5
Andrew JonesAvoiding the tight coupling caused by change data capture (CDC)CDC creates tight coupling between the upstream databases and your data warehouse, and that’s a problem. But it doesn’t have to be this…2 min read·3 days ago----
Andrew Jones𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟭:𝟭𝟬:𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆One of my favourite talks at Big Data LDN was by Hannah Davies on The Building Blocks of Data Culture During Transformation.4 min read·Mar 5, 2024--1--1
Andrew JonesBuilding defensive data pipelinesWhile we often talk about improving data quality, it’s not enough. You still need to build your data pipelines defensively.2 min read·Feb 20, 2024----
Andrew JonesData Contracts — the book. Out now!I’m so proud to announce that my book on data contracts is out now! Available wherever you buy your books, including Amazon, Packt…3 min read·Jul 6, 2023----
Andrew JonesinTech @ GoCardless3 Things Our Software Engineers Love About Data ContractsSoftware Engineers benefit from data contracts too! Here’s 3 things they love about data contracts, as we’ve implemented them at GoCardless4 min read·Apr 5, 2023----
Andrew JonesinTech @ GoCardlessImplementing Data Contracts at GoCardlessAt GoCardless, we’re using Data Contracts to improve data quality and reliability. This is how we’ve implemented it.5 min read·Oct 11, 2022--1--1