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    • The Data Leaders Digest – August 2025

      Data leaders: August exposed the limits of optimisation. From frustrated engineering teams to architectural ceilings, this month’s Data Leaders Digest shows why tuning alone won’t cut it, and what practical steps leaders are taking instead. Built from live discussions, practitioner insights, and the hard-won lessons of migration projects, this edition gives you the tools to spot when your stack needs more than tweaks. What’s inside: Four signals your DBT optimisation has hit its ceiling Joseph Lane on how Avios achieved scalable growth with SQL Mesh ✨ Shane Gibson's perspective on transformation cycles that actually succeed How Mirror Mode de-risks migrations by validating with live data Why costs keep scaling with data volume, not business value Real results: cutting compute spend while freeing engineers to ship faster This isn’t vendor spin. It’s actionable guidance from leaders who have faced the pain and found practical ways forward. Watch the LinkedIn Live replay: https://lnkd.in/e2mKXw6h

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    • The Data Leaders Digest – July 2025

      Data leaders: July showed us where vendor priorities really lie. From AI grandstanding to celebrity hires, this month’s Data Leaders Digest cuts through the noise to expose what’s actually holding data teams back. Built from honest conversations, podcast episodes, and real-world engineering war stories, this edition is designed to give you practical, immediate value. What’s inside: Karpathy’s Software 3.0 vision,and why it exposes broken ETL pricing models What the Astronomer PR crisis says about vendor culture (spoiler: it’s not about the kiss cam) Teams switching off Airflow entirely, and what they’re using instead London meetup recap: hard-earned migration insights and data team design at scale Final episodes of Data Matas Season 2, Monzo Bank, Co-op, MoonPay and more Four new tactical guides on cloud outages, cost models, and making the right architectural calls This isn’t analyst fluff or vendor spin. It’s the stuff your team will thank you for reading.

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    • The Data Leaders Digest – June 2025

      Data leaders: Vendor pricing is still holding you back. This month’s Data Leaders Digest dives into the real pressures behind the scenes from pricing models that punish scale to outages that expose stack fragility. Built from honest conversations with engineering leaders, this edition is packed with insights you can apply immediately. What’s inside: Fivetran’s connector pricing dissected, why it still misaligns with real-world usage Snowflake vs Databricks, two summits, two pricing philosophies, one core challenge What the June Google Cloud outage exposed about modern stack fragility Key takeaways from our LinkedIn Live on data ROI and senior engineering leverage Final episode of Data Matas Season 2, Monzo’s rebuild story from 1,000+ dbt models Four new tactical guides on architecture, storage choices, and pricing strategy This isn’t vendor spin or theory, it’s what data teams are actually dealing with.

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    • The Data Leaders Digest – May 2025

      Data leaders: It’s time to reset. Mounting cloud bills, inflexible renewals, and tool sprawl are stretching teams to the brink. But the real pressure isn’t just financial, it’s operational and cultural. This month’s Data Leaders Digest is about taking back control before your team burns out or your stack locks you in. What’s inside:
      - Why Fivetran’s pricing shake-up has triggered an industry-wide rethink
      - Practical lessons from London’s Analytics Engineering Meetup, featuring Medik8’s orchestration revamp and Euno’s trust-first analytics talk
      - Recap of our highest-attended LinkedIn Live yet: where your budget actually goes, and how to reduce waste
      - New podcast episodes with leaders from Co-op and Hiive on delivery burnout, trust, and scalable data platforms
      - Three new tactical guides to help you plan ETL spend, validate staging, and avoid SQL Server migration traps
      No theory, just insights from people solving real problems.

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    • The Data Leaders Digest – April 2025

      This Month in Data – Smarter Renewals, Better Questions, and Breaking the Cycle of Burnout The best insights come from real conversations, with real leaders making tough calls, solving messy problems, and figuring out how to scale their data teams in the real world. That’s why I started The Data Leaders Digest. Real stories from the field Practical takeaways you can apply now Insights from podcasts, meetups, and behind-the-scenes conversations In this month’s edition: Snowflake’s latest security updates Recap of our LinkedIn Live on cutting ETL costs without disruption Highlights from the London Analytics Engineering Meetup at Monzo HQ And an upcoming Data Matas episode with Co-ops Nik Walker No theory, just what’s working, what’s not, and how to stay ahead.

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