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[Do You Actually Need Real-Time Data?](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/do-you-actually-need-real-time-data)
[Why “real-time” is often a business requirement that hasn’t been defined yet](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/do-you-actually-need-real-time-data)
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[Engineers Are Obsessed With The How And Often Forget Why?](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/engineers-are-obsessed-with-the-how)
[Why data teams need to spend less time debating the stack and more time questioning the work](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/engineers-are-obsessed-with-the-how)
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### August 2026
[From Vibe Coding to the AI Software Factory](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/from-vibe-coding-to-the-ai-software)
[How I’ve Seen Engineering Teams Use LLMs Over The Past Few Years](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/from-vibe-coding-to-the-ai-software)
Aug 26 • [SeattleDataGuy](https://substack.com/@seattledataguy)
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### July 2026
[Your Data Warehouse Isn’t Integrated Just Because the Tables Are in One Place](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/your-data-warehouse-isnt-integrated)
[Centralization is not integration!](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/your-data-warehouse-isnt-integrated)
Jul 18 • [SeattleDataGuy](https://substack.com/@seattledataguy)
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[Forward Deployed Engineering Is About To Get Diluted](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/forward-deployed-engineering-is-about)
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Jul 6 • [SeattleDataGuy](https://substack.com/@seattledataguy)
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### June 2026
[In 2026 The Data Fundamentals Matter More Than Ever](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/in-2026-the-data-fundamentals-matter)
[We are headed towards a massive data mess otherwise](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/in-2026-the-data-fundamentals-matter)
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### May 2026
[If AI Can Replace Workers, Why Is It Hiring Consultants?](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/if-ai-can-replace-workers-why-is)
[Last week, I noticed that Anthropic was hiring for a partner success manager.](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/if-ai-can-replace-workers-why-is)
May 26 • [SeattleDataGuy](https://substack.com/@seattledataguy)
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[What Leading a Data Team Actually Looks Like Right Now](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/what-leading-a-data-team-actually)
[Even with AI](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/what-leading-a-data-team-actually)
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### April 2026
[The 5 Silent Failures in Data Pipelines](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/the-5-silent-failures-in-data-pipelines)
[How Your Pipelines Lie to You Without Throwing a Single Error](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/the-5-silent-failures-in-data-pipelines)
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[Data Pipeline Foundations - Everything You Need To Know About Data Pipelines](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/data-pipeline-foundations-everything)
[Hi, fellow future and current Data Leaders; Ben here 👋](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/data-pipeline-foundations-everything)
Apr 18 • [SeattleDataGuy](https://substack.com/@seattledataguy)
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[Daily Tasks With Data Pipelines - Data Quality Checks And The Problem With Noisy Checks](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/daily-tasks-with-data-pipelines-data)
[Every morning, your team wakes up to 137 data quality alerts.](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/daily-tasks-with-data-pipelines-data)
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### March 2026
[You Will Know Nothing And Be Happy](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/you-will-know-nothing-and-be-happy)
[It’s 2030, and your boss just asked you to pull data to help better segment your users and understand their behaviors.](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/you-will-know-nothing-and-be-happy)
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[Full Refresh vs Incremental Pipelines](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/full-refresh-vs-incremental-pipelines)
[Tradeoffs Every Data Team Should Know](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/full-refresh-vs-incremental-pipelines)
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[How data stacks turn into fractals](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/layer-by-layer-we-built-data-systems)
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### February 2026
[Backfills - The Necessary Evil of Data Engineering](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/backfills-the-necessary-evil-of-data)
[Why backfills happen, why we hate them, and how to handle them without breaking trust](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/backfills-the-necessary-evil-of-data)
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[Why Data Pipelines Exist](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/why-data-pipelines-exist)
[Beyond Moving Data From Point A To B](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/why-data-pipelines-exist)
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### January 2026
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[Common Data Pipeline Patterns You’ll See in the Real World](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/common-data-pipeline-patterns-youll)
[A practical look at the many ways data pipelines show up inside real companies](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/common-data-pipeline-patterns-youll)
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### December 2025
[Snowflake vs Databricks Is the Wrong Debate](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/snowflake-vs-databricks-is-the-wrong)
[Winning the Data Stack Role by Role](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/snowflake-vs-databricks-is-the-wrong)
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[How I Run System Design Interviews for Data Engineers ](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/how-i-run-system-design-interviews)
[Why System Design Still Matters](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/how-i-run-system-design-interviews)
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[Translating Data Buzzwords Into Real Requirements](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/translating-data-buzzwords-into-real)
[Bridging the Communication Gap Between Data and the Business](https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/translating-data-buzzwords-into-real)
Dec 2, 2025 • [SeattleDataGuy](https://substack.com/@seattledataguy)
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